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Yesterday brought some remarkable developments on the accountability front. The Wall Street Journal , relying on Bush Administration sources, tells us that President Bush is not likely to extend pre-emptive pardons to those who were involved in his torture program and related extralegal ...
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Got Justice?
Talking Points Memo — ... Set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission? Prosecute them all? Leave it Congress? Just forget about it and move on? This week at TPMCafe we're discussing what to do about continuing secrets, lawlessness and law-breaking of the Bush administration. We're focusing discussion around a new article out in the Washington Monthly, ' ...

The debate on commissions
Political Animal — ... that neither commissions nor subpoenas are a good idea. It reminds us that Homans' piece is the subject of a discussion at the TPM Cafe this week. Scott Horton had a ...

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