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	<title>Comments on: Fox News Defends Bush Administration&#8217;s Use Of Torture</title>
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		<title>By: dog canyon</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/17/fox-news-defends-torture/comment-page-3/#comment-5616160</link>
		<dc:creator>dog canyon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It would appear that Rupert Murdoch has engaged in a campaign to legitimize torture in the US. He sews the seed through Fox Broadcasting and spreads the fertilizer with Fox News, both subsidiaries of News Corp.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It would appear that Rupert Murdoch has engaged in a campaign to legitimize torture in the US. He sews the seed through Fox Broadcasting and spreads the fertilizer with Fox News, both subsidiaries of News Corp.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5616160', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: mehmetel</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/17/fox-news-defends-torture/comment-page-3/#comment-5610186</link>
		<dc:creator>mehmetel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama comes istanbul, thank you</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama comes istanbul, thank you<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5610186', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: oexpress</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/17/fox-news-defends-torture/comment-page-3/#comment-5605679</link>
		<dc:creator>oexpress</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RUN FOX NEWS, NOISE, OUT OF TOWN!



http://alice.bigbig.com/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RUN FOX NEWS, NOISE, OUT OF TOWN!</p>
<p><a href="http://alice.bigbig.com/" rel="nofollow">http://alice.bigbig.com/</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5605679', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Rodeskawler</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/17/fox-news-defends-torture/comment-page-3/#comment-5604177</link>
		<dc:creator>Rodeskawler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That is correct.  Only Republicans have the capability to use tyranny appropriately.  Non-Republican presidents that inherit anti-American, anti-consitutional, fascistic, oppressive violations of our Founding Fathers original intent will only use them to punitively punish heterosexual, Bible-banging, gun-toting Fox viewers and must be impeached to restore a Republican to the monarchy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That is correct.  Only Republicans have the capability to use tyranny appropriately.  Non-Republican presidents that inherit anti-American, anti-consitutional, fascistic, oppressive violations of our Founding Fathers original intent will only use them to punitively punish heterosexual, Bible-banging, gun-toting Fox viewers and must be impeached to restore a Republican to the monarchy.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5604177', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: guzide</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/17/fox-news-defends-torture/comment-page-3/#comment-5603938</link>
		<dc:creator>guzide</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK Pat obviously senile dementia has set in. Time to see the nice young men that will need to take care of you soon.&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.magicplast.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;burun estetigi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hemenarac.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;rent a car&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kardeslerrentacar.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;arac kiralama&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.magicsacekimi.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;sac ekimi&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK Pat obviously senile dementia has set in. Time to see the nice young men that will need to take care of you soon.<a href="http://www.magicplast.com" rel="nofollow">burun estetigi</a> <a href="http://www.hemenarac.com" rel="nofollow">rent a car</a> <a href="http://www.kardeslerrentacar.com" rel="nofollow">arac kiralama</a><br />
<a href="http://www.magicsacekimi.com" rel="nofollow">sac ekimi</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5603938', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/17/fox-news-defends-torture/comment-page-3/#comment-5603893</link>
		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Proud: &quot;FAUX gets good ratings (only as compared to other basic-cable news networks) therefore torture is OK.&quot;

Wingnut logic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Proud: &#8220;FAUX gets good ratings (only as compared to other basic-cable news networks) therefore torture is OK.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wingnut logic.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5603893', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stateofthedivision</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/17/fox-news-defends-torture/comment-page-3/#comment-5603830</link>
		<dc:creator>stateofthedivision</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Burson-Marsteller Press Release:&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;em&gt;Burson-Marsteller, a leading global strategic communications consultancy, today announced that Dana Perino has joined the firm as Chief Issues Counselor for the U.S.  She will be based in Washington, D.C. 

Perino, &lt;strong&gt;a skilled media relations expert&lt;/strong&gt;, was White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush from 2007- 2009 and prior to that she had been the Deputy Press Secretary. 
 
Perino will be in the firm’s Issues and Crisis Group where she will &lt;strong&gt;use her experience in managing our country’s most pressing issues and crises&lt;/strong&gt;, including the economic downturn, energy and health care reform, immigration and defense transformation.  &lt;/em&gt;

Perino managed the economic crisis?  That&#039;s as laughable as Fran Townsend&#039;s Katrina Whitewash.  Bush hacks garner the big money yet again.

http://www.burson-marsteller.com/newsroom/lists/PressReleases/DispForm.aspx?ID=721&amp;nodename=Press%20Releases%20Archive&amp;subTitle=Dana%20Perino%20Joins%20Burson-Marsteller%20as%20Chief%20Issues%20Counselor

