Obama, Bush Secret-Keeper

Slate by Dahlia Lithwick | Mar. 8, 2009 (Opinion)
What's the president's rationale for keeping so many legal skeletons in the closet?

the administration clings to its bizarre decision to hold fast to the Bush administration's all-encompassing view of the "state secrets" privilege, and the Nixonian view of executive power deployed to justify it. The Obama administration has also been quick to embrace the Bush view of secrecy in cases involving the disclosure of Bush era e-mails and has dragged its feet in various other cases seeking Bush-era records. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Torture, Law, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Mar 8, 2009 - 2:57 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Kenneth Sibbett (review)
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 8, 2009

Lithwick examines and dismisses all the current Obama excuses for not prosecuting the crimes against humanity performed by the Bush administration. Well stated.

Morality and the law require the torturers and the conspirators to be criminally prosecuted.

If President Obama has some better rationale for hiding the markers along the road to torture or eavesdropping from the American people, it’s time we heard it. But ... More »

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Kenneth Sibbett
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 by Kenneth Sibbett - Mar. 9, 2009

I agree with the author, somethings out of whack. If Obama would turn the Justice Dept. against Bush and his cronies, something(s) would come up. These people were just to slimey to have not done something.

With Rove, Myers and co. taking the stand without immunity, theres got to be a deal in place.

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