thenation.com - 1/12/2009
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The Obama administration will not focus on prosecuting government officials who practiced illegal torture or war crimes, the president-elect said on Sunday, though he added that prosecutions and independent commission have not been completely ruled out. This was Obama's first major statement on ...
swampland.blogs.time.com - 1/13/2009
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swampland.blogs.time.com —
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 ...
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More on Torture
prospect.org - 1/20/2009
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prospect.org —
It is not the end of war, racism,
or politics as usual. But it is a chance...
to reaffirm our commitment to making this country a more ethical, more equal place.
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What Tomorrow Really Means
classicalvalues.com - 1/18/2009
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classicalvalues.com —
Mr. Obama's big problems so far have been
his relations with corrupt politicians. I think it will...
be a continuing problem with his new administration. However, his biggest problem is that the Democrat Party is prone to strangling the...
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Politics Doesn't Stop
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Ari Melber: Obama on Torture: Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
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Notes: HuffPo's Sam Stein cast Obama's answer as leaving "the door open to investigating Bush"; Activist Bob Fertik, whom I worked with to organize support for the torture question, responds here; and I recently debated this issue, in contrast to the support for prosecuting Gov. Blagojevich, with former Bush and Cheney aide Ron Christie, below:
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This piece is originally from The Nation.
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Maybe, Going Forward, We Should Just Let Bernie Madoff Off?
Firedoglake —
I'm somewhat of the mind that Digby is -- if Obama were to announce right now that he was going to prosecute those who engaged in torture and war crimes, it could trigger a rash of unwanted pardons before Bush left office.
But the reason that's being given for not doing so makes little sense: ...
Jane Hamsher: Maybe, Going Forward, We Should Just Let Bernie Madoff Off?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
If Obama were to announce right now that he was going to prosecute those who engaged in torture and war crimes, I understand it could trigger a rash of unwanted pardons before Bush left office and therefore it's smart for him to hold his cards close. But the reason that's being given for not pursuing prosecutions makes little sense: "My orientation's going to be to move forward," Obama said. The attorney general has to stay above politics and "uphold the Constitution," Obama added, but his administration will focus on "getting things ...
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motherjones.com 12/17/2008 — TORTURE.... Responding to Andrew Sullivan, Reuel Marc Gerecht defends his defense of torture:
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Obama asks for $350 billion —
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From NBC's Savannah Guthrie and Domenico Montanaro
President Bush mentioned at this morning's news conference that Presiden-elect Obama hadn't asked him to formally notify Congress of his want for the $350 billion in TARP money. And that he ...
Grandson of slaves: Obama is our Moses —
CNN.com - Politics 1/12/2009
James Presley stands amid chopped cotton, the thick Mississippi mud caked on his well-worn boots. A smile spreads across his face when he talks about voting for Barack Obama and what that might mean for generations to come. His voice picks up a notch. ...
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