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harpers.org - 12/15/2008
SCOTT HORTON—The Torture Presidency
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President George W. Bush has launched “Operation Legacy,” which he placed in the hands of his ultimate advisor, indeed his “brain,” Karl Rove. Remember Rove? He’s the man who refused to testify under oath when summoned by Congress to do so and was recently identified in a Congressional ...

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rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 12/17/2008
Thinking About Torture
— rossdouthat.theatlantic.com — I haven't written anything substantial, ever, about America's treatment of detainees in the War on Terror. There are good reasons for this, and bad ones. Or maybe there's only one reason, and it's probably a bad one - a desire to avoid taking on a ... (more) Thinking About Torture

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TPMtv: After Torture, Part II
talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/11/2008
TPMtv: After Torture, Part II
— talkingpointsmemo.com — At a panel last week on justice in the post-Bush era, Scott Horton of Harper's explained to TPMtv why the Justice Department may not be the best venue to lead investigations of the Bush years. Also: Horton says members of the Obama transition team ... (more) TPMtv: After Torture, Part II

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The Torture Presidency
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Scott Horton tackles the newly released torture report: The Levin-McCain Report, when fully declassified and circulated, will tell Americans a good deal about our history. It will help define what will become known as the “torture presidency” of George W. Bush. But it is also a remarkably incomplete document, testimony to the Bush Administration’s conscious policy of obfuscation, misdirection and deceit—its mockery of Congressional oversight, and its corruption of our Constitution and system of government. It gives us a clear lesson. As John McCain stated: ...

David Latt: Cheney Taunts Bush, Pardon Me or Else
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Scott Horton in Harper's Magazine takes the argument one step further by characterizing the Bush administration as "The Torture Presidency". ...

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Torture By Proxy — The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Horton takes on Reuel Marc Gerecht: The piece lives in the world and morality of Fox’s Twenty-Four, and it falsely confuses the rendition programs that existed pre-Bush with the extraordinary rendition program put in place after 9/11. Gerecht knows better. The devices he advances are crimes. ...