nytimes.com - 5/4/2009
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WASHINGTON — Alberto Mora says it’s “politically unthinkable” to criminally prosecute the top Bush administration officials who sanctioned torture. He also says it’s “legally unthinkable” not to hold them accountable. Few Americans better understand the precarious stakes of looking into what ...
librarygrape.com - 5/4/2009
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librarygrape.com —
Over the last few years, it has been
difficult to keep track of all the different instances...
of lies and misdirection about the Bush torture program. Way back in the day, the Bush administration claimed that we didn't abuse or mistreat prisoners. Then, when the horrors of Abu Ghraib came to ...
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If Torture Works, Why Did We Stop Doing It In 2005?
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Shakesville —
... offer. Warm Atlanta Days offer BEER. When I was a wee lad, around 13, my dear mama took me to Braves' games. It was a simple time and I enjoyed the nachos. There were HOPS beverages but not that many. Times change. I am certain I could ask for dressing on the side for my wiener cobb salad. HA! O' Kittens! Mister Petulant needs to be on the Continent. Gaultier, Mylene and boys dancing in frou-frou skirts makes me a happy lad. FUCK TORTURE! Excuse me, PROSECUTE TORTURE. Oops... BUSH! O' ...
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Daily Kos —
In an oped in yesterday's NYT, Al Hunt says: Alberto Mora says it’s "politically unthinkable" to criminally prosecute the top Bush administration officials who sanctioned torture. He also says it’s "legally unthinkable" not to hold them accountable. It is a fine synopsis of the supposed conundrum that has gripped all of the people in America who purport to be experts on such things. But consider it plainly, for just a moment. Which of the two is worse? If you have something that is "politically unthinkable", and ...
Mora's Insight
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
This gets it about right, I think: Alberto Mora says it’s “politically unthinkable” to criminally
prosecute the top Bush administration officials who sanctioned torture.
He also says it’s “legally unthinkable” not to hold them accountable. If Charles Graner ...
CNN's Sanchez: Cheney's Role in Interrogations 'Doesn't Get Talked a Lot About in the Media'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... lot about in the media." CNN's own Web site carries recent stories titled "Cheney defends dark side interrogations" and "Senate report: Rice, Cheney OK'd CIA use of waterboarding." It also has the commentary "Cheney says U.S. can torture but can't heal" by the always impartial Paul Begala.
This week Bloomberg.com published "Cheney’s Smirk Takes Us to ‘Dark Side’ Again." In The New York Times, Al Hunt's Letter From Washington noted:
The bitterness is evident with a glance at blog ...
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