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Monday, August 4, 2008 12:00 AM

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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  • Tuesday, August 5, 2008 04:46 AM

    I liked the idea

    that one poster put forth, of denying GB a secret service detail for life. Saves taxpayer dollars while forcing GB to pay his own way for a change. On second thought, the visual of what Blackwater guards could do to an innocent American public... and there's no chance that some vigilante would finally do the job that congress refuses to do. I'll just go back now and do what we've all been doing: disparing that the situation is hopeless. God save us, as we are incapable of saving ourselves.

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