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Condi Rice: Because Bush Did It, Torture Wasn't Illegal
librarygrape.com - 4/30/2009
Condi Rice: Because Bush Did It, Torture Wasn't Illegal
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I think this is pretty much the purest distillation of what the GOP's primary defense will be against claims that members of the Bush administration are guilty of war crimes for authorizing torture. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was recently speaking at Stanford University when a ...
Cenk Uygur: Condi Rice Pulls A Nixon: When the President Does It, That Means It is Not Illegal
huffingtonpost.com - 4/30/2009
Cenk Uygur: Condi Rice Pulls A Nixon: When the President Does It, That Means It is Not Illegal
— huffingtonpost.com — Condoleezza Rice was recently speaking at Stanford when students asked her an excellent question on waterboarding and... torture. They have her answer on tape and it isn't pretty. Condi Rice absolutely pulls a Nixon. Here are the relevant ... (more) Cenk Uygur: Condi Rice Pulls A Nixon: When the President ...

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harpers.org - 5/1/2009
Condi’s Really Bad Day—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine)
— harpers.org — Scott Horton For eight years, Condoleezza Rice dealt with the Beltway punditry and the access-craving White House... press corps. The reception she got, with a handful of exceptions, was fawning. Which leaves her totally unprepared for a return to an ... (more) Condi’s Really Bad Day—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine)

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