I spotted this on Reddit. The American Civil Liberties Union working with the always entertaining video blog Crooks and Liars has set up a petition calling for an independent prosecutor to investigate whether the Bush administration violated "laws including the War Crimes Act, the federal Anti-Torture Act, and federal assault laws". The ACLU set up the petition in part because of an ABC News interview in which President Bush said that he was aware that senior members of his administration discussed specific interrogation techniques.
Will anything come of it? Doubtful. As one of the Reddit commenters said:
Nobody will do crap against him. First because there's no one in congress with guts. Second because the people don't give a shit...
President Bush is almost out the door. If the Democrats set up an independent counsel, President Bush would be long gone by the time he or she delivered any findings, and it has a more of a chance of damaging the Democrats than it would benefit them. Besides, right now, Congress, as a group, has lower approval ratings than President Bush. An investigation like this wouldn't make them any more popular.
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