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About that Presidential Executive Order on Interrogations…
floppingaces.net - 1/25/2009
About that Presidential Executive Order on Interrogations…
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U.S. President Barack Obama signs an executive order on Executive Branch ethics as news photographers document it at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, January 21, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES) Presidential Executive Order :  ...
whitehouse.gov - 1/23/2009
Ensuring Lawful Interrogations
— whitehouse.gov — EXECUTIVE ORDER -- ENSURING LAWFUL INTERROGATIONS By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the... laws of the United States of America, in order to improve the effectiveness of human intelligence gathering, to promote the safe, lawful, and ... (more) Ensuring Lawful Interrogations

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Obama to CIA: Bombs Away! No Let Up in US Drone Attacks
abcnews.go.com - 1/23/2009
Obama to CIA: Bombs Away! No Let Up in US Drone Attacks
— abcnews.go.com — The CIA's bombing campaign against al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan continued with two more attacks today, an... indication, senior officials say, that President Barack Obama has approved the U.S. strategy that has killed at least eight of al Qaeda's top ... (more) Obama to CIA: Bombs Away! No Let Up in US Drone Attacks

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Jack Bauer Exception: Obama's Order Wants It Both Ways on Interrogations
online.wsj.com - 1/23/2009
Jack Bauer Exception: Obama's Order Wants It Both Ways on Interrogations
— online.wsj.com — Most politicians would rather do anything than make a difficult choice, and it seems President Obama hasn't... abandoned this Senatorial habit. To wit, yesterday's executive order on interrogation: It imposes broad limits on how aggressively U.S. ... (more) Jack Bauer Exception: Obama's Order Wants It Both ...

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Aboard Air Force One & More
The Anchoress — ... “This administration will not torture”: Unless we feel it’s prudent to. Any criticism from the left? :::I hear chirping::: ...

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