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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 07:03 AM

    Olmert directing US policy

    On a tangentially related note, how in the world does a story where a foreign leader directs a US president to over-ride his Sec. of State get buried in all the major news outlets?

    Not only is the account outrageous, if true, but it has got to be one of the worst things for us in terms of national security.

    What kind of nitwits in the White House (and press) can't see the immense amount of short and long term damage that something like this will cause?

    (Link to story at sig)

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