Comments on: Scott Horton http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/03/03/scott-horton-17/ Interviews of foreign policy experts, writers and activists. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:56:04 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Alex http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/03/03/scott-horton-17/comment-page-1/#comment-4072 Alex Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:34:42 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=2571#comment-4072 Didn't the Nazis swear and oath to Hitler which was supposedly a superceding oath to a oath to the country? If the Republicans took an oath to Bush which would supercede their oath to the Constitution wouldn't that be treasonous? I understand that Bush valued loyalty, but if he values loyalty to himself over loyalty to the country and its principles spelled out in the Constitution then Bush and his administration officials were treasonous or commited perjury by letting another oath supercede their oath of office as spelled out in the Consitution. Didn’t the Nazis swear and oath to Hitler which was supposedly a superceding oath to a oath to the country?
If the Republicans took an oath to Bush which would supercede their oath to the Constitution wouldn’t that be treasonous?
I understand that Bush valued loyalty, but if he values loyalty to himself over loyalty to the country and its principles spelled out in the Constitution then Bush and his administration officials were treasonous or commited perjury by letting another oath supercede their oath of office as spelled out in the Consitution.

]]> By: eCAHNomics http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/03/03/scott-horton-17/comment-page-1/#comment-4044 eCAHNomics Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:39:23 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=2571#comment-4044 Why is this administration's spying on anti-war activists any different from Nixon's? Also, the CIA has a long and venerable history of torture, which is documented in Weiner's Legacy of Ashes, among other places. And the CIA never does "lessons learned" as a matter of policy. So it seems to me that the big difference between the W admin and past admins is that (1) W attempted to phoney up a legal rationale, and (2) they got caught sooner than past admins. In the case of domestic spying, also a long and venerable CIA history, W just did it more. An issue of quantity and quality (well, that remains to be seen), not whether they did it or not. As for the commish idea, Leahy's hearings this morning were worthless. Sounds like he has a coverup in mind. Oh righto. (not) Congress really challenged Allen Dulles's overthrow schemes. A real standup job that Congress did. /s Why is this administration’s spying on anti-war activists any different from Nixon’s?

Also, the CIA has a long and venerable history of torture, which is documented in Weiner’s Legacy of Ashes, among other places. And the CIA never does “lessons learned” as a matter of policy.

So it seems to me that the big difference between the W admin and past admins is that (1) W attempted to phoney up a legal rationale, and (2) they got caught sooner than past admins.

In the case of domestic spying, also a long and venerable CIA history, W just did it more. An issue of quantity and quality (well, that remains to be seen), not whether they did it or not.

As for the commish idea, Leahy’s hearings this morning were worthless. Sounds like he has a coverup in mind.

Oh righto. (not) Congress really challenged Allen Dulles’s overthrow schemes. A real standup job that Congress did. /s

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