salon.com - 12/24/2008
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For obvious reasons, the most blindly loyal Bush followers of the last eight years are desperate to claim that nobody cares any longer about what happened during the Bush administration, that everyone other than the most fringe, vindictive Bush-haters is eager to put it all behind us, forget ...
salon.com - 12/31/2008
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salon.com —
(updated below - Update II) While fiercely loyal
establishment spokespeople such as The Washington Post 's Ruth...
Marcus continue to insist that prosecutions are only appropriate for common criminals ("someone breaking into your house") but not our ...
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Torture prosecutions finally begin in the U.S. - Glenn ...
huffingtonpost.com - 12/18/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush knows he's
unpopular. But here's what matters, he says: "I didn't...
compromise my soul to be a popular guy." In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News Channel, Bush also praised the national security team ...
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Bush: I Didn't Compromise My Soul To Be Popular
pewresearch.org - 12/18/2008
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pewresearch.org —
Just 11% say Bush will be remembered as
an outstanding or above average president -- by far...
the lowest positive end-of-term rating for any of the past four presidents. Yet Bush's impact on public opinion over the past eight years is seen in ways that ...
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Bush and Public Opinion
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Appreciating the Foes of Torture
Daily Kos —
... and government outlawry have combined an unwavering moral compass, keen analysis and sparkling eloquence. These people and a few organizations with the guts and stamina not to surrender deserve far more than mere thanks for their pursuit of truth, justice and what was once touted as the American way. But until that halcyon day when dissidents are awarded Medals of Freedom, simple gratitude will have to suffice. They go by the names of Jane Mayer, Invictus/Valtin, Glenn Greenwald, mcjoan, Christy Hardin Smith, jhutson, digby, ...
Ari Melber: Ask Obama For a Torture Special Prosecutor
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... that this is merely a political not a legal question. Indeed, media often leave the clearly misleading impression that there is an equal academic debate over whether waterboarding is torture or whether warrantless surveillance is legal. To this day, media refers to waterboarding as an 'interrogation technique' when courts have consistently defined it as torture.
Some journalists do approach torture and war crimes prosecution as a serious, legal issue -- attorneys Glenn Greenwald and Scott Horton have done extensive reporting; The New York Times ...
Shahid Buttar: Could Gitmo Get Worse? The Policy Implications of Executive Accountability
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... In the face of Washington's reluctance to deepen partisan divisions, or implicate leaders of both parties who ultimately share responsibility for the Administration's worst abuses, a rising chorus -- including Glenn Greenwald, Jonathan ...
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salon.com 12/18/2008 — The Atlantic 's Ross Douthat has a post today -- "Thinking About Torture" -- which, he acknowledges quite remarkably, is the first time he has "written anything substantial, ever, about America's treatment of detainees in the War on Terror." He's ...
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boomantribune.com 11/11/2008 — Dan Eggen of the Washington Post got the assignment to do a set-piece pre-post-mortem on the Bush administration. You know the drill. You interview a few Bush staffers (current and retired), you get some quotes on how sad everyone is about how things ...
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