theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 4/3/2009
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Obama's Justice Department is again seeking a delay in releasing three key 2005 "torture" memos written for President Bush that offered legal justification for harsh interrogation, according to people involved in the negotiations.
newsweek.com - 4/3/2009
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newsweek.com —
A fierce internal battle within the White House
over the disclosure of internal Justice Department interrogation memos...
is shaping up as a major test of the Obama administration's commitment to opening up government files about Bush-era ...
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Newsweek: White House divided over torture memos
newsweek.com - 4/5/2009
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newsweek.com —
A fierce internal battle within the White House
over the disclosure of internal Justice Department interrogation memos...
is shaping up as a major test of the Obama administration's commitment to opening up government files about Bush-era ...
(more)
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Truth, Justice, And ... How Does The Rest Of That Go?
Daily Kos —
What a surprise: Obama’s Justice Department is again seeking a delay in releasing three key 2005 "torture" memos written for President Bush that offered legal justification for harsh interrogation, according to people involved in the negotiations. Justice had until today to tell a court whether they’d release the memos ... Justice lawyers have told the group that they will not release them today and have asked for more time. [...] It wasn’t immediately clear why the Justice Department is delaying the release of the ...
New Report: Generals Knew About Guantanamo Torture, Lied to Congress
Daily Kos —
... The information Professor Denbeaux and his students have used to compile this, and twelve other Guantanmo reports, comes from government documents obtained through FOIA requests. And that doesn't include the remaining toture memos that the Justice Department seems reluctant to release. ...
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The Talking Dog —
... " of circa 2007. Sadly, a "cautious" Obama Administration continues to err on the side of protecting war criminals and torturers, and again delays release of a number of "torture memos" prepared by former Justice Dept. official Stephen Bradbury. And finally, to tie it all together... check out ...
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