Queen Nancy Pelosi is making noises that she would be open to prosecuting Bush administration officials for protecting the country.
"I think you look at each item and see what is a violation of the law and do we even have a right to ignore it," the California Democrat said. "And other things that are maybe time that is spent better looking to the future rather than to the past."
Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, announced Friday he wants to set up a commission to look into whether the Bush administration broke the law by taking the nation to war against Iraq and instituting aggressive anti-terror initiatives. The Michigan Democrat called for an "independent criminal probe into whether any laws were broken in connection with these activities."
President-elect Barack Obama has not closed off the possibility of prosecutions, but hinted he does not favor them.
Like DRJ at Patterico's Pontifications, I think this means that President Bush needs to issue a blanket pardon for every person in his administration so as to head off these political prosecutions.
Pardon anyone and everyone in your Administration who participated in wiretapping, interrogations, detentions, and related efforts. Don’t depend on the vague, indecisive words of Barack Obama and his surrogates. Just as you depended on them, the people who helped you combat terrorism are depending on you.
Will moonbats howl about their guilt? Sure, but that would have happened anyway. The important thing is to stop the fringe from crucifying their political opponents, especially since Republicans will not return the favor.
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