http://www.bakerbotts.com/infocenter/newsroom/detail.aspx?id=6f8ac38a-1cb5-4bc1-8ea9-03e4d891f837</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Burson-Marsteller Press Release:</strong></p>
<p><em>Burson-Marsteller, a leading global strategic communications consultancy, today announced that Dana Perino has joined the firm as Chief Issues Counselor for the U.S.  She will be based in Washington, D.C. </p>
<p>Perino, <strong>a skilled media relations expert</strong>, was White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush from 2007- 2009 and prior to that she had been the Deputy Press Secretary. </p>
<p>Perino will be in the firm’s Issues and Crisis Group where she will <strong>use her experience in managing our country’s most pressing issues and crises</strong>, including the economic downturn, energy and health care reform, immigration and defense transformation.  </em></p>
<p>Perino managed the economic crisis?  That&#8217;s as laughable as Fran Townsend&#8217;s Katrina Whitewash.  Bush hacks garner the big money yet again.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.burson-marsteller.com/newsroom/lists/PressReleases/DispForm.aspx?ID=721&amp;nodename=Press%20Releases%20Archive&amp;subTitle=Dana%20Perino%20Joins%20Burson-Marsteller%20as%20Chief%20Issues%20Counselor" rel="nofollow">http://www.burson-marsteller.com/newsroom/lists/PressReleases/DispForm.aspx?ID=721&amp;nodename=Press%20Releases%20Archive&amp;subTitle=Dana%20Perino%20Joins%20Burson-Marsteller%20as%20Chief%20Issues%20Counselor</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.bakerbotts.com/infocenter/newsroom/detail.aspx?id=6f8ac38a-1cb5-4bc1-8ea9-03e4d891f837" rel="nofollow">http://www.bakerbotts.com/infocenter/newsroom/detail.aspx?id=6f8ac38a-1cb5-4bc1-8ea9-03e4d891f837</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5603830', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: wiley</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/17/fox-news-defends-torture/comment-page-3/#comment-5603793</link>
		<dc:creator>wiley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 03:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Three million viewers. Wow. I just found some other information about three million Americans

3 million Americans:

are allergic to peanuts

struggle with stuttering

could have Barret’s esophagus

are affected by panic disorders

suffer from schizophrenia

have now been out of work for six months

are of Arab descent

are wearing the white band

have glaucoma

will seek medical care in the next 24 hours

have at least partial Lebanese ancestry

have an unintended pregnancy each year

are employed within the justice system

work for firms owned by foreign companies

suffer with Grave’s disease</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Three million viewers. Wow. I just found some other information about three million Americans</p>
<p>3 million Americans:</p>
<p>are allergic to peanuts</p>
<p>struggle with stuttering</p>
<p>could have Barret’s esophagus</p>
<p>are affected by panic disorders</p>
<p>suffer from schizophrenia</p>
<p>have now been out of work for six months</p>
<p>are of Arab descent</p>
<p>are wearing the white band</p>
<p>have glaucoma</p>
<p>will seek medical care in the next 24 hours</p>
<p>have at least partial Lebanese ancestry</p>
<p>have an unintended pregnancy each year</p>
<p>are employed within the justice system</p>
<p>work for firms owned by foreign companies</p>
<p>suffer with Grave’s disease<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5603793', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: mk3872</title>
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		<dc:creator>mk3872</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey, what a GREAT week it was for Fox News, eh?

First, they gave away $500k in free advertising to the tea baggers.

Second, they support Texas seceding the union.

Now they&#039;re defending torture.

Wow, what a week it was for the fringe right loons!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, what a GREAT week it was for Fox News, eh?</p>
<p>First, they gave away $500k in free advertising to the tea baggers.</p>
<p>Second, they support Texas seceding the union.</p>
<p>Now they&#8217;re defending torture.</p>
<p>Wow, what a week it was for the fringe right loons!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5603769', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: AlexLawyer</title>
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		<dc:creator>AlexLawyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dickens couldn&#039;t have come up with a better name for Charles Krauthammer than his ancestors did.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dickens couldn&#8217;t have come up with a better name for Charles Krauthammer than his ancestors did.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5603736', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ape-Man</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/17/fox-news-defends-torture/comment-page-3/#comment-5603711</link>
		<dc:creator>Ape-Man</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@106 

I have a feeling the FOX people will say:

&lt;em&gt;no, but they&#039;ll torture &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;us&lt;/em&gt; either way

Not me!  But that&#039;s as far ahead as they can think.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@106 </p>
<p>I have a feeling the FOX people will say:</p>
<p><em>no, but they&#8217;ll torture </em><em>us</em> either way</p>
<p>Not me!  But that&#8217;s as far ahead as they can think.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5603711', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jackie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s see if the same people of Fox News support the terrorist using the Bush Torture Policy on innocent American men/woman/children. So easy to justify doing this to others but different story when it&#039;s done to Americans.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s see if the same people of Fox News support the terrorist using the Bush Torture Policy on innocent American men/woman/children. So easy to justify doing this to others but different story when it&#8217;s done to Americans.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5603704', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Eugene atrax robustus Debs</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eugene atrax robustus Debs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Greytdog Says: 

Well of course torture works. Didn’t McCain spill his guts when he was tortured? So there’s a real live precedent for Fox News to parade around.
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;

Actually no he gave them false information. He CLAIMED at least when they asked for names he gave them the offensive line from some pro football team.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Greytdog Says: </p>
<p>Well of course torture works. Didn’t McCain spill his guts when he was tortured? So there’s a real live precedent for Fox News to parade around.<br />
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</p>
<p>Actually no he gave them false information. He CLAIMED at least when they asked for names he gave them the offensive line from some pro football team.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5603665', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Eugene atrax robustus Debs</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eugene atrax robustus Debs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Proud Says: 

