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motherjones.com - 1/22/2009

Obama to Bush: I Can Release Your Records. Don't Like It? Sue.

— motherjones.com — On his first day in office, President Obama is putting former president Bush on notice. The new administration just released an executive order that will make it very difficult for Bush and Cheney to keep documents from their time in office ... (more) Obama to Bush: I Can Release Your Records. Don't Like ...

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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/22/2009

Could Obama's Executive Order Help Pry Loose Bush Records?

— tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — Over at TPM, Josh and David have been mulling the significance of the executive order, issued today by President Obama, concerning the Presidential Records Act. Could it apply retroactively to previous administrations, making it easier to pry loose ... (more) Could Obama's Executive Order Help Pry Loose Bush Records?

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huffingtonpost.com - 1/20/2009

Cheney In Wheelchair For Inauguration

— huffingtonpost.com — WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney pulled a muscle in his back while moving boxes and will be in a wheelchair for Tuesday's inauguration ceremony. White House press secretary Dana Perino said Cheney was helping to move into his new home ... (more) Cheney In Wheelchair For Inauguration

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A Sincere Debate
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — By Patrick Appel Ross has a good idea: One would hardly expect Dick Cheney to endorse his own prosecution. But I think there's a reasonable case that given what I take to be his own premises about the torture debate - that the acts of interrogative violence the administration employed were justified by the stakes involved and the intelligence they produced - the outgoing Vice President should support an investigative commission charged with assessing the consequences of the Bush Administration's detainee policy. ...

Running On Torture
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... 45 percent "no," 20 percent "no opinion." [...] Republicans don't have a ton of issues in which public opinion is on their side; they should press the argument that American policy on detainees in the War on Terror ought to consider the objections of Americans in places like Kansas, California, and South Carolina as much as it considers the objections of the editorial boards of Le Monde, Der Spiegel and the Guardian. How about an open debate then, eh? And just how certain are you the public is on your side? Hmmm? ...

Weekend Opinionator: Closing Gitmo, Opening a Can of Worms
The Opinionator — ... for a while now, a far less predictable voice has joined in: the Atlantic’s Ross Douthat. One would hardly expect Dick Cheney to endorse his own prosecution. But I think there’s a reasonable case that given what I take to be his own premises about the torture debate - that the acts of interrogative violence the administration employed were justified by the stakes involved and the intelligence they produced - the outgoing Vice President should support an investigative commission charged with assessing the consequences of the Bush Administration’s detainee policy. Time and ...

Ross Douthat Is Bill Kristol’s Replacement at NYT
The Moderate Voice — ... willing to see those policies defended more fully and publicly than they’ve been to date. Put another way, anyone who thinks that Dick Cheney will be at least somewhat vindicated by history ought to want him vindicated now, when the vindication would actually make a difference in the policy of the United States government. And an independent commission, charged with assessment, rather than indictment, seems like as reasonable a place as any to start. (read the rest at Mr. Douthat’s blog, at his former employer, Atlantic.) You might be ...