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	<title><![CDATA[Condi Rice's Tortured Macaca Moment]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ari-melber/condi-rices-tortured-maca_b_196530.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Political blog readers know that Condi Rice recently <a href="http://personaldemocracy.com/blog-entry/condi-rices-tortured-macaca-moment">lost it</a>. </p>

<p>Asked about her role advancing torture during the Bush administration in a meeting with college students, Rice claimed that no torture occurred in Guantanamo (<a href="http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/05/hbc-90004883">false</a>); Al Qaeda poses a greater threat than the axis in World War II (dubious); and -- this was big -- the President can make an act legal by authorizing it (official <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/30/condi-president-makes-it-legal/">Frost/Nixon alert</a>). Along the way, Rice also berated one college student,...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-06-04T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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