Do YOU Think There Should Be a Terror Investigation?
By anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
United States
February 13, 2009 4:58pm CST
If you do, you're a part of the majority of Americans who say their should be.
(Newser) – Two-thirds of Americans want an investigation into alleged Bush administration misdeeds, including torture and warrantless wiretapping, a USA Today/Gallup poll shows. Forty percent of respondents would like to see criminal probes; one-quarter would prefer investigations without the possibility of criminal charges. And even more—70% of those surveyed—said the government should look into allegations that administration officials tried to use the Justice Department for political purposes.
Read the entire article here:
http://www.newser.com/story/50655/americans-want-torture-investigation-poll.html
There is a link to sign a petition asking for an investigation in this article, if you 're so inclined. I can understand President Obama wishing to move forward instead of spending a great deal of time looking into the past but I also firmly believe if there were laws broken and nothing is done about it that will set a dangerous precedent. Nobody is above the law, not even the Secretary of Defense, V or President!
Annie
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7 responses
@Bd200789 (2994)
• United States
13 Feb 09
I think there should be an investigation. I've seen discussions on here where people say there is no need for one, but even if an investigation says no laws were broken, at least we'd know something. And, what if laws were broken? If we don't have an investigation, they will get away with breaking the law, and a precedent will be set were any other President, VP, Secretary of Defense can do the same thing or worse.
@clrumfelt (5597)
• Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee
14 Feb 09
I personally do not think there is a need for an investigation, but if the powers
that be decide to have one, I hope they will appoint a bipartisan commission to conduct it.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
14 Feb 09
Do you feel the current Justice Department wouldn't do a fair job of it? The Department of Justice is not supposed to be politically biased, they're supposed to be the nation's law enforcers. I thought that was what that department was for so why should we waste more money we don't have for some independent commission?
Annie
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@TheGreatWhiteBuffalo (4822)
• United States
14 Feb 09
I hope they hold everyone accountable for the lies and the spread of lies and the abuses that so many people have suffered.
I hope it goes straight to Wall Street!
We should follow the money trail and see how the whole thing is connected.
What a messy knotted up web that got weaved through organized religion right on through to the far left with the immorality of their false belief structures.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
15 Feb 09
Great posts, both here and above! It's something how some people really don't care that Bush and Cheney have admitted to authorizing and approving of torture! I love how anyone who says anything against this bunch isn't "credible" but when they say it about themselves it's just blown off and ignored.
Annie
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@grammasnook (1871)
• United States
15 Feb 09
Any you know we are out just to bash bush lol and they are out to bash Obama the difference is it is 4 years compared to a month of service. This is just to funny
the former administration is guilty of many many things and Obama is getting blamed for it lmfao
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
15 Feb 09
I said I wasn't sure if I was remember correctly about the Presidential polls, there were so many of them. I was thinking there were people here who had claimed the Rasmussen polls had it either closer than the others or had McCain in the lead at some point. I stand corrected.
Regarding this particular topic, the poll I cited asked if they thought there should be an investigation into the use of torture and of illegal wiretapping. The Rasmussen one you provided asked if they thought Bush and Cheney should be charged with war crimes. I'd like to know the exact wording they used. Regardless, there's difference between the two and obviously you'd need an investigation before charging someone with war crimes.
Annie
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@Aingealicia (1905)
• United States
17 Feb 09
Annie,
Yes, absolutely. There should be an investigation for the whole Bush party and those around him during his time. There is plenty of evidence not only on Terror but war crimes. I do believe him and the whole lot should be exposed for the deaths they created, the lies spread, and humanitarian crimes commited.
Ainge
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@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
14 Feb 09
I'm pretty mixed on this subject. I feel like they shouldn't allow it to happen without an investigation but we all know how those investigation go; Warren Commission 9/11 Commission ect It would probably cost us a trillion dollars to investigate and probably nothing would become of it.
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@katran (585)
• United States
14 Feb 09
Yes, and 90% of statistics are made up as well. First of all, how can they know "forty percent" ant this and "two thirds" want that unless they actually asked EVERY SINGLE American? They can say forty out of the hundred people we interviewed said they wanted criminal probes, but they can't say forty percent of Americans. (I'm sorry. I HATE Gallup and ALL forms of polling. I'm pretty sure they are not as accurate as people want them to be.)
And when did President Bush torture anyone? And wasn't the wiretapping authorized by Congress? Didn't we go through all this rigamarole before? Didn't Saint Obama vote for it? Are we going to throw all our Congressmen in jail?
Why can't you let sleeping dogs lie? You think there was no precedent for politicians being scum and breaking the law until Bush came along? Ask Obama's current cabinet. They'll tell you ALL ABOUT it.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
14 Feb 09
First of all, I've always been a bit suspicious of all these polls as well. Usually they'll say how many people were polled and it does seem to be a stretch that they could say how 300 million people feel by asking under a thousand. However, they must be doing something right because they seem to be pretty darn close much of the time.
I don't think anyone has accused Bush of personally torturing anyone but he's publicly admitted to having approved it. As far as I know NOBODY in Congress approved of torture techniques. Also, you're right about Congress approving of the wiretapping but apparently it's gone further than it was intended to with journalists being targeted as well as private citizens who did not have any contact with "suspected terrorists". Don't you value your privacy enough to think this should be looked into and we should make sure it doesn't happen again or continue to happen, whatever the case may be? For the record, this discussion isn't about Obama but I know he voted for the warrantless wiretapping and I've said many times I disagree with him on that.
Annie
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
14 Feb 09
"Also, you're right about Congress approving of the wiretapping but apparently it's gone further than it was intended to with journalists being targeted as well as private citizens who did not have any contact with "suspected terrorists""
And the guy who made that bogus claim had NOTHING to back it up and basically ran away when a reporter from the O'Reilly Factor asked him if he had any evidence to back up his claim.
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