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salon.com - 1/16/2009

Establishment Washington unifies against prosecutions - Glenn Greenwald

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( Updated below - Update II - Update III - Update IV ) The Washington Po st 's David Ignatius today does what he does best : serve as the spokesman for the Washington establishment's most conventional wisdom in a way that really illuminates what it is: To underscore the message, Obama indicated ...

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salon.com - 1/11/2009

Obama's allegedly "new" centrism and his ABC interview today - Glenn Greenwald

— salon.com — (updated below - Update II - Update III) The central tenets of the Beltway religion -- particularly... when a Democrat is in the White House -- have long been "centrism" and "bipartisanship." The only good Democrats are the ones who scorn their ... (more) Obama's allegedly "new" centrism and his ABC interview ...

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salon.com - 1/18/2009

Binding U.S. law requires prosecutions for those who authorize torture - Glenn Greenwald

— salon.com — (updated below - Update II) It seems fairly easy -- even for those overtly hostile to the... basic rules of logic and law -- to see what conclusions are compelled by these clear premises: Associated Press, April 11, 2008 : Bush administration officials ... (more) Binding U.S. law requires prosecutions for those who ...

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salon.com - 1/13/2009

Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama - Glenn Greenwald

— salon.com — (updated below - Update II- Update III) Barack Obama's announced intentions on ABC News this Sunday regarding... Guantanamo sparked substantial objections from civil liberties and human rights advocates. The result of those objections? From today's ... (more) Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama - Glenn ...

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The Media Is Not Good At Its Job
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Jury Still Out On Wiretapping Verdict's Significance
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All the best people agree
The Sideshow — But not with the media dorks who claim to speak for "everyone." As Establishment Washington unifies against prosecutions, Glennzilla says: Now added to the pantheon of 'liberal' dogma is the shrill, ideological belief that high government officials must abide by our laws and should be treated like any other citizen when they break them. To believe that now makes you not just a 'liberal,' but worse: a 'liberal score-settler.' Apparently, one can attain the glorious status of being a moderate, a centrist, a high-minded independent only if one believes that ...