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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 2/18/2009
Charlie Savage's Alarm
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The NYT reporter who, at the Boston Globe, helped expose the worst abuses of executive power under Bush-Cheney, writes a piece today that reminds all of us that vigilance is vital if we are to maximize civil liberty with potent measures to counter the terrorist threat. It's true that in many ...
I Don't Mean to Alarm Anyone, But...
minx.cc - 2/13/2009
I Don't Mean to Alarm Anyone, But...
— minx.cc — The depressing editorial which accompanied that graphic is here. What can we do now? Smoke 'em if... you got 'em. I'll try and come up with something more constructive later.... (more) I Don't Mean to Alarm Anyone, But...
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Sister Toldjah — Andrew Sullivan laughably suggests he will hold Obama to account just like he did Bush

Savaging Obama on Continuing Bush Policy
Newshoggers.com — ... ruling through the tautological doctrine of Richard Nixon, who told interviewer David Frost that as long as the president's doing it "that means it is not illegal.'' ... Being answerable to another is humbling. It makes you more careful in your actions. It requires that you consider how you will defend your decisions. George Bush has freed himself of this constitutional imperative and is showing the next president, and the next, how it is done. And as Sully writes today: the whole point of our resistance to the war crimes of ...

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