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Are House Democrats about to block Obama's new secrecy law?

Defeat of the Graham-Lieberman amendment would be an important blow against secrecy and presidential power abuses.

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  • Friday, June 5, 2009 07:08 AM

    Magic_Al

    On January 22, Obama issued the executive order - "Ensuring Lawful Interrogations." If photo evidence of "unlawful" interrogations exists from before that date, this FOIA amendment covers it.

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