Justice Probes Waterboarding Authorization
The Justice Department is investigating what role department officials played in authorizing the CIA to conduct waterboarding, according to a letter released today by members of Congress.
The confirmation came in response to a request by Democratic Sens. Richard Durbin of Illinois and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island to open an investigation into the subject. In a letter dated February 18, H. Marshall Jarrett, head of the Office of Professional Responsibility, told the senators that such an inquiry was already underway in connection with an investigation into the drafting of the Aug. 1, 2002, interrogation memo by the Office of Legal Counsel to then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales as well as related issues.
"Among other issues, we are examining whether the legal advice contained in those memoranda were consistent with the professional standards that apply to Department of Justice attorneys," Jarrett wrote. The Office of Professional Responsibility is separate from the Office of Inspector General and looks at whether lawyers in the department meet the ethical standards of the legal profession. Jarrett also indicated that he would release the results to Congress and would consider making portions of it unclassified to provide to the public.
"I am pleased that the Office of Professional Responsibility has undertaken this investigation," Durbin said in a statement. "The American people deserve to know how these decisions were made and who was involved." The response is the latest in a string of congressional questions about waterboarding — a topic that has come up in nearly every recent hearing and almost stymied the confirmation of Attorney General Michael Mukasey.
—Emma Schwartz
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I've often heard tattoo artists rant about people getting visible tattoos (hands, neck) the moment they hit 18 before they have other work.
Recently I discovered a rant on quite a respected figure in the tattoo community's Myspace. I say rant, it was more like pure venomous hatred.
It would seem that some find young people with visible ink, impatient and disrespectful, and they must all just think it's cool to have visible work.
I'm 23, My first tattoo was on my shoulder, then my wrists, then I got a full sleeve. Then I moved to my hands, then neck and I also have a large part of my leg tattooed.
It took me about two years to get the opportunity to get my hand tattooed by my idol, and then my neck by an artist I greatly admire, a lot of time, effort and thought was put into both of these.
Even though I'm somewhat older and do have a fair bit of coverage, I might still be classed as young and "under-tattooed" to have such visible work, and I can't help but think that's kinda crazy!
Sure I've seen some 18 year olds with kanji on their necks or poorly executed skulls on their hands, and you can almost tell they rushed into it, wanting everyone to see their new work as clearly as possible, and fine that to me is impatient and maybe even attention seeking.
Basically what I'm trying to say is that not everyone who has visible work is disrespectful to the art, some people invest a great deal of time, money and effort into getting that particular location inked with the highest standard work possible.
It's kinda funny to find prejudice within a community that tries so hard to divert it away from itself.
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