washingtonindependent.com - 1/23/2009
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I think the Obama administration is not likely to cede that authority back to the Congress. – Dick Cheney , Dec. 15, 2008 What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them.– Barack Obama , Jan. 20, 2009 I was talking with a reporter friend last night about President ...
politico.com - 1/23/2009
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politico.com —
Reading this article should make clear to all
and sundry that Barack Obama's detention and interrogation policies...
may end up being more like the ones implemented by George W. Bush than many of Obama's supporters care to admit. And that may be the case ...
(more)
How far should Obama go in undoing Bush's detention and ...
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NSN Daily Update 1/23/09
democracyarsenal.org —
... Spencer Ackerman lays out the main questions for the Obama administration's reform of detainee and interrogation policies. ...
Remainders: JMart
Ben Smith's Blog —
JMart, deprived of blog, is left defenseless in the face of Lyndon Johnson-style shoulder rubbing.
Guess who somebody close to Chuck thinks is a "dingbat."
Americans United for Change plans more pro-stimulus ads.
Whitehouse.gov disappoints Obama tech geek acolytes.
Obama banters in Bahasa Indonesian.
Spencer Ackerman poses good questions about the detention/interrogation review process.
Yo-Yo Ma and Perlman were prerecorded.
Dana Priest says Obama has ...
If Torture is for the Lazy, Stupid, and Pseudo-Tough, What Does that Make the CIA?
Firedoglake —
... If this question is in fact open, it would contradict the central promise of the executive orders, as well as an assurance that Dennis Blair made to the Senate intelligence committee during his confirmation hearing to become director of national intelligence. Clearly, then, this is something to watch for as the cabinet-level policy review takes shape. As well, tomorrow is Leon Panetta's confirmation hearing to become CIA director. Watch to hear whether he thinks there should be one government-wide uniform standard on interrogations -- and, if not, what the arguments against it ...
Harold Koh, Outspoken Opponent of Torture, Named State Department Legal Adviser
Firedoglake —
... President Obama just announced that Harold Hongju Koh, the head of Yale Law School and a human-rights official in the Clinton administration, will be the legal adviser to the State Department. That's big news as the administration proceeds with its review of interrogations, detentions and renditions policy. Koh, recall, dramatically ...
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