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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.

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  • Sunday, July 12, 2009 07:20 AM

    slow motion ...

    Why does this all have that slow motion feel of a crash happening? I saw a crash once just ahead of me, the funny thing was how there was no sound at all.

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