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Saturday, July 11, 2009 12:00 AM

The new Report on illegal spying is not a real investigation

Most of the key facts relating to Bush's illegal surveillance programs remains concealed.
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  • Saturday, July 11, 2009 07:26 AM

    I think you nailed it right here

    "To accept the central premise of our political class -- it's unfair to prosecute Bush officials for things that DOJ lawyers told them was legal -- is to destroy the rule of law in the United States."

    That appears to be where we are today, sadly. The rule of law doesn't mean what people think it does.

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