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Monday, January 5, 2009 12:00 AM

Obama's impressive new OLC chief

A law professor with a history of strident condemnation of Bush radicalism is named to one of the most important positions in the executive branch.

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  • Tuesday, January 6, 2009 03:04 PM

    @ Scuzzaman

    If anyone who welcomes this appointment can show me some expression of similar outrage over the murderous conduct of federal agencies at Waco ...

    Get over it. The nutjobs at Waco:

    a). Torched their own building.
    b). Fired on and killed federal agents. Under such circumstances, the administration showed remarkable forbearance against a bunch of armed loony-toons.

    ... (or Bosnia, ...

    What's your problem with Bosnia?

    ... or the cruise missile attack on a Sudanese pharmaceutical factory, ...

    Read Steve Coll's "Ghost Wars". The sourcing of the information was not all that great for the al Shifa plant, but by most accounts, what Clinton was told was that the intelligence was good that it was up to no good and related to either bin Laden, Iraq, or both.

    I wouldn't have approved [of] it, but it was hardly a wanton crime. FWIW, I also thought that Clinton was off-base sending Tomahawks into Iraq the couple of times he did that. Here you actually come the closest to a legitimate indictment....

    ... or any other Clintonite crimes)

    What other Clinton crimes? Murdering Vince Foster? Raping Juanita Brodderick? Smuggling cocaine into Mena airport?

    Cheers,

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