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Would Obama prosecute the Bush administration for torture?

Obama's brain trust wants to form a commission on torture and call Bush officials as witnesses, but put off prosecutions -- if any -- till a second term.
By Mark Benjamin

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  • Monday, August 4, 2008 06:49 AM

    Let's not get ahead of ourselves, either

    With three months still to go and Karl Rove calling the shots behind the scenes, Obama has not been elected yet.

    And do you think by Election Day all of our previous problems will have been magically solved involving irregularities, voting-machine security, minority intimidation, hanging chads, exit poll anomalies and Swiftboat misinformation in every swing state that promises to be close?

    —Sunny Jim Read Sunny Jim's other letters

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