Cheney's Law

I watched one of the best documentaries that I have seen in awhile last night in the PBS Frontline special, "Cheney's Law." I did not really learn anything new but it did put whole the puzzle of this Administration's covert actions together quite nicely.

CIA secret interrogation facilities, spying on Americans without a court order, ignoring the Geneva Convention, warrantless wiretaps, holding detainees at Guantanamo Bay forever, the ridding of Habeas Corpus, narrowing the definition of torture, politicization of US attorneys and the gutting of the 4th amendment of unreasonable search and seizure. This video touches on the formations of all of these key topics.

My favorite is explaining signing statements by the president, where Congress passes a law and when the president signs it into law, he puts exceptions in there which basically means that he does not have to follow the law he just signed. I think the normal citizen still believes we live in a republic of checks and balances. The exorbitant use of these signing statements by Bush proves that we do not.

Regardless, if you hate Hilary or Rudy, love Ron Paul or Obama, you must watch this documentary. It is fascinating examination of how Cheney, with the help from his legal hit man/aide David Addington, have empowered the executive branch to unprecedented levels.

Here is the Intro

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