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Obama likely to redact key CIA torture memos
First he backtracks on wiretapping, now he appears to be covering up for Bush torture as well. I will be more than humbly satisfied if he ends up releasing these documents in full, as he should.
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Obama Releases Interrogation Memos, Says C.I.A. Operatives Won’t Be Prosecuted
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No prosecutions? No change, then.
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I'm no die-hard Obama fan and it may not be perfect, but I don't see how you can say this isn't change, to a large degree. I do think there's a balance between moving forward and getting caught up in the past.
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You are right: war crimes are war crimes.
By giving them immunity, he is admitting that crimes have been committed. Have we learned nothing from Nuremberg? Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in one month.
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"President Obama, you're wrong."
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BBC NEWS | Americas | CIA torture exemption 'illegal'
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It's official: No U.S. prosecution of Bush officials
This is fucking bullshit. I'm happy I never voted for this fraud:
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Media Having Trouble Finding Right Angle On Obama's Double-Homicide | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
Treasury Department Issues Emergency Recall Of All US Dollars
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who supported Obama anyway ?
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the fuck is that shit? ^^
we're trying to have an adult conversation here.... don't troll my thread pls
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Wow hypocrisy in action.
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Wow hypocrisy in action.
we all took the oath.
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To summarize, Obama released documents detailing the war crimes committed and authorized by members of the previous administration and members of the CIA. Obama has since come to say that there will be no prosecutions or even any type of truth commission that will hold people accountable for the war crimes plainly spelled out in the memos.
In doing so Obama has become complicit in the cover-up. Even worse, by not prosecuting those responsible, Obama is setting a very dangerous precedent. A future president even worse than Bush II will look back on this time and this administration, and find it easy enough to break the law again. Olbermann very plainly lays out the tragic mistake Obama is making, and I think it deserves everyone's attention. If you're happy/indifferent with what Obama has done, then I'm afraid you're blinded by allegiance to Obama. Demand Change, please.
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