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thinkprogress.org - 1/11/2009

Obama On Appointing Special Prosecutor To Investigate Bush’s Crimes: ‘We Need To Look Forward’

— thinkprogress.org — The top question on Change.gov’s “ Open for Questions ” feature last week asked whether President-elect Obama will appoint a special prosecutor to “independently investigate” the “ greatest crimes ” committed under Bush. The inquiry, submitted by Bob ... (more) Obama On Appointing Special Prosecutor To Investigate ...

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youtube.com - 1/11/2009

Obama on whether he'll appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Bush (video)

— youtube.com — This Week with George Stephanopoulos (more) Obama on whether he'll appoint a special prosecutor to ...

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onthehillblog.blogspot.com - 1/5/2009

Bush Special Prosecutor is Top Question for Obama, Activists Say

— onthehillblog.blogspot.com — The top-ranked question submitted on President-elect Barack Obama's website seeks a non-partisan special prosecutor to investigate the outgoing Bush administration, a group of progessive Democrats says. (more) Bush Special Prosecutor is Top Question for Obama, ...

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Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... The New York Times reports that the Obama transition team's "Open for Questions" site has received heavy support in favor of one particular subject: Whether the Obama Administration will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate George W. Bush and other officials for policies such as torture. This comes after liberal blogs endorsed the question and asked readers to vote for it. ...

Ari Melber: Torture Prosecutor Tops 70,000 Questions for Obama on Change.Gov
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... investigate war crimes in the Bush administration over at Change.gov. (In a previous round, it was the sixth most asked question...) This time, through their efforts, it's number one. This is particularly important, since the press has only asked Obama about this one time, last April. And a lot has happened since then, most obviously the fact that Vice President is all over television admitting to war crimes as if he's proud of it. Then The New York Times picked up the news: [T]he number one submission on the popular "Open for ...

Change.gov against Obama
Crooked Timber — ... team’s call for citizen queries to the President-Elect. After votes from about 100,000 people, the top ranked question asks Obama whether he will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of torture and illegal surveillance by the U.S. government. I’ve been working with activist Bob Fertik to organize support for the question, and several progressive bloggers urged readers and Obama supporters to vote for it last week. See also (via Ari) the NYT the number one submission on the popular ...

Poll: 44% of Dems Say Bush Guily of War Crimes
News — ... According to a new poll from Rasmussen, 44 percent of Democrats surveyed said President Bush and his administration were guilty of "war crimes"; 28 percent of Democrats disagreed. Obama has faced calls from liberals to investigate Bush administration actions for potential criminal activity: one of the most popular reader questions posted to Obama's transition website asked whether Obama would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration's use of torture and warrantless wiretapping. (Though he ...