President-Elect Obama’s advisors feared in 2008 that authorities would oust him in a coup and that Republicans would block his policy agenda if he prosecuted Bush-era war crimes, according to a law school dean who served as one of Obama’s top transition advisors.
University of California at Berkeley Law School Dean Christopher Edley, Jr., left, the sixth highest-ranking member of the 2008 post-election transition team preparing Obama’s administration, revealed the team’s thinking on Sept. 2 in moderating a forum on 9/11 held by his law school (also known as Boalt Hall). Edley sought to justify Obama’s “look forward” policy on Bush-era lawbreaking that the president-elect announced on a TV talk show in January 2009.
This is pretty funny. “Après moi, le déluge” so to speak. National Lampoon and President Teleprompter govern the country as Lords of Mis-Rule.
This sounds very plausible and, if true, it’s truly outrageous that our political system, as practiced, lets known (admitted!) felons escape prosecution by the fear they exude of extra-constitutional extreme retaliation. A cartel of power worse than the mob truly has us all by the throat!