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adamuu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 12:22 PM
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What will happen to Condoleezza Rice?
The latest developments are interesting. Yes, yes, she "pulled a Nixon" on tape. (see cenk/huffpo/washingtonindependent http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=5566829) But, what will they eventually mean? Any speculation? Have any domestic lawyers (aside from John Dean), judges, prosecutors, commissions, or other authorities published any reactions?

Timeline Recap:

Condoleezza Rice approved 'torture' techniques
By Toby Harnden in Washington
Last Updated: 9:51PM BST 23 Apr 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5208701/Condoleezza-Rice-approved-torture-techniques.html
The new timeline suggests Miss Rice played a more significant role than she acknowledged in written testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee submitted in the autumn.

... In the autumn, Miss Rice stated to the Senate Armed Services Committee that she had attended meetings where the CIA interrogation request was discussed but could not recall details.

Days after Miss Rice spoke to Mr Tenet, the Justice Department approved the use of waterboarding in a top secret memo. Abu Zubaydah was subjected to waterboarding some 83 times in August 2002. ...


(Judge Baltasar Garzon) Spanish judge opens Guantanamo investigation
By DANIEL WOOLLS, Associated Press Writer Daniel Woolls, Associated Press Writer – Wed Apr 29, 12:40 pm ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090429/ap_on_re_eu/eu_spain_us_torture
... He said documents declassified by the new U.S. government suggest the practice was systematic and ordered at high levels of the US government.
Garzon's move is separate from a complaint by human rights lawyers that seeks charges against six specific Bush administration officials they accuse of creating a legal framework to permit torture of suspects at Guantanamo Bay and other U.S. detention facilities. ...


Then, the Stanford Video
Rice sayz:
I didn't authorize anything. I conveyed the authorization of The Administration to The Agency


Countdown: John Dean - Condi Rice Admits Conspiracy to Torture? Thu Apr-30-09 09:55 PM (Video)
(John Dean was White House Council during the time of Nixon)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=305963&mesg_id=305963
She was trying to say she hadn't authorized anything, then she proceeded to say that she indeed passed orders along to the CIA to proceed in torture if it was legal by the standard of the Department of Justice. This really puts her in the middle of a "common plan" as it's known in international law, or a "conspiracy" as it's known in American law, and this indeed is a crime, if it indeed happened the way we think it did happen.

...throwing things up there to try and protect herself.

These kinds of statements are going to come back and be very interesting to any investigator.

(Obama) is indeed in violation of (the second part of the Geneva Conventions) if the United States does not undertake investigation of this, or ultimately prosecution if that is necessary.


Condi’s Really Bad Day
By Scott Horton May 1, 12:34 PM, 2009
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/05/hbc-90004883
... (6) Whereas the Senate Intelligence Committee’s summary shows Rice giving authorization for waterboarding, Rice has a different recollection. “I didn’t authorize anything. I conveyed the authorization of the administration to the agency.” This is dicing things very finely. But I think I know how Judge Garzón will understand this: Rice just confessed to a focal role in a joint criminal enterprise. Nixon White House counsel John Dean, who has a lot of first-hand experience with the legal issues in play, had the same take: Rice just admitted to her role in a conspiracy to torture, a felony under 18 U.S.C. sec 2340A.

So I score this: Stanford student 6, Rice 0. Rice needs to do some homework before her next appearance on campus. But first perhaps she’d better hire a good lawyer.

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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 12:27 PM
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1. Federal Prison, if there is any justice.
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 12:39 PM
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4. And, the Hague, if there is full justice. nt
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 01:21 PM
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10. yep....
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 06:39 AM
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16. second that
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 12:30 PM
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2. Next to bush she was the dumbest of the whole crew
So it might be a good idea to attempt to catch her in these type of situations where she could blurt out the truth.

However if I were she I'd stay out of small aircraft. The Dick still has a lot of stooges out there.
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adamuu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 01:35 PM
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11. two good points n/t
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mrdmk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-04-09 12:44 AM
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37. there was one talent she had along with the rest of the Bush Jr Crew
and that was Revenge. As far as the rest goes, Ms. Rice said some very stupid things and needed to be called on them.

Off to the tower with her (never to come back).
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Pithy Donating Member (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 12:35 PM
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3. K & R
Great article and incredible video. Props go out to those awesome students who held her feet to the fire. My gawd, she's a condiscending airbag!

