mcclatchydc.com - 1/6/2009
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WASHINGTON In filling four senior Justice Department positions Monday, President-elect Barack Obama signaled that he intends to roll back Bush administration counterterrorism policies authorizing harsh interrogation techniques, warrantless spying and indefinite detentions of terrorism ...
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Obama's Justice nominees signal end of Bush terror tactics
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... for encouraging "horrific acts" and for advising Bush "that in fighting the war on terror, he is not bound by the laws Congress has enacted." "One of the refreshing things about Dawn Johnsen's appointment is that she's almost a 180-degree shift from John Yoo and David Addington and (Vice President) Dick Cheney," said Harvard University law professor Laurence Tribe, referring to the main legal architects of the administration's approval of harsh interrogation tactics. Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/59012.html
Deconstructing Dick: Sneer and Loathing for the Rule of Law
Firedoglake —
... and a fumbling Jedi mind trick (YouTube) -- trying to mask his role in all of this. When in reality, he's been like those Escher drawing hands, bringing themselves into being exactly as they wanted in every detail.
The one piece of good news in the entire interview? Cheney petulantly gripes that Obama hasn't asked his counsel on keeping Gitmo open indefinitely. Well, that's a relief...
PS: Dawn Johnson at OLC? Oh frabtacular day. Excellent.
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