blogs.abcnews.com - 1/10/2009
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During my exclusive interview with President-elect Barack Obama airing Sunday morning on "This Week" I asked the president-elect to respond to the most popular question on his own website, www.change.gov. "Will you appoint a Special Prosecutor -- ideally Patrick Fitzgerald...
blogs.abcnews.com - 1/11/2009
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blogs.abcnews.com —
During my exclusive interview with President-elect Barack Obama
airing Sunday morning on "This Week" I asked the...
president-elect to respond to a one of the most popular questions on his own website, www.Change.gov. "Will you appoint a Special ...
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Obama Leaves Door Open (a Bit) On Prosecuting Bush Officials
nytimes.com - 1/12/2009
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nytimes.com —
Charlottesville, Va. INSTEAD of looking closely at what
high-level officeholders in the Bush administration have done over...
the past eight years, and recognizing what we have tacitly permitted, we would rather turn our faces forward toward a better ...
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Op-Ed Contributor - Prosecute Officials Who Authorized ...
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Will or Won't He?
Talking Points Memo —
... George Stephanopoulos put the question to Obama in his interview, which is running tomorrow morning, and Obama apparently answered. So far they're just teasing it. Not completely clear if Obama addressed the question in a meaty or meaningful way or just sort of brushed it off. But I guess we'll know tomorrow. ...
Saturday reading: ADN
Ben Smith's Blog —
... his Obama interview, which includes a -- very vague -- discussion of a "grand bargain" and shared sacrifice. He also asks a question about a torture prosecutor that was driven by activists on Change.gov, a nice example of how the intersection of officialdom, activists and the mainstream media works. ...
Investigating The Bush Administration
Open Left - Front Page —
Change.gov has their responses to the second round of "open for questions" up. The most popular question came from Bob Fertik, who asked:
"Will you appoint a Special Prosecutor (ideally Patrick Fitzgerald) to independently investigate the gravest crimes of the Bush Administration, including torture and warrantless wiretapping?"
This question has received a decent amount of media play, as it is featured by Keith Olbermann and George Stephanopoulos. The latter teases that he asked Obama this question in an interview for "This ...
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