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Mumbai, the NYT's revisionism, and lessons not learned

The Times' Editorial Page blames the Bush administration for "blessing" the military coup against Hugo Chavez without mentioning that it did the same. Why does that matter?
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Friday, November 28, 2008 09:20 AM

    @wbg

    Well, you and are differ considerably.

    Far better, I believe, to have necessary and appropriate measures in place, and not to "let the terrorists win" via a post-trauma knee-jerk reaction.

    That's leaving aside issues of the effectiveness of and necessity for the "extreme measures", the shifting of the security/civil liberties balance which occurs, the alleged "temporary" nature, the arguably ILLEGAL nature of such measures (inasmuch as they disregard existing legal frameworks) etc.

    I could probably come up w/ a few more, but that's off the top of my head, and I'm sure you see my point.

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