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Obama Torture

The Right's New Stab in the Back Myth

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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Jacob Heilbrunn

The right is preparing a new stab-in-the-back legend to paint the Obama administration as consisting of a bunch of cowardly liberals unable to stand up to terrorism.

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Sam Stein

Obama Signs Executive Order To Close Guantanamo Bay

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration called on Thursday for the closure of Guantanamo Bay within the next year. The move will be greeted with widespread approval ...

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Obama Pressured To Prosecute Torture

Newsweek | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics

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Tension is building behind the scenes among Barack Obama's advisers over whether the new administration should investigate allegations of torture and ...

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Dialing Back Dick: It's Time to Look Back and Scale Back the Enhanced Powers of the Bush Oval Office

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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Kristen Breitweiser

Now that we have a Democrat President and Congress, perhaps it is time to show proof to the American people about just how effective Bush tactics really were in keeping us safe.

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Key Senate Dems Suddenly Backtracking On Torture Policy

Salon | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

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Time constraints prevented me yesterday from writing about Dianne Feinstein's comments concerning torture in yesterday's New York Times, in which the ...

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Obama's Grandfather Imprisoned, Tortured By British, Relatives Say

Huffington Post | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

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President-elect Barack Obama's paternal grandfather was brutally tortured by the British during Kenya's Mau Mau uprising, according to Obama's Kenyan ...

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Obama Considering Commission On Bush Admin Torture

Newsweek/Huffington Post | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics

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"Despite the hopes of many human-rights advocates, the new Obama Justice Department is not likely to launch major new criminal probes of harsh interro...

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Obama Advisers: Torture Prosecutions Not Likely

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against government officials who authorized or engaged...

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Obama Pushes Ahead With Bush Torture Probe

Salon | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

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With growing talk in Washington that President Bush may be considering an unprecedented "blanket pardon" for people involved in his administration's b...

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Obama Plans Probe Of Bush Torture Whether Or Not Officials Are Pardoned

Salon News | Mark Benjamin | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- With growing talk in Washington that President Bush may be considering an unprecedented "blanket pardon" for people involved in his admi...

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Disappointed Bloggers Redo ABC Debate And Obama Responds

Christine Escobar | Posted 05.07.2008 | Home

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Christine Escobar

The Democratic debate in Philadelphia was a farce. So Democratic bloggers at MOMocrats asked Obama to answer a series of real questions online. And he did.

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