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julescrittenden.com - 12/12/2008
Senate Blames White House
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For abuses, not individual soldiers. I'm more inclined to blame al Qaeda for the uncomfortable circumstances in which detainees find themselves. The global jihad/worldwide terror campaign was their idea in the first place. But here's the news, via NYT. Yeah, it's meant to be a gotcha: The ...
nytimes.com - 12/11/2008
Panel blames White House, not Soldiers, for Abuse
— nytimes.com — The physical and mental abuse of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was the direct... result of Bush administration detention policies and should not be dismissed as the work of bad guards or interrogators, according to a bipartisan ... (more) Panel blames White House, not Soldiers, for Abuse
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Do As We Say …
julescrittenden.com - 12/7/2008
Do As We Say …
— julescrittenden.com — Boston's border control chief busted ... for hiring illegals! Howie puts it best: This town really does... need an enema. How corrupt has Boston become when we now have illegal alien maids from Brazil wearing wires against six-figure federal immigration ... (more) Do As We Say …
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news.yahoo.com - 12/12/2008
Panel blames White House, not soldiers, for abuse (AP)
— news.yahoo.com — AP - The physical and mental abuse of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was... the direct result of Bush administration detention policies and should not be dismissed as the work of bad guards or interrogators, according to a ... (more) Panel blames White House, not soldiers, for abuse (AP)

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N/A — ... Jules Crittenden takes the cry havoc, let loose the dogs of war view: It’s not anybody’s fault here in the United States. Nope.  Not at all.  Says Crittenden: “I’m more inclined to blame al Qaeda for the uncomfortable circumstances in which detainees find themselves. The global jihad/worldwide terror campaign was their idea in the first place.” ...

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