re: #296 der_ich

No one is above the law. This should indeed be the case I find it repulsive that so many here argue against this basic principle of a - well - a state with the rule of law.
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You miss the point.

The CIA officers were acting under legal counsel.

They didn’t just “follow orders” regardless of legality; they were instructed by counsel that what they were doing was legally correct.

As such, the Obama administration has already said it wasn’t going to press charges against them. Instead, now its saying that the LAWYERS who gave them said counsel could be prosecuted for it!

Its ridiculous. These are professionals who did their legal homework and gave legal advice. Even if said counsel was wrong (and it almost certainly was NOT), since when is giving incorrect legal advice a prosecutable crime?

If there is any evidence of legal malfeasance on their part, then maybe it might be appropriate to have these lawyers sanctioned or disbarred, for it. Is there? Even one shred?

First let the Obama administration define the law here (or try, and we’re talking judicial review). THEN, *MAYBE* if there is a discrepancy AND reason to think legal malfeasance was committed then go after the lawyers.