From
Swords Crossed.
Sully says Hayden is
unacceptable:
The executive branch views itself beyond the law, is committing war-crimes, has endorsed and practised torture and abuse, and refuses to change. I don't see how any senator can vote for a nominee who can defend that position.
Sounds familiar:
We oppose the nomination of Alberto Gonzales to the position of Attorney General of the United States, and we urge every United States Senator to vote against him.
As the prime legal architect for the policy of torture adopted by the Bush Administration, Gonzales's advice led directly to the abandonment of longstanding federal laws, the Geneva Conventions, and the United States Constitution itself. Our country, in following Gonzales's legal opinions, has forsaken its commitment to human rights and the rule of law and shamed itself before the world with our conduct at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. The United States, a nation founded on respect for law and human rights, should not have as its Attorney General the architect of the law's undoing.
Better late than never.