Pardon Update 12/30/08
Melber: Ask Obama For a Torture Special Prosecutor
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/state_of_change/392400/breaking_ask_obama_for_a_torture_special_prosecutor
Lithwick: Cheney's Ludicrous Torture Defenses
http://www.slate.com/id/2207070/pagenum/all/
Greenwald: Liberal Apologists for Torture
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/12/24/torture/index.html
Worthington: The Ten Lies of Dick Cheney
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/the-ten-lies-of-dick-chen_b_153419.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/the-ten-lies-of-dick-chen_b_153514.html
Wheeler: Cheney is Lying about Congressional Wiretap Approval
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/12/23/is-cheney-relying-on-gonzales-retroactive-notes/
Waas: FBI Believes Cheney Lied About Outing Valerie Plame
http://murraywaas.crooksandliars.com/2008/12/23/exclusive-cheneys-admissions-to-the-cia-leak-prosecutor-and-fbi/
Leopold: Justice Department Classified Cheney's CIA Leak Testimony
http://www.pubrecord.org/law/582-justice-department-classified-cheneys-cia-leak-testimony.html
Horton: Cheney Abused Classification to Cover Up His Own Crimes
http://harpers.org/archive/2008/12/hbc-90004094
Parry: Bush-Cheney Myths About Torture and the Surge
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/122608.html
Cheney's Defense: 'No Criminal Impropriety'
http://www.democrats.com/cheneys-defense-no-criminal-impropriety
Huq: Dismantling the Imperial Presidency
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090112/huq/print
Dayen: Boxer Calls For Independent Commission On Bush Torture
http://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=7746
Cole: Independent Commission on Bush Torture
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22232
Eviatar: NYT Endorses Torture Victims’ Lawsuits Against Bush Officials
http://washingtonindependent.com/23005/nyt-endorses-torture-victims-lawsuits-against-bush-officials
Meteor Blades: Appreciating the Foes of Torture
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/12/24/154240/05/376/676956
Budowsky: Democrats Need Their Own Cheney
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/122308b.html
Ruckman: Pardons Can Be Revoked, Even By Successor Presidents
http://pardonpower.com/2008/12/on-revocation-of-pardons.html
Horton: Bush's Un-Pardon Sets Precedent for Obama
http://harpers.org/archive/2008/12/hbc-90004092
Herbert: Adding up Bush's Damage to the Nation
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/opinion/30herbert.html
All of these and more linked here:
http://www.democrats.com/pardon-scorecard
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