Former president apparently lends support for “Truth Commission” on prisoner abuse, says torture a crime “against our Constitution”
Former President Jimmy Carter, speaking to CNN on Monday, said he disagrees with President Barack Obama’s decision to withhold photos of prisoner abuse. He added that Obama appears to be resolved against resurrecting the past by punishing those in the Bush administration guilty of what Carter himself considers “crimes against our Constitution”
“I respect what his decisions are,” he told CNN’s Campbell Brown. “I don’t have the responsibility to deal with the consequences. But I think that most of his supporters were hoping he would be more open in the revelation of what we’ve done in the past.
“But, ah, he’s made a decision with which I really can’t contend, that he doesn’t want to resurrect the past. He doesn’t want to punish those that are guilty of perpetrating what I consider crimes against our own laws and against our constitution.”
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President Obama reminds me of my Dad and some teaches I had in school. Both wanted you to think for yourself and dont' agree with everything someone says. If you believe in something defend your point as it helps the person making the decision make the right one. Use your arugment to prove your point. Now Obama said when he became President he want different ideas and welcomed those who disagreed with him so he just might change his mine.
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