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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama

The president-elect's advisors respond to the firestorm created by Sunday's remarks on Guantanamo, illustrating the value of criticizing Obama when he deserves it.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 01:40 PM

    Worth reading, I think ondelette is familiar w/ this guy (Jawad)

    http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Former_Gitmo_prosecutor_opens_fire_on_0113.html

    or click sig for linky

    and will somebody tell Barb it's "nth"?

    —bamage Read bamage's other letters

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