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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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    Pardoning before conviction

    Yes, a president can pardon for any crime that may have been committed. Gerald Ford did it for Nixon. Nixon had not even been charged with anything when Ford pardoned him.

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