Obama's Torture Hypocrisy

President Barack Obama just announced that the U.S. government "must stand against torture wherever it takes place," but it’s clear that his pledge does not apply to torture committed by officials from the Bush administration. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Jun. 30, 2009

Leopold calls out Obama for hypocrisy in his denouncing torture and failing to enforce the law regarding bush administration torture. Clear and thorough.

It seemed fitting when one commentator at pubrecord.org called it an obamination.

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