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Mukasey's nomination and the sudden opposition to "waterboarding"

The same Congress that allowed and enabled Bush's excesses for years now claims to find Mukasey's support for those abuses intolerable.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Friday, November 2, 2007 08:41 AM

    There's nothing wrong with taking a symbolic stand

    Regardless of whether it actually accomplishes anything in terms of curtailing U.S. policy regarding enhanced interrogation techniques, a failure to stoke support for Mukasey's rejection also holds symbolic significance. It is certainly possible for the tools of totalitarianism to be enabled in a democracy, but that doesn't excuse a failure to use the tools of democracy to resist.

    —The Reality Kid Read The Reality Kid's other letters

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