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Tea Bagger On Waterboarding Obama (video)
youtube.com - 4/15/2009
Tea Bagger On Waterboarding Obama (video)
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http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/15/waterboard-obama
CIA employees won't be tried for waterboarding
msnbc.msn.com - 4/16/2009
CIA employees won't be tried for waterboarding
— msnbc.msn.com — The Obama administration is telling CIA officials who used waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics on terror... suspects that they won't be prosecuted by the Justice Department. (more) CIA employees won't be tried for waterboarding

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Waterboarding News - The New York Times
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Waterboarding News - The New York Times
— topics.nytimes.com — Updated April 17, 2009 Waterboarding is a centuries-old practice used to coerce prisoners during interrogations by using... water to cut off oxygen and to create both the feeling and fear of drowning. It was approved by the Justice Department under ... (more) Waterboarding News - The New York Times

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CNN Reporter Slams "Tea-Bagger" For Obama/Nazi Picture (video)
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CNN Reporter Slams "Tea-Bagger" For Obama/Nazi Picture (video)
— youtube.com — CNN Reporter Susan Roesgen Slams "Tea-Bagger" For Having a Obama/Nazi Picture... (more) CNN Reporter Slams "Tea-Bagger" For Obama/Nazi ...

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Think Progress:  Tea baggers joke about Obama being waterboarded, shining the shoes of the Saudi king.

The Latest on Air America:  The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Thursday, April 16, 2009

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Tea baggers joke about Obama being waterboarded, shining the shoes of the Saudi king.
Think Progress — Tea party organizers and participants have repeatedly insisted that their nationwide protests today are completely non-partisan and not meant to be anti-Obama. However, there didn’t seem to be any anti-Republican or anti-Bush signs at the protests. Instead, not only were there signs/clothing protest Obama’s policies, but some had violent or racist rhetoric. One participant even asked Joe the Plumber about waterboarding Obama: Q: If you could waterboard Obama this weekend, what would you try to get out of him? What would you ask him? WURZELBACHER: (LAUGHTER) Well, I don’t want to waterboard ...

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Thursday, April 16, 2009
The Latest on Air America — The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Thursday, April 16, 2009

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