Mark Levin Offers Defense For Bush Legal Advisors On Enhanced Interrogation

The Associated Press reported today:

President Barack Obama left the door open Tuesday to prosecuting Bush administration officials who devised the legal authority for gruesome terror-suspect interrogations, saying the United States lost "our moral bearings" with use of the tactics.

The question of whether to bring charges against those who devised justification for the methods "is going to be more of a decision for the attorney general within the parameters of various laws and I don't want to prejudge that," Obama said. The president discussed the continuing issue of terrorism-era interrogation tactics with reporters as he finished an Oval Office meeting with visiting King Abdullah II of Jordan.

Obama also said he could support a congressional investigation into the Bush-era terrorist detainee program, but only under certain conditions, such as if it were done on a bipartisan basis. He said he worries about the impact that high-intensity, politicized hearings in Congress could have on the government's efforts to cope with terrorism.

Talk-show host Hugh Hewitt wrote:

Instant and genuine outrage from callers and e-mailers greeted President Obama's about-face on the possibility of prosecuting former Bush Adminstration officials. Not only do such wild swings give everyone dealing with the president or the U.S. pause over his reliability, the idea of such an unprecedented attempt to criminalize prior policy positions immediately summons up the memory of Tailgunner Joe*, though this time the hunted are conservatives and the pitchforks are in the hands of Democrats.

Mark Levin, talk show host and author of the number one best-selling non-fiction book, Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto, offered to provide any Bush Administration official who provided legal opinions on the "enhanced interrogaton techniques" on terrorist prisoners legal defense "should the need arise." Mark Levin is president of the Landmark Legal Foundation in Washington, D.C. and is a practicing attorney.

Levin even went further in stating that if he does provide a defense, he would subpoena and depose Attorney General Eric Holder, President Obama or any other Obama official who presses for prosecution of Bush Administration officials. He also indicated that he would seek all correspondence, including emails, from the Obama Administration on this matter. This is politically-motivated, Levin said, and he would pull all stops to prove it.

He even indicated that he would go after Obama Administration officials in civil court, if necessary.

Levin likened this to "war" and will go after President Obama and his advisors in this case. Levin shouts: "Bring it on!"

*Senator Joseph McCarthy.

UPDATE (4/22/09): Levin said on his show today that he received a note from a daughter of John Wayne offering her services. She's an attorney. Sean Hannity says if necessary, he will raise defense funds.