BUSH’S PREEMPTIVE PARDON LIST?
Bush Administration Does Not Rule Out “Pre-Emptive” Pardons
http://www.truthout.org/article/bush-administration-does-not-rule-out-pre-emptive-pardons
Charlie Savage reports for The New York Times: “Felons are asking President Bush for pardons and commutations at historic levels as he nears his final months in office, a time when many other presidents have granted a flurry of clemency requests…. As the administration wrestles with the cascade of petitions, some lawyers and law professors are raising a related question:
Will Bush grant pre-emptive pardons to officials involved in controversial counterterrorism programs?” All his criminal cronies? Himself?