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I Keep Waiting For The Backlash . . .
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — ... . They certainly don't want to draw too much attention to this story about the appointment of John Brennan as counterterrorism adviser either: Brennan has publicly disavowed waterboarding, a form of simulated drowning that the White House authorized the CIA to use in 2002. But critics of the Bush administration's detainee policies complained that Brennan did not repudiate as torture harsh interrogation techniques like the excessive use of isolation, sleep deprivation, cultural and sexual humiliation and other techniques in combination. In a 2005 interview on PBS' "The ...

I Keep Waiting For The Backlash . . .
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... . They certainly don’t want to draw too much attention to this story about the appointment of John Brennan as counterterrorism adviser either: ...

Will We Get Accountability? Obama's Reply to Blogger Bob Fertik's Special Prosecutor Question
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... empower terrorists... We must avoid any temptation simply to move on. We must instead be honest with ourselves and the world as we condemn our nation's past transgressions and reject Bush's corruption of our American ideals. Our constitutional democracy cannot survive with a government shrouded in secrecy, nor can our nation's honor be restored without full disclosure."Fertik said he is heartened by Obama's pick of Johnsen, but said that "it's offset by other appointments," namely John Brennan , whom Obama has chosen as his top counterterrorism advisor. Brennan has been the ...