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Bush & Cheney Should Face Jury
boomantribune.com - 1/6/2009
Bush & Cheney Should Face Jury
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Two people are responsible for the torture and illegal seven-year detainment of Muhammad Saad Iqbal. Those two people are George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. No one else needs to be held responsible. Bush and Cheney should answer for Mr. Iqbal's treatment in a court of law. If they want to implicate ...
thehill.com - 1/7/2009
Reid: ‘I don’t work for Obama’
— thehill.com — Democrats must be “very, very careful” to avoid overreaching and will not rubber-stamp President-elect Obama’s policies, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday. In an interview with The Hill, Reid said it is essential for Obama and ... (more) Reid: ‘I don’t work for Obama’

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newsweek.com - 1/11/2009
Obama's Cheney Dilemma | Newsweek Politics
— newsweek.com — Dick Cheney , who will step down as vice president on Jan. 20, has been widely portrayed as a creature of the dark side, a monstrous figure who trampled on the Constitution to wage war against all foes, real and imagined. Barack Obama was elected ... (more) Obama's Cheney Dilemma | Newsweek Politics

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Cheney: No One Could Have Predicted The Financial Crisis, Just As No One Foresaw 9/11
thinkprogress.org - 1/10/2009
Cheney: No One Could Have Predicted The Financial Crisis, Just As No One Foresaw 9/11
— thinkprogress.org — Yesterday in an interview with the Associated Press’s Deb Reichmann, Vice President Cheney repeatedly insisted that no one anticipated the looming U.S. financial crisis. “I don’t think anybody saw it coming,” he said. He then ... (more) Cheney: No One Could Have Predicted The Financial ...

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An Ex-Detainee of the U.S. Describes a 6-Year Ordeal
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... by BooMan Tue Jan 6th, 2009 at 12:55:14 AM EST Two people are responsible for the torture and illegal seven-year detainment of Muhammad Saad Iqbal. Those two people are George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. No one else needs to be held responsible. Bush and Cheney should answer for Mr. Iqbal's treatment in a court of law. If they want to implicate their accomplices, that's fine with me. more at: http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2009/1/6/05514/22217

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