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digbysblog.blogspot.com - 11/12/2008

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Monday, November 10, 2008 Getting Their Backs by digby According to CQ , the CIA is worried that Obama won't "have their backs" when they do something wrong: “I was with a group of intelligence officers today,” Roger Cressey, a counterterrorism official in the Clinton White House, said on MSNBC ...

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digbysblog.blogspot.com - 11/5/2008

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— digbysblog.blogspot.com — Wednesday, November 05, 2008 Bittersweet by digby As thrilled as I am that the country has begun... to shake off the curse of the GOP, this still hurts : Voters put a stop to same-sex marriage in California, dealing a crushing defeat to gay-rights ... (more) Hullabaloo

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digbysblog.blogspot.com - 11/8/2008

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— digbysblog.blogspot.com — Friday, November 07, 2008 Problems by digby "Democratic strategist" and uber-villager Michael Feldman appeared with Andrea Mitchell... earlier and said this: Mitchell: Let's talk about the State department and foreign policy. John Kerry, widely ... (more) Hullabaloo

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digbysblog.blogspot.com - 11/18/2008

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— digbysblog.blogspot.com — Monday, November 17, 2008 Sticker Shock Doctrine by digby Jane Hamsher has an informative and interesting post... up today about the proposed GM bailout. It's a complicated issue, but in the final analysis, Krugman simplifies it significantly for me ... (more) Hullabaloo

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Getting their Backs
Crooks and Liars — ... community is afraid of more than anything is the game of ‘Gotcha,’” Cressey said. “Which is, if they make a mistake, a well-intentioned mistake, the White House doesn’t support them, they’re left out to dry, and Congress crushes them. And then you get into that risk-averse mentality, which we saw for awhile. So that is what they want. They want support, so they know that the president is going to be behind them. But also that he’s going to lead them.” I agree with Digby on this one. On torture, there can be no more blurring of definitions. ...

Why John Brennan Matters
TalkLeft — Believe it or not, beyond the blog pi**ing contests, John Brennan's potential role in an Obama Administration matters a lot. Digby explains why: On torture, there can be no more blurring of definitions. . . . The CIA needs to know up front that Obama will not have their back if they engage in torture --- and that the torture legal framework under Bush is no longer operative in any way. There really is no other choice on this and I expect that he will do it. He knows very well that his foreign policy will be in complete shambles the minute it is ...