powerlineblog.com - 12/8/2008
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Can Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich be defended on the merits? Seth Lipsky is a journalist whom I greatly respect, and he thinks that it can. In today's New York Times Seth makes the case for the pardon. Seth also thinks that the pardon should be defended on the merits in connection with ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/10/2008
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In his first post-election newspaper interview President-elect Barack
Obama doesn't spill all the beans about his intentions
upon taking office on Jan. 20. But he does reveal some interesting details. He said he's never talked to ...
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Text of Obama's first newspaper interview as president-elect
washingtonpost.com - 12/2/2008
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Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or
other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from
the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
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Richard Cohen - Eric Holder Is Disqualified by the Marc ...
politico.com - 12/10/2008
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politico.com —
Sen. Arlen Specter, the top Republican on the
Judiciary Committee, has just thrown a wrench into the Eric
Holder hearings planned for early January, saying Holder's involvement in the Marc Rich pardon is a "red flag" and a "very ...
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Specter calls for delay in Holder hearings
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NYT’s - Marc Rich Pardon Was The Right Thing To Do
Flopping Aces —
... doozy:
I met with them a number of times in the years after in the hope that they might be willing to go on the record to The Journal and tell their side of the story. I was not successful, but I came to like them both.
Ohhhhh, that changes everything then.
Eric Holder shouldn’t be put down for his help in getting the pardon because the pardon was just and Marc Rich is a swell guy.
Sheesh.
Powerline quotes from George Lardner’s post, A pardon to remember, which ...
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