Obama would ask his AG to "immediately review" potential of crimes in Bush White House

Philadelphia Inquirer by Will Bunch | Apr. 15, 2008 (Opinion)

Obama said that as president he would indeed ask his new Attorney General and his deputies to "immediately review the information that's already there" and determine if an inquiry is warranted -- but he also tread carefully on the issue, in line with his reputation for seeking to bridge the partisan divide. He worried that such a probe could be spun as "a partisan witch hunt." However, he said that equation changes if there was willful criminality, because ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Torture, Law, Presidential Election 2008, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Apr 15, 2008 - 7:37 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Mark Monday (review), Dwight Rousu (review)
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Mark Monday
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 by Mark Monday - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a nice "beat." The story is perhaps expected, but it has never been brought out before.

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The story tells what Obama has said, but since it is abundantly clear to most observers that many impeachable crimes have been committed that the constitution demands be addressed by congress, and Obama has not favored that course, that despite his relative strength compared to Clinton and especially McCain, on this issue he is still weaker than the constitution demands. Perhaps the bottom-up democracy he espouses can move him further on this issue. In a democracy, we must lead him, because he is our leader.

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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008
Kaizar posted this story.
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