Tag: eric holder
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obama reluctant as holder considers probe into torture
cia played a leading role in warrantless surveillancefrom dpa: US Attorney General Eric Holder is considering whether to probe allegations of the use of brutal torture by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), according to a media report published Sunday. Holder is to decide whether he will appoint a prosecutor to look into the nature of…
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Prosecute War Crimes? Nope: Obama, Bush & Torture
obama releases torture memos, vows not to prosecutefrom threat level: The Obama administration on Thursday released top secret memos outlining the legal rationale used to justify the CIA’s torture of terror suspects, but vowed not to prosecute the torturers. “It would be unfair to prosecute dedicated men and women working to protect America for conduct…
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harvard economist: legalize all drugs to stop border violence
from raw replay: A Harvard economist says that legalizing marijuana would not go far enough to stop border violence. Jeffrey Miron told CNN’s Kiran Chetry that all drugs should be legalized. “A lot of the violence we’re seeing and a lot of the underground market is not related to marijuana but related to the other…
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ground zero lounge: from change 2 strange & blood cement
here are the latest episodes from clyde lewis & ground zero lounge from change 2 strange [feb2]from clyde lewis: President Obama has been meeting with NASA. The mainstream press says it’s about the space race. However, the attorney general and Secretary of State Clinton have been called in, too. What on earth is happening? part1…
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obamessiah coronation: yay! we’re out of the frying pan!
new commander-in-chief sworn infrom ap: Stepping into history, Barack Hussein Obama grasped the reins of power as America’s first black president on Tuesday, saying the nation must choose “hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord” to overcome the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. In frigid temperatures, an exuberant crowd of…
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feel the change! more neocons & hawks in obama cabinet
obama announces clinton, gates for his cabinetfrom ap: President-elect Barack Obama on Monday announced a foreign policy team led by former campaign rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Bush’s defense secretary, Robert Gates — both early supporters of a war in Iraq that he opposed and will be seeking to wind down. At a news…
