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Bush Pardons

I Beg Your Pardon

Michael Sigman | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

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Michael Sigman

What if Bush and company are held accountable for their grave offenses -- say, torture or the attorney general scandal?

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Bush Punk'd Us Again

David Latt | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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David Latt

On January 20th, when Obama was inaugurated as our 44th president, we took a collective breath and relaxed -- apparently George Bush really didn't believe in granting pardons. Think again.

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Bush Denied Pardon Requests From George Ryan, Edwin Edwards, Randall ``Duke'' Cunningham, Mario Biaggi and Michael Milken

Tribune | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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President George W. Bush, on his last full day in office, formally struck down the petitions for clemency of some high-profile politicians and busines...

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Cheney: "I Disagree With President Bush's Decision" On Libby

Stuart Whatley | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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In an interview with his biographer Stephen Hayes, published by the Weekly Standard, former Vice President Cheney laments Bush's decision not to pardo...

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Rejected Presidential Pardon Bids

Carolita Johnson | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Carolita Johnson

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BREAKING: Bush Pardons Osama bin Laden

David Rees | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

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David Rees

In a stunning late-hour development, President George W. Bush has granted Osama bin Laden a pardon for the murder of more than 2,700 Americans in the fall of 2001. "This kinda came out of nowhere," said a White House aide who requested anonymity.

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Former Border Agents' Sentences Commuted By Outgoing Bush

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — In his final acts of clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday granted early prison releases to two former U.S. Border Patrol ag...

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An Open Letter to George W. Bush

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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Gary S. Chafetz

After conducting an investigation, I concluded that Jack Abramoff did not defraud his tribal clients, did not bribe any elected or appointed federal officials, and did not corrupt the political process.

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No Pardon For Scooter Libby From Bush

Newsweek | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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In a move that has keenly disappointed some of his strongest conservative allies, President Bush has decided not to pardon Vice President Dick Cheney'...

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Strange Bedfellows: Bush Bids Farewell to Ex-Con

Anthony Papa | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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Anthony Papa

Former drug-war prisoner Julio Medina opened Exodus Transitional Community in East Harlem, New York, to assist formerly incarcerated men and women as they integrated back into the community.

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Bush Commutes Border Patrol Agents' Sentences

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — In his final acts of clemency, President George W. Bush on Monday granted early prison releases to two former U.S. Border Patrol ag...

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10 Bush Pardons To Watch For

Politico | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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George W. Bush has shown few signs he plans to indulge in a frenzy of last-minute pardons. As the clock ticks down on his presidency, George W. Bush ...

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Perino On Bush Pardons: "Talk To The Hand"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

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There's been plenty of speculation about last-minute pardons from President Bush. But reporters won't be getting any solid information out of White Ho...

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New Year, New Administration, More Clemency

Jason Flom | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

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Jason Flom

Obama ran on a campaign promise of change. He can begin by using the pardon power generously to correct as many individual cases of injustice as possible.

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Scamming Developer Could Get Bush Pardon Back

WSJ | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

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President Bush giveth, and then he taketh away. And now the question is: Can Isaac Toussie get it back? The answer: At the very least, Toussie, the B...

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Making His List: Presidential Pardons and Torture

Allen Keller | Posted 01.27.2009 | Politics

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Allen Keller

At their essence, human rights, including a ban on torture, are about respecting human dignity. They are guiding principles for how and what governments ought and ought not do.

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Rove Fingerprints On Bush's Pardon Reversal?

1115 | Posted 01.25.2009 | Politics

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I'm afraid the Toussie pardon reversal doesn't make any damn sense at all. Not as a straight story. The Bush White House openly admitting to an error,...

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Bush Pardons 19 More After Questioning

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

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Think Progress reported Tuesday that a White House spokesman was disputing the notion that President George Bush would not issue a "batch of pardons" ...

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Jason Linkins

Wall Street Journal To Bush: Save Scooter Libby

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.23.2009 | Media

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The WSJ editors are beseeching Bush to offer Libby a full pardon on the grounds that it would "[undo] a measure of the injustice inflicted" upon him. But didn't Scooter basically get off scot-free?

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Former Gov. George Ryan's Wife Pleads With Bush For Clemency

Chicago Tribune | Gary Marx and James Janega | Posted 01.20.2009 | Chicago

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As part of the battle to secure clemency for her husband, the wife of former Gov. George Ryan penned a short note to President George W. Bush that U.S...

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John Walker Lindh, "American Taliban," Seeks Bush Pardon

AP | Posted 01.17.2009 | Home

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SAN FRANCISCO — The parents of American-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh are asking President George W. Bush to set their son free before ...

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Cheney Taunts Bush, Pardon Me or Else

David Latt | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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David Latt

With his ABC interview, Dick Cheney put a smoking gun on the table. He admitted that he, along with other top administration officials, personally approved the CIA's waterboarding of prisoners.

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Blagojevich Hurts Ryan's Clemency Hopes: Former Gov. Thompson

AP | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

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Former Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson says current Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest hurts the chances of a presidential pardon for another former governor, G...

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Beg Your Pardon

Rachel Ben-Avi | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics

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Rachel Ben-Avi

I wonder if the whole custom of the presidential pardon should be sacked, or perhaps we ought to rethink our tradition of this heretofore unquestioned plenary amnesty and appoint a supreme Judicial Ethicist-in-Chief.

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More Congressmen Rip Ryan Clemency Push

SouthtownStar | Nathaniel Zimmer | Posted 01.05.2009 | Chicago

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Congresswoman-elect Debbie Halvorson (D-Crete) and U.S. Reps. Judy Biggert (R-13th) and Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-2nd) said they oppose commuting former Go...

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