opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com - 2/14/2009
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Now that he's in power, is Obama seeing the virtue of Bush's counterterrorism programs?
blogs.abcnews.com - 2/9/2009
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From Jake Tapper and Ariane de Vogue: The
Obama Administration today announced that it would keep the...
same position as the Bush Administration in the lawsuit Mohamed et al v Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.. The case involves five men who claim...
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Obama Administration Maintains Bush Position on ...
spectator.co.uk - 2/8/2009
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spectator.co.uk —
President Obama has had, by general consent, a
torrid First Fortnight. To put it another way, it...
has taken precisely two weeks for the illusion that brought him to power to be exposed for the nonsense that it so obviously was. The transformational ...
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America -- what have you done?
attackerman.firedoglake.com - 2/13/2009
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Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
Saturday, and time for some weekend reflection punditry. Tobin Harshaw: While President Obama has made it pretty clear he’d like to move on, the idea of prosecuting members of the Bush administration for its counterterrorism programs and other alleged misdeeds refuses to die. Gail Collins: Who Wants to Be a Secretary of Commerce? has proved to be one of the administration’s most popular TV contests. Its ratings have been second only to Survivor: Department of ...
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powerlineblog.com 2/5/2009 — The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Leon Panetta, President Obama's nominee for CIA director, has earned more than $700,000 in speaking and consulting fees since the beginning of 2008. The Journal says that some of the payments came from ...
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Senate Confirms Panetta As CIA Director
npr.org 2/13/2009 — The Senate confirmed Leon Panetta as director of the CIA on Thursday, placing the nation's top spy agency in the hands of a government veteran valued for his skills as a lawmaker and policy manager rather than as an expert at intelligence-gathering ...
Obama Redacts His Rendition Position
patdollard.com 2/6/2009 —
Must’ve actually READ some of the daily shit Pres. Bush has been reading for the last eight years. Hey, Bam … break all mirrors in the White House. You’re about to go gray.
Just wondering here …
Think those Hollywood ...
Is Leon Panetta Covering Up Torture?
thedailybeast.com 4/8/2009 — Why doesn t Leon Panetta want the CIA investigated or prosecuted for torture allegations? Maybe because some of the men implicated, John Sifton reports, are the ones advising him. On Monday night the confidential report of the International Committee ...
Panetta: No Prosecutions For CIA Torturers
newshoggers.com 2/7/2009 — By Cernig
The AP reports that CIA Director-nominee Leon Panetta has stated categorically that there will be no prosecutions for torturers .
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