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Ari Melber: Ask Obama For a Torture Special Prosecutor
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... like old boilerplate than new responses. When the submitted questions parrot toics in the traditional media, of course, the exchange can feel like a dated press conference. But here's a vital question that few reporters have ever presented to Obama:
Will you appoint a Special Prosecutor (ideally Patrick Fitzgerald) to independently investigate the gravest crimes of the Bush Administration, including torture and warrantless wiretapping?
That question ranked sixth in voting last time -- out of over 10,000 submissions -- but the ...
Daily Digest: Remodeling Change.gov, from Inside and Out
techPresident —
... -- taking a good deal of the agency in the process away from the public, no? Organizing support for your interests is a hallmark of democracy, and Open for Questions would be well served by building in the potential to rally the troops. Fertik's work-around: search for "Fitzgerald," as in Peter Fitzgerald, his pick for prosecutor. Writes Melber: "[I]t is up to the rest of us to put accountability and the rule of law on the agenda. Change.gov is a fine place to start." ...
Hullabaloo — ... , throwing open the site this week for citizen input. The first run of this experiment was a mixed bag. The platform was open and transparent, but the official answers felt more like old boilerplate than new responses. When the submitted questions parrot toics in the traditional media, of course, the exchange can feel like a dated press conference. But here's a vital question that few reporters have ever presented to Obama: ...
Ask Obama for a Torture Special Prosecutor
Daily Kos —
... , throwing open the site this week for citizen input. The first run of this experiment was a mixed bag. The platform was open and transparent, but the official answers felt more like old boilerplate than new responses. When the submitted questions parrot toics in the traditional media, of course, the exchange can feel like a dated press conference. But here's a vital question that few reporters have ever presented to Obama: ...
Ari Melber: Torture Prosecutor Tops 70,000 Questions for Obama on Change.Gov
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
A whopping 70,000 questions poured into Change.gov over the past week, in response to the Obama transition team's call for citizen queries to the President-Elect. After votes from about 100,000 people, the top ranked question asks Obama whether he will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of torture and illegal surveillance by the U.S. government.
I've been working with activist Bob Fertik to organize support for the question, and several progressive bloggers urged readers and Obama supporters to vote ...
Really, Bob? Fitzgerald?
Hoffmania! —
... This has been getting a lot of attention lately. I like the question, but I worry about who they want to conduct it. Bob Fertik:
"Will you appoint a Special Prosecutor - ideally
Patrick Fitzgerald - to independently investigate the gravest crimes of
the Bush Administration, including torture and warrantless
wiretapping?"
-Bob Fertik, New York City
This was posted at Change.gov, and has been praised to the hilt by blogs, and featured by Countdown and This Week's George Stayontopofthis. Special ...
