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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 01:14 PM

    NY Times

    FWIW

    The NY Times was no doubt guilty of poor reporting, bought into the WMD story and the need to disarm Hussein, but for the record, the editorial page was against the Bush administrations march to war w/o international support or giving further diplomacy a go.

    http://tinyurl.com/a6geqx

    http://tinyurl.com/75pnxc

    http://tinyurl.com/9b7lox

    http://tinyurl.com/a6lx7s

    If you want to read just one,

    Saying No to War

    If it comes down to a question of yes or no to invasion without broad international support, our answer is no.

    http://tinyurl.com/9np5hp

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

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