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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 02:55 PM

    re: Conyers

    Well, he didn't have to do anything. I'm about as cynical regarding Democrats "action" as anyone, but putting pressure on Obama is what we're talking about isn't it? The netroots rally around Dodd had a positive effect, no? At least initially?

    Perhaps Conyers drew the short stick and so is simply going through the motions to provide some sort of political capital and in the case of prosecutions "something is not better than nothing," unless something is prosecutions. But good Dog, you gotta start somewhere.

    —karr(sic) Read karr(sic)'s other letters

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