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washingtonpost.com - 1/24/2009
Bush's 'War' On Terror Comes to a Sudden End
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Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, January 23, 2009; A01 President Obama yesterday eliminated the most controversial tools employed by his predecessor against terrorism suspects. With the stroke of his pen, he effectively declared an end to the "war on terror," as President George W. Bush had ...
foxnews.com - 1/18/2009
Pelosi Open to Prosecution of Bush Administration Officials | Political News
— foxnews.com — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is receptive to the idea of prosecuting some Bush administration officials, while letting... others who are accused of misdeeds leave office without prosecution, she told Chris Wallace in an interview on "FOX News Sunday." "I ... (more) Pelosi Open to Prosecution of Bush Administration ...

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washingtonpost.com - 1/23/2009
Bush's 'War' On Terror Comes to a Sudden End
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google.com - 1/20/2009
AFP: Bush, Rumsfeld should be pursued for torture: UN rapporteur
— google.com — 22 hours ago BERLIN (AFP) The UN's special torture rapporteur called on the US Tuesday to pursue... former president George W. Bush and defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld for torture and bad treatment of Guantanamo prisoners. "Judicially speaking, the ... (more) AFP: Bush, Rumsfeld should be pursued for torture: UN ...

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Think Progress:  Obama Charts A New Direction With Muslim World: ‘We Are Offering A Hand Of Friendship’

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Is the "War on Terror" really gone?
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — Yesterday the Washington Post ran a provocative headline -- "Bush's 'War' on Terror Comes to a Sudden End" -- which was an interpretive delight, a kind of reader's choice. Was it suggesting that Bush's War has come to an end, or that Bush's War is suddenly over? If the former, then we're in agreement. But if the latter, then the headline was profoundly misleading -- and the story that followed seemed to confirm just that. It's true that certain tactical (and is there any reason to re-mention "illegal"?) elements of George Bush's peculiar prosecution of the so-called "war ...

Wither the War On Terror?
Counterterrorism Blog — ... With the Obama administration only three days old, the Washington Post carried a front page analysis article on Friday headlined: “Bush’s War on Terror Comes to a Sudden End.” ...

Obama Charts A New Direction With Muslim World: ‘We Are Offering A Hand Of Friendship’
Think Progress — ... As the Washington Post noted, Bush’s “war on terror” came to an end this week, with Obama signing executive orders eliminating torture, rendition and indefinite detention. “We intend to win this fight,” he said. “ ...

Reports of Obama's Ending the War on Terror Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Weekly Standard Blog — ... A few days after Obama's inauguration, the Washington Post's Dana Priest wrote that Obama effectively ended the war on terror--excuse me, Bush's "war on terror"--by signing executive orders to close Gitmo and CIA prisons and limit interrogation methods. ...

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