Give me the storm and tempest of thought and action, rather than the dead calm of ignorance and faith. Banish me from Eden when you will; but first let me eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
Robert Ingersoll

Archive for May, 2009

Saddam’s legal advice

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Going back through a few links in my RSS feed, I found this little gem regarding the legal advice given to the Bush administration regarding torture, and whether prosecution should be undertaken.

If only Saddam Hussein had been smart enough to solicit a legal opinion from his government lawyers that gassing people was within the law, he could have been playing golf in Myrtle Beach right now.

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