May 1, 2009

“Thanks, but no thanks.”

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jim @ 8:56 pm

Andrew McCarthy, former federal prosecutor, was asked by the Obama Administration to participate in a counterterrorism Roundtable, and he refused.

Which is why Andrew McCarthy is my favorite lawyer today.

7 Comments »

  1. You’re my favorite lawyer… he’s a close second. 😉

    Comment by Teresa — May 2, 2009 @ 12:16 am

  2. Awwwww shucks…… [shuffles feet]

    Jimbo

    Comment by Jim — May 2, 2009 @ 1:48 am

  3. That is sort of like having a favorite disease.

    Comment by joseph — May 2, 2009 @ 6:51 am

  4. “As I told the attorney general in my letter, “I am powerless to stop the president, as he takes these reckless steps, from touting his Detention Policy Task Force as a demonstration of his national security seriousness. But I can decline to participate in the charade.”

    Yep

    Comment by hammer — May 2, 2009 @ 7:36 am

  5. You’re my favorite dooshbag.

    Comment by Erica — May 2, 2009 @ 1:56 pm

  6. Good for him – I wish the scales would fall from more eyes about how dangerous the Obama policies are… National Security is a joke to him.

    Comment by Richmond — May 5, 2009 @ 3:11 pm

  7. Ummmm…

    This merely proves the lawyer is interested in defending his own butt, not justice…

    Why have Americans so thoroughly conflated national “security” with pro-torture? It makes me so ashamed to be American.

    If we say people are not responsible, then what is to prevent future politicians from doing the same thing only worse? Are we not a nation of laws and restraint?

    “Following orders” was an excuse used by Eichmann- it does not speak to the illogic of using torture and then trying to claim some moral, or ANY high ground.

    This lawyer would rather defend the torturers and think his country the safer. It’s a shame. For this lawyer, all a politician has to do is make a law saying torture is okay, then it is a matter of national defense. Where does it end? Oh, denailing doesn’t offer any SERIOUS harm, but we can uncover potential terrorism? Please…it is never okay, despite what the lawyers say.

    Comment by J — May 5, 2009 @ 5:08 pm

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