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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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  • Saturday, November 22, 2008 01:34 PM

    Obama Considering Commission On Bush Admin Torture

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/22/obama-considering-commiss_n_145729.html or click sig

    "Despite the hopes of many human-rights advocates, the new Obama Justice Department is not likely to launch major new criminal probes of harsh interrogations and other alleged abuses by the Bush administration," Newsweek's Michael Isikoff reports. "But one idea that has currency among some top Obama advisers is setting up a 9/11-style commission that would investigate counterterrorism policies and make public as many details as possible."

    Send it to committee! Bury it just like the 9-11 evidence! That is the ticket.

    Fuck all that hard work of using the court system to get justice for the millions of victims of the Re-thugs. Just too damn hard, eh?

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