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usdoj.gov - 11/28/2008

Office of the Pardon Attorney

— usdoj.gov — Ronald L. Rodgers, Pardon Attorney The Office of the Pardon Attorney, in consultation with the Attorney General... or his designee, assists the President in the exercise of executive clemency as authorized under Article II, Section 2, of the ... (more) Office of the Pardon Attorney

White House

General David Petraeus

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nytimes.com - 11/29/2008

Editorial: Mr. Bush and the Pardon Power

— nytimes.com — The presidential power to pardon was never intended to be a get-out-of-jail-free card for people close to... the president who stretched, bent or broke the law. > (more) Editorial: Mr. Bush and the Pardon Power

White House

George H. W. Bush

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politico.com - 12/2/2008

Will Bush pardon Stevens?

— politico.com — With the door for a pardon cracked open, some of Stevens' colleagues hope they can push one through.... (more) Will Bush pardon Stevens?

Congress

Ted Stevens

Barbara Bush

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Is Obama hoping Bush will pardon all those war-on-terror officials lefties are hoping to see prosecuted?
Althouse — Eric Posner thinks so. Why? 1. The legal cases are not strong... 2. The incentives for future lawyers and agents will be bad.... 3. A trial would put the match to the powder keg of the culture wars and explode Obama’s stated aspiration to lead in a bipartisan, middle-of-the-road way....So, if Obama wants pardons, should Bush withhold them? ...

Poison Pill
Neptunus Lex — ... He could do Obama one more favor: Conditionally pardon those members of his administration for crimes they may or may not have committed prosecuting the War on Terror. Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, Eric Posner points out why this would be a win-win for all concerned, apart from the stilt-puppet set, while wondering  whether Bush is “too ornery - the word he’s looking for is “principled”, I believe - to do Obama the favor. ...

The NYT And The T-Word
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... This is the strategy of the torture defenders: render this debate once again a red-blue, right-left ding-dong, culture war struggle. It isn't. It's a foundational, moral and constitutional issue that transcends all those categories. And the NYT does its readers a disservice in occluding that. ...

Leaving Some Running Room
JustOneMinute — ... in the NYT today on Obama's thorny task in staffing the CIA, after seven years of its violation of the Geneva Conventions, is revealing in many ways. Like many in the MSM, the NYT cannot bring itself to describe the techniques that the CIA has used as "torture."Big Skip and... This is the strategy of the torture defenders: render this debate once again a red-blue, right-left ding-dong, culture war struggle . It isn't. It's a foundational, moral and constitutional issue that transcends all those categories. And the NYT does its readers a disservice in occluding that. Uh huh. ...