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Saturday, April 18, 2009 12:00 AM

Politico's understanding of journalistic anonymity

Mike Allen allows a "top Bush official" to smear Obama anonymously and then tries to explain why he did that.

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  • Saturday, April 18, 2009 03:19 PM

    I'm not sure what you mean, LondonLad

    From the WSJ article written by Hayden/Mukasey: "Soon after he was sworn in, President Barack Obama signed an executive order that suspended use of these techniques and confined not only the military but all U.S. agencies...."

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