DESPICABLE - AT 7:41 A.M. ET: 

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Pressure is mounting against two former Bush administration attorneys who wrote the legal memos used to support harsh interrogation techniques that critics say constituted torture. John Yoo, a constitutional law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is fighting calls for disbarment and dismissal, while Judge Jay Bybee of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals faces calls for impeachment.

Justice Department investigators have stopped short of recommending criminal charges, but suggest in a draft report that the two men should face professional sanctions. A number of groups across the country agree, and some want even stronger action.

COMMENT:  The so-called pressure is coming from the hard left, which prefers to call itself "progressive."  It is disgraceful that men who gave honest legal advice in a drive to keep this country safe should be treated like this.  If you list the people behind this despicable campaign, and list the people who think the United States committed war crimes in, check any or all, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Iraq War, I suspect the lists would be identical.  Who will serve this country honestly in times of crisis if this is the result?

And when will we realize the extent of the influence of the hard left on American politics, especially now that their ilk has been invited in the White House door?

May 7, 2009