talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/11/2008
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At a panel last week on justice in the post-Bush era, Scott Horton of Harper's explained to TPMtv why the Justice Department may not be the best venue to lead investigations of the Bush years. Also: Horton says members of the Obama transition team have asked him "penetrating questions" about ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 12/9/2008
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corner.nationalreview.com —
With the indictment of the Democratic Governor and
his purported interest in Mr. Rezko, I think Prosecutor...
Patrick Fitzgerald is just about on the verge on losing his near mythic status among the Washington-New York media. He gained it when he once ...
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That Was Then, This is Now -- II
motherjones.com - 12/17/2008
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motherjones.com —
TORTURE.... Responding to Andrew Sullivan, Reuel Marc Gerecht
defends his defense of torture: I take it from...
your post that if you had been confronted on 7 September 2001 with a captured Khalid Shaykh Muhammad or Abu Zubaydah and you knew that a ...
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Torture
harpers.org - 12/15/2008
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harpers.org —
President George W. Bush has launched “Operation Legacy,”
which he placed in the hands of his ultimate...
advisor, indeed his “brain,” Karl Rove. Remember Rove? He’s the man who refused to testify under oath when summoned by Congress to do so and was ...
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SCOTT HORTON—The Torture Presidency
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... Republicans will never stop pretending that the Marc Rich pardon was a million times worse than dozens of other pardons by Republican presidents, and "reasonable" Democrats will never stop falling for it. Marc Rich wasn't given a free pass on anything, he was merely relieved of one over-the-top charge that appears to have been politically motivated and made no sense. (Also: In the contest for most corrupt state, Nevada and Arizona want in. And TPMTV talks to Scott Horton.) Condoleezza Rice: "Well, you know that I'm going to have to object, ...
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First Read 12/11/2008
ILLINOIS: If a special election is called to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, don't forget that Republicans would be eying it as well as Democrats. One potential GOP candidate for the seat is Mark Kirk, who had tough words yesterday ...
Rezko’s Sentencing Is Delayed —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 12/11/2008
Cam Simpson reports on the Blagojevich case.
A lot can change in two weeks, especially if youre trying to cut a deal with federal prosecutors to reduce your prison sentence.
On the day before Thanksgiving, convicted Chicago developer ...
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