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The Holder trial balloon: Abu Ghraib redux

Arguably, prosecuting low-level torturers while shielding powerful policy makers would be worse than doing nothing.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Sunday, July 12, 2009 06:55 AM

    Only low level players CAN be prosecuted.

    Cause the higher up you go the more it will end up as a constitutional authority issue between congress and the presidency and no one is eager to dispute the other's claims in court because losing means losing that authority forever.

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