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The list of the governments that have persecuted journalists

The Washington Post hails those reporters who face grave danger from the Taliban and the governments of Cuba, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the U.S.
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  • Friday, November 21, 2008 08:33 AM

    Somehow ...

    ... the circle of advisers that Obama seems to be surrounding himself with reminds me of a scene early in the movie Lawrence of Arabia:

    Lawrence is in Egypt and while talking with a young subaltern casually puts out a match by pinching it with his fingers. The subaltern tries this and exclaims "Ouch! That hurts!" to which Lawrence replies "Of course it hurts." The subaltern then inquires "What's the secret then?" "The secret," Lawrence explains, "is not to mind that it hurts."

    By the same token, the secret to enjoying the Obama electoral victory, in the face of selections like John Brennan, is not to mind that it hurts.

    —Frankly, my dear, ... Read Frankly, my dear, ...'s other letters

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