harpers.org - 11/16/2008
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What makes a bad prosecutor? It’s simple: Does the prosecutor’s longing for the public limelight, his aspirations for public office, come to overwhelm his dedication to justice, to simply doing the right thing? It’s said that a famous chief prosecutor from Dallas, Henry Wade, summed up the ...
harpers.org - 11/14/2008
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harpers.org —
Gene Burns is one of the nation’s most
popular talk radio hosts. For years he has dismissed...
accounts of torture; America, he has said, does not torture. But last night, after watching Torturing Democracy and realizing that he had not understood how ...
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SCOTT HORTON—A Ticket to The Hague for Dick Cheney?
harpers.org - 11/22/2008
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harpers.org —
Reports are circulating this week that President-Elect Obama
has interviewed Defense Secretary Robert Gates with a view...
towards inviting him to stay on in the Obama cabinet. This provides an opportunity to gauge Gates’s performance as secretary of ...
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SCOTT HORTON—Grading Gates
salon.com - 11/21/2008
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salon.com —
To listen to this interview, click PLAY on
the recorder below: Glenn Greenwald : My guest today...
is Scott Horton, who has written the cover story, the cover article for the current edition of Harper's , that explores various approaches for ...
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Salon Radio: Scott Horton on war crimes prosecutions - ...
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... Scott Horton has well-deserved props for Craig Watkins, the Dallas County DA who is making a name for himself by helping to exonerate the wrongfully accused. ...
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An accurate and pointed observation by Scott Horton: What makes a bad prosecutor? It’s simple: Does the prosecutor’s longing for the public limelight, his aspirations for public office, come to overwhelm his dedication to justice, to simply doing the right thing? It’s said that a famous chief prosecutor from Dallas, Henry Wade, summed up the thinking that goes into a really bad prosecutor like this: “any prosecutor could convict a guilty man, but ... it takes a real pro to convict an innocent man.” Good prosecutors go about their jobs by blending duty, respect for ...
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Crooks and Liars —
Bubble Meter: The incompetence and ignorance of BUSHCO continues to astound
They gave us a republic: A healthy dose of common sense from a man who probably understands the problem better than anyone else
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