1.0 link 146332 <![CDATA[Obama, Bush & The War Crimes]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ari-melber/obama-bush-the-war-crimes_b_146332.html Many Washington Republicans and Democrats agree on one maxim for President-elect Barack Obama: This is no time to look back at the past administration's rocky record on executive power and the rule of law.

Republicans caution against protracted, "partisan" investigations. Democrats urge Obama to tackle pressing economic and foreign policy challenges -- if that leaves an unusually powerful executive branch in place, so be it. Both camps are wrong.

Obama must scrutinize and disassemble the post-Sept. 11 imperial...

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