google.com - 11/17/2008
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21 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against government workers who authorized or used harsh interrogation techniques during the George W. Bush presidency. Obama, who has criticized the use of torture, is being urged by some ...
mediamatters.org - 11/21/2008
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mediamatters.org —
In anticipation of the new administration, Beltway media
insiders are busy laying the groundwork for how reporters
and pundits will treat the new team on Pennsylvania Avenue. "Once a president takes office ... an adversarial relationship ...
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Boehlert: Covering new presidents: the media's double ...
openleft.com - 11/22/2008
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openleft.com —
I really don't want to be pessimistic about
the new Obama administration. Rather, I much preferred my
optimistic mood from last night, discussing how the House seems to be moving in a more progressive direction , and how cutting military spending was ...
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huffingtonpost.com - 11/19/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely
to bring criminal charges against government officials who authorized
or engaged in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists during the George W. Bush presidency. Obama, who ...
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Obama Advisers: Torture Prosecutions Not Likely
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Why is it OK that Obama won't hold torturers accountable?
Corrente —
And how does that policy enhance our “moral standing,” if any, in the world? AP:
Barack Obama’s incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against government workers who authorized or used harsh interrogation techniques [torture] during the George W. Bush presidency. Obama, who has criticized the use of torture, is being urged by some constitutional scholars and humans rights groups to investigate possible war crimes by the Bush administration.
But two Obama advisers said there’s little — if any — chance ...
I Stand In Front Of You, I Take The Force Of The Blow
Firedoglake —
... Lara Jakes Jordan has a piece for the AP about how Obama's advisers say they won't prosecute interrogators who tortured dudes. It really ought to have mentioned how ...
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msnbc.msn.com 11/18/2008 — Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against government workers who authorized or used harsh interrogation techniques during the George W. Bush presidency.
Obama should be like Bush
the-reaction.blogspot.com 11/10/2008 — By Michael J.W. Stickings At least according to TNR's Jonathan Cohn. Cohn argues that has actually accomplished a great deal as president, from overhauling the tax code to reforming education to gutting the regulatory state to rewriting ...
No we can't
lefarkins.blogspot.com 11/18/2008 — This story , indicating that the Obama administration is bailing on the idea even investigating whether criminal charges ought to be brought against Bush administration officials who committed war crimes such as torture, is very discouraging. From the ...
Obama Leading In Eight Battlegrounds Bush Led In Four Years Ago
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/28/2008 — Here's another way to assess the state of the race right now: We've drawn up a chart comparing the Real Clear Politics averages right now in 13 core battleground states with the RCP averages in the same states from right before the 2004 election .
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Instapundit.com -
pajamasmedia.com 11/11/2008 — November 11, 2008 NO SURPRISE: "President-elect Barack Obama is unlikely to radically overhaul controversial Bush administration intelligence policies, advisers say, an approach that is almost certain to create tension within the Democratic Party. ...
ABC's Terry Moran Gushes Over 'Obama Cool on Display'
newsbusters.org 11/12/2008 — "Nightline" co-host Terry Moran on Monday fawned over every detail of Barack Obama's White House meeting with President Bush and insisted that that since the President-elect arrived in Washington D.C. wearing sunglasses, this was an example ...
Rehabilitating Bush
chicagoboyz.net 11/11/2008 — Let the rehabilitation of Bush begin! For the past 8 years, the most strident and hysterical leftist criticism of Bush has centered on his intelligence policies which leftist assured us arose purely out of a callous disregard for civil liberties and ...
Bush, Obama, & Ghosts
theanchoressonline.com 11/9/2008 — It is the same with you: you see your enemy who opposes you, who overwhelms you with scathing words, who is harsh in his insults, who pursues you with his hatred. But you are attentive to the fact that he is a human being. You see everything that ...
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