salon.com - 11/13/2008
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July 10, 2008 | New revelations of the U.S. government's systematic use of torture in the "global war on terror," including communist Chinese "brainwashing" methods from the 1950s, have brought renewed calls from lawmakers and human rights advocates for the prosecution of senior Bush ...
huffingtonpost.com - 11/19/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely
to bring criminal charges against government officials who authorized
or engaged in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists during the George W. Bush presidency. Obama, who ...
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Obama Advisers: Torture Prosecutions Not Likely
thinkprogress.org - 11/19/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
The Bush had administration repeatedly insists that it
does not practice torture: “ We do not torture
,” President Bush declared in 2005. The U.S. “ is not torturing any detainees ,” White House Press Secretary Dana Perino ...
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Perino: ‘We Did Not Torture’
chicagoboyz.net - 11/11/2008
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chicagoboyz.net —
Let the rehabilitation of Bush begin! For the
past 8 years, the most strident and hysterical leftist
criticism of Bush has centered on his intelligence policies which leftist assured us arose purely out of a callous disregard for civil liberties and ...
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Rehabilitating Bush
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This Just Keeps Getting Better and Better
Hoffmania! —
... With growing talk in Washington that President Bush may be considering an unprecedented "blanket pardon"
for people involved in his administration's brutal interrogation
policies, advisors to Barack Obama are pressing ahead with plans for a
nonpartisan commission to investigate alleged abuses under Bush. ...
Obama intends to investigate use of torture by Bush Administration
Newshoggers.com —
... Rumors circulated this summer that President Bush intends to issue a blanket presidential pardon to insure that any and all individuals who approved, orchestrated and implemented these brutal techniques are not prosecuted.
The president is within his Constitutional powers to grant such a
pardon, though it would be unprecedented in scope (thousands of
people?) and the first ever granted to exempt Americans from war crimes
prosecution. It might also be construed as a tacit admission of
wrongdoing and stain whatever legacy Mr. Bush has left. Though, even
if a pardon ...
The Torture Regime
Comments from Left Field —
... , rumors flying around about George W. Bush planning a sweeping pardon for everyone in his administration who took part in, planned, or knew about his torture regime; and the possibility of president-elect Obama authorizing a “ ...
Obama May OK Torture Investigation
Daily Kos —
... Then, too, Bush might, as James Ross at Salon reported last summer, issue a blanket pardon for anyone involved in torture. Under such circumstances, what, some ask, can be gained by even talking about bringing these guys into court? ...
Blogger's notebook
The Sideshow —
... One of the processes that's worried me over the last eight years is the way we prepare for Bush to do outrageous things (like, say blanket pardons). They start off as "paranoia", we're assured that no one would do something like that, then people produce the arguments for why it could happen and even be legitimate, and next thing we know it's a fait accompli and the Villagers have already decided it's old news, everyone knew it was coming/happening, and it's not worth discussing. What a pity we can't send out the meme with such effectiveness that if Bush pardons ...
Pardon Me? Bush Pardons 14, More To Come?
Firedoglake —
... pardon begs have begun to pour in for consideration.
You can add a few more numbers to that Bushie clemency list.
AP reports that 14 were pardoned today and that Pres. Bush commuted the sentences of two others. DOJ released particulars on each defendant, including charges, sentencing and other pertinent information.
In advance of the potential pardon stampede, Rep. Nadler has introduced legislation to limit preemptive crony pardons -- but the jury is out on whether that passes constitutional muster. ...
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boomantribune.com 11/11/2008 — Dan Eggen of the Washington Post got the assignment to do a set-piece pre-post-mortem on the Bush administration. You know the drill. You interview a few Bush staffers (current and retired), you get some quotes on how sad everyone is about how things ...
Obama Considering Commission On Bush Admin Torture
huffingtonpost.com 11/22/2008 — "Despite the hopes of many human-rights advocates, the new Obama Justice Department is not likely to launch major new criminal probes of harsh interrogations and other alleged abuses by the Bush administration," Newsweek's Michael Isikoff reports. ...
National Journal Magazine - Bush's Failing Final Grade
nationaljournal.com 11/9/2008 — It detracts nothing from Barack Obama's achievement to note that his historic electoral success rests atop the epic political failure of George W. Bush. If Obama is shrewd enough, there's a lesson for the new president in the failure of the old one. ...
Experts Volunteer Policy Guidance —
Wash Post Obama Administration 11/13/2008
An influential assemblage of left-leaning policy experts and a coalition of 30 environmental organizations have weighed in with their vision for the Obama administration, adding to the burden of expectations facing the president-elect from Democratic ...
'Plum Book' Is Obama's Big Help-Wanted Ad —
Wash Post Federal Page 11/13/2008
As the national unemployment rate climbs to a 14-year high, a treasure trove of about 8,000 new jobs surfaced in one place on Capitol Hill yesterday. The federal government published the Plum Book, an inventory of positions that will soon be vacated ...
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