I want to see her in leg irons, along with every other powermad Bush administration member who signed off on torture.
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 12:47 PM
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5. Punish her by taking away her shoes.
and getting her the fuck out of California. Please.
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OffWithTheirHeads Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 01:00 PM
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7. Lets replace her shoes with those cheap, Chinese made
plastic sandals they give out in prison.
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 01:14 PM
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9. lets make sure they are lined with lead
afterall the American people are suffering the same injustice.
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Alameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 02:03 PM
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29. Yes....take away her shoes! .......and get her out of California.
She looked like such a monster on that video. Frightening, really.
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Pithy Donating Member (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 12:53 PM
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6. notice how she crossed her arms
in the video when she began to defend against the student's mention of torture?
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adamuu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 06:38 PM
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13. Yes. see Condoleezza Rice's Tell, Judah Grunstein, 01 May 2009 WPR Blog
http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/blog/blog.aspx?id=3682
Second, this might be a stretch, but I couldn't help but notice how dramatically Rice's body language changes the moment, very early on, that she mentions "enhanced interrogation." Beginning with a relaxed talking manner, her hands clasped behind her back, she suddenly becomes very physically demonstrative, with her arms and hands coming out to form what looks like a defensive shield around her body. I'm not a behavioral psychologist -- any more than any of us is, I suppose -- but this struck me as what poker players call a "tell," revealing a great discomfort in discussing these subjects.

Also, this article confirms something else I noticed, namely, the curious choice of the word "tyrants". Tyrants? Come on... really? Ms. Rice, you're STILL playing the Saddam angle? Really????


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adamuu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 01:01 PM
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8. someone in another thread said she's already "lawyered up"
any idea if there's any substance to that? or was it just BS
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Psychic Consortium Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 07:14 AM
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18. PC hopes that she likes lawyers. She will be spending a lot of time with them
in the future.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-02-09 01:54 PM
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12. I wanna see Her get whatever the LAW dictates...if she is guilty she should be jailed
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 05:01 AM
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14. She can wear this "COMMANDING OUTFIT" to court!
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 05:10 AM
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15. K&R
I'm thinking nothing


but when I allow myself to hope - prison.
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 06:46 AM
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17. Flip Her...Squeeze Her...
One thing I've noticed about Condi is she's a very lousy liar and an even worse poker player. She's been involved in a lot of crimes and left herself wide open on many occasions. In the end, her tenure at State was a disaster primarily due to the tread marks on her head (and not designer shoes either). Her only allegiance was to georgie as one by one she was thrown under the bus by others in the regime. I don't see much love lost, and if anything, she would make a very valuable witness in gaining justice on others.

I don't think Condi had any real input into the torture since her role, like Gonzo, was to be a "fixer" and "enabler". Complicit, yes...but not behind the worst crimes. However, she was at ground zero in knowing who did what where and when things went down. I think a smart prosecutor could rattle her cage and the names and dates would come flowing like wine.
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Psychic Consortium Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 07:15 AM
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19. Right now Condi appears quite frightened and alone.
She knows she is in serious trouble.
Her future does not look good.
Lots of legal entanglements for a long time.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 10:51 AM
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25. She should look at it this way...
at least while she's frightened and alone she isn't being tortured.
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Psychic Consortium Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 03:57 PM
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32. It is quite likely that she is going to be tortured by the American legal system
for quite awhile.
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 07:23 AM
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20. K&R
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1776Forever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 07:27 AM
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21. Rep. Robert Wexler: "You Madam Secretary made 56 false statements to the American people"
Condoleezza Rice: Liar, Secretary of State, War Criminal pt1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1UI4KVJCC8

.......

Would you expect her to change her "story" now? It was ALL lies! The were running their own little kingdom with their own little minds and they need to be brought to justice!

:nuke: :grr: :nuke:
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adamuu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 07:51 AM
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22. good video. thanks. n/t
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 08:06 AM
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23. In prison! With her rotten husb-- um, I mean with bush! /nt
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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 10:49 AM
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24. In a word - "shoes". N/T
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 10:54 AM
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26. It would be refreshing to hear her truthfully answer questions she has been
dodging for at least 8 years.

The questions ask into her role in support of torture at the behest of her superiors in the Bush administration, and into the specifics of all of their complicity in same.

They are good questions and are owed the respect of proper anwers from Dr. Rice which to date have not been forthcoming.
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 02:25 PM
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31. On the day the Bushies take off in a helicopter to Paraguay
WITHOUT HER, she'll sing like a bird. :evilgrin:
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 11:14 PM
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35. It's possible. Under judicial pressure, many a loyal alliance has been
known to fall to pieces.

I don't know exactly what venue will prompt questioning of Rice and others, but a skilled attorney could make it very difficult for any number of Bush administration folks.

Hunter S. Thompson, commenting on Nixon officials in the public exposure of the Watergate-era transgressions, wrote that Nixon's men "turned on each other like rats in a slumfire."

Zowie.
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TankLV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 11:01 AM
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27. She'll become another flavor for "Zaterans"...?
Edited on Sun May-03-09 11:01 AM by TankLV
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samsingh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 12:28 PM
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28. prison hopefully
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Jakes Progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 02:08 PM
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30. Laundry duty.
Maybe the library. She comes from privileged connections, so she will probably get a cushy job during her time inside.
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The Gunslinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 04:08 PM
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33. nothing......just like the rest of the criminals in the prior administration
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-03-09 08:56 PM
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34. A D-List reality show set in women's prison.
They'll Call it "SoS: My Biotch".
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nilram Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-04-09 12:33 AM
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36. If she's implicating Bush/Cheney, she should stay out of small aircraft
if you know what I mean
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