washingtonpost.com - 1/11/2009
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pbs.org - 1/15/2009
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JIM LEHRER: Mr. Vice President, welcome. VICE PRESIDENT
DICK CHENEY: It's good to be back, Jim. MR.
LEHRER: Thank you, sir. Yesterday President Bush said that he will leave Washington next week with a great sense of accomplishment. Do you feel the ...
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Cheney Reflects on Legacy, Defends Interrogation Policy ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/11/2009
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Politico - President Bush on Sunday defended controversial
interrogation measures established by his administration, arguing that techniques
like water-boarding helped save American lives.
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Bush defends interrogation record
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Hullabaloo —
... 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. Yesterday, the Washington Post vomited up an egregiously one-sided pro-torture article in its news pages (effectively rebutted by Robert Parry, ...
I Keep Waiting For The Backlash . . .
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
... . Obamaphiles should be terrified and deeply upset that the Imperial Presidency may suddenly have a new lease on life but somehow . . . they just aren't . Nor does the question of "enhanced interrogation procedures" raise as many hackles as it used to in the usual quarters. I seriously doubt that if John McCain were elected, we would be hearing from Newsweek that perhaps the office of the Presidency needs to be strengthened. I seriously doubt that if John McCain was elected and suddenly showed ambivalence towards the question of changing the interrogation procedures put ...
I Keep Waiting For The Backlash . . .
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... . Obamaphiles should be terrified and deeply upset that the Imperial Presidency may suddenly have a new lease on life but somehow . . . they just aren’t. Nor does the question of “enhanced interrogation procedures” raise as many hackles as it used to in the usual quarters. ...
Frank Naif: You Call This Pressure on Obama to Keep Torturing?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... A front page Washington Post article on Saturday entitled "Obama Under Pressure On Interrogation Policy" promised, but ultimately failed, to make the case that key players in the national security establishment who back torture practices are mounting an effective opposition to banning torture. ...
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Bush Aware of Advisers' Interrogation Talks
abcnews.go.com 1/12/2009 — President Bush says he knew his top national security advisers discussed and approved specific details about how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to an exclusive interview with ABC News ...
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Obama weighs decision about bailout funds —
Reuters: Politics 1/11/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama vowed to restructure a financial rescue plan to save more U.S. families from home foreclosures, as he considered on Sunday whether to seek additional funds from a $700 billion bailout program.
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