THE PAIN IN SPAIN - AT 8:43 A.M. ET:  From AP:

MADRID, – A Spanish court has agreed to consider opening a criminal case against six former Bush administration officials, including former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, over allegations they gave legal cover for torture at Guantanamo Bay, a lawyer in the case said Saturday.

Human rights lawyers brought the case before leading anti-terror judge Baltasar Garzon, who agreed to send it on to prosecutors to decide whether it had merit, Gonzalo Boye, one of the lawyers who brought the charges, told The Associated Press.

The ex-Bush officials are Gonzales; former undersecretary of defense for policy Douglas Feith; former Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff David Addington; Justice Department officials John Yoo and Jay S. Bybee; and Pentagon lawyer William Haynes.

COMMENT:  Just to let you know, I'm opening an investigation into the Spanish Inquisition.  It will be held in my kitchen.  Any of you who have evidence are urged to e-mail me.  Don't be frightened.  Name the names!

This whole thing is ridiculous.  I'd love to meet the "human rights lawyers" who are behind it.  You can just imagine what their real political views are likely to be.  This kind of thing happens in Spain all the time.  They have some kind of loophole in their law that allows Spanish courts to investigate the world.

March 29, 2009