yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/15/2009
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One of the big problems with the Bush administration’s decision to break the law constantly in pursuit of counterterrorism is that once you’re doing a bunch of illegal stuff, it’s very hard to stop. For example, Muhammed al-Qahtani is someone who it seems like you’d ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 1/22/2009
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
A majority of Americans in a new Washington
Post-ABC News poll oppose the use of torture in
terrorism investigations, backing Barack Obama's pledge that "under my administration, the United States does not torture." But there's an even split on ...
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swampland.blogs.time.com - 1/13/2009
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swampland.blogs.time.com —
A number of readers have taken me to
task for not calling for the prosecution of George
Bush et al for war crimes. Glenn Greenwald has now piled on . Let me say this: I would have no moral, legal or spiritual problem with the Obama Administration ...
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The Consequences of Torture
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... In other words, where there is no uncoerced evidence to hold someone, they cannot be prosecuted and must be released. And if we accept that, then the logical corollary is that where there is real, reliable, confirmable, actionable evidence of criminal activity, then those persons must be prosecuted and must not be released — or forgiven: ...
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