Send Cheney to jail?

Someone needs to remind President Obama that ALL CRIME HAPPENS IN "THE PAST." Obama's insistence that we "look forward and not backward" is in contradiction to the enforcement of laws.

If we truly are going to look "forward" and not "back" then I guess we should release every single prisoner from jail, and cease prosecuting any future criminals, because, simply, once a crime is committed, it is in the past, and we want to only look "forward," right Mr. President? I know I simplify, but give me a break here.

Don't let Dick Cheney get away with torture.
He asked for it.

Cheney told CBS News he'd welcome an open discussion of the CIA torture memos. Let's give him what he wants — in open court.

The news is buzzing that Dick Cheney would welcome a commission to investigate Bush-era torture — but we need to make it clear that a mere investigation is not enough. What we need is a prosecution.

The buzz intensifed on May 10, when Cheney told CBS' Bob Schieffer that he hopes for a public discussion of the CIA memos on torture — or, as he refers to it, "enhanced interrogation techniques."

Why would Cheney hope this? Because he believes the torture was justified. As Andrew Sullivan put it, Cheney "believes that freezing naked prisoners to hypothermia or strapping them to a board for a 175th near-drowning or stringing them up in stress positions so long the shackles rust up is in line with America's constitutional history and custom."

Cheney told Schieffer that he hopes CIA memos on torture will be released and examined by journalists and the public.

Mr. Cheney, we'd like to do you one better. We'd like those memos to be examined by a special prosecutor.

Only after a thorough investigation by a U.S. attorney will we know for sure whether and to what extent Cheney broke the law and besmirched the Constitution while serving in the Bush administration. And if he did break the law, he deserves to be prosecuted and sent to prison.

Click here to tell Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Bush-era torture and what role Dick Cheney played in making it happen.

Thank you for working to build a better world.

Kate Stayman-London, Campaign Manager CREDO Action from Working Assets