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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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    If an enemy will betray his cause without torture, doesn't that mean we have the wrong person?

    Don't we have to torture in order to justify the concessions we have made at home?

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