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The motivation for blocking investigations into Bush lawbreaking

Key congressional Democrats were aware and tacitly supportive of Bush's illegal interrogation and surveillance programs, a key motive in why they helped prevent accountability.

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    Tiberius: There is a difference...

    ... between past violations and violations driven by policy from above. The Bush administration made these violations a matter of policy. Nearly all republicans and many democrats went along with it.

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