swampland.blogs.time.com - 1/13/2009
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A number of readers have taken me to task for not calling for the prosecution of George Bush et al for war crimes. Glenn Greenwald has now piled on . Let me say this: I would have no moral, legal or spiritual problem with the Obama Administration pursuing this course of action, if they so ...
digbysblog.blogspot.com - 1/12/2009
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Sunday, January 11, 2009 Establishment Dicks by digby
I've written before about the influence of uber-villagers like...
Stuart Taylor and how his noxious views on torture are likely to affect policy. And now we see the results of his handiwork. ...
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weeklystandard.com - 1/15/2009
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It's time to be honest about doing terrible
things. by Charles Krauthammer 12/05/2005, Volume 011, Issue 12...
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The Truth about Torture
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"Other Priorities"
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Joe Klein is against prosecuting Bush: A number of readers have taken me to task for not calling for the prosecution of George Bush et al for war crimes. Glenn Greenwald has now piled on. Let me say this: I would have no moral, legal or spiritual problem with the Obama Administration pursuing this course of action, if they so choose. I do have a practical problem with it ... and so does Obama, which is why he won't pursue this for a very good reason: there are much bigger things at stake. We are in the midst of an economic crisis. We ...
Bush Critics: Still Evil, Crazy Extremists
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... " or " monomaniacal on the subject of civil liberties " -- as though that's some type of insult, when I view it as being exactly the opposite. ...
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