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afterdowningstreet.org\nby david swanson
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\nRemember all those months in which Chairman John Conyers’ House Judiciary Committee staff refused to impeach but kept busy writing his next book. Well, here it is: a bitter sweet thing. It includes three recommendations, and the third one is pretty good:
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\n3. The Attorney General should appoint a Special Counsel, or expand the scope of the present investigation into CIA tape destruction, to determine whether there were criminal violations committed pursuant to Bush Administration policies that were undertaken under unreviewable war powers, including enhanced interrogation, extraordinary rendition, and warrantless domestic surveillance. This criminal investigation should, for the first time, ascertain and critically examine the facts to determine whether federal criminal laws were violated. It may be appropriate for certain aspects of the factual investigation by the prosecutor to await pertinent reports by the Inspectors General or information developed by any Blue Ribbon Commission or Select Committee. As part of this process, the incoming Administration should provide all relevant information and all necessary resources to outstanding Justice Department investigations, including with respect to the U.S. Attorney removals, the politicization of the Civil Rights Division, and allegations of selective prosecution. Congress should also consider extending the statute of limitations for potential violations of the torture statute, war crimes statute, laws
\nprohibiting warrantless domestic surveillance, or for crimes committed against persons in United States military custody or CIA custody to ten years.<\/p>\n