You are the stupidest most pathetic creature on the internet. Those numbers are of course DWARFED by network news shows you insufferable moron why dont YOU go suck on the ELECTION RESULTS. I cant believe what a brainwashed punk you are</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Proud Says: </p>
<p>You are the stupidest most pathetic creature on the internet. Those numbers are of course DWARFED by network news shows you insufferable moron why dont YOU go suck on the ELECTION RESULTS. I cant believe what a brainwashed punk you are<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5603663', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: wiley</title>
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		<dc:creator>wiley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When Rumsfeld was tossing around the photos from Abu Graib, he was blaming that for Iraqi opposition, as if Iraqis really welcomed us before that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When Rumsfeld was tossing around the photos from Abu Graib, he was blaming that for Iraqi opposition, as if Iraqis really welcomed us before that.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5603612', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Max Anax junius -1</title>
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		<dc:creator>Max Anax junius -1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>.

&lt;strong&gt;Gen. Taguba: Accountability for torture does not stop at White House dooor&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Andrew Kalloch
Issue date: 4/16/09&lt;/em&gt; 
http://media.www.hlrecord.org/media/storage/paper609/news/2009/04/16/News/Gen-Taguba.Accountability.For.Torture.Does.Not.Stop.At.White.House.Dooor-3712773.shtml
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;Major General Antonio Taguba called for an independent commission to investigate war crimes committed by senior members of the Bush Administration in remarks in Ames Courtroom on Tuesday, April 14. The event was sponsored by Physicians for Human Rights and the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School.

Taguba, who was pressured to resign by the Bush Administration in 2007 following the 2004 leak of his report detailing abuses by U.S. armed forces in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, declared in the preface of the 2008 Physicians for Human Rights publication &quot;Broken Laws, Broken Lives,&quot; that, &quot;there is no longer any doubt as to whether the [Bush] administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account.&quot;
...
&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Abu Ghraib emerged from a structure developed by senior officials in the Bush White House and by those who thought it was necessary to blindly advance the Bush administration&#039;s goals,&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; the General declared. &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Abu Ghraib was not just happenstance. It was a morbid consequence of a policy that emanated from the Office of Legal Counsel and the Justice Department.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;
...
Ultimately, Taguba concluded, investigation of the Bush Administration is needed if &quot;accountability is not to be just a hollow term.&quot; &quot;In my opinion accountability is a condition of employment. Government leaders who chose to accept high level positions of influence ought to hold firm and be accountable.&quot;

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<p><strong>Gen. Taguba: Accountability for torture does not stop at White House dooor</strong><br />
<em>Andrew Kalloch<br />
Issue date: 4/16/09</em><br />
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<blockquote><p><em>Major General Antonio Taguba called for an independent commission to investigate war crimes committed by senior members of the Bush Administration in remarks in Ames Courtroom on Tuesday, April 14. The event was sponsored by Physicians for Human Rights and the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School.</p>
<p>Taguba, who was pressured to resign by the Bush Administration in 2007 following the 2004 leak of his report detailing abuses by U.S. armed forces in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, declared in the preface of the 2008 Physicians for Human Rights publication &#8220;Broken Laws, Broken Lives,&#8221; that, &#8220;there is no longer any doubt as to whether the [Bush] administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account.&#8221;<br />
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<strong>&#8220;Abu Ghraib emerged from a structure developed by senior officials in the Bush White House and by those who thought it was necessary to blindly advance the Bush administration&#8217;s goals,&#8221;</strong> the General declared. <strong>&#8220;Abu Ghraib was not just happenstance. It was a morbid consequence of a policy that emanated from the Office of Legal Counsel and the Justice Department.&#8221;</strong><br />
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Ultimately, Taguba concluded, investigation of the Bush Administration is needed if &#8220;accountability is not to be just a hollow term.&#8221; &#8220;In my opinion accountability is a condition of employment. Government leaders who chose to accept high level positions of influence ought to hold firm and be accountable.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Look, I can do wingnut!</description>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
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		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Krauthammer keeps talking about a ticking time bomb.  Why does he keep mentioning those?  He must know where one is.  We&#039;d better torture him so we can find the ticking time bomb that he&#039;s always talking about.  I&#039;m sure he can lead us right to it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Krauthammer keeps talking about a ticking time bomb.  Why does he keep mentioning those?  He must know where one is.  We&#8217;d better torture him so we can find the ticking time bomb that he&#8217;s always talking about.  I&#8217;m sure he can lead us right to it.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5603572', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne Ant Schneider</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne Ant Schneider</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;The so-called “ticking time-bomb” scenario Krauthammer cites is a canard. In fact, one former FBI agent who has interrogated terrorists said it has never happened. It’s a “red herring,” he said. “In the real world it doesn’t happen.”&lt;/em&gt;

And no matter what the Charles Krauthammers of the world &lt;em&gt;imagine&lt;/em&gt; might be happening, we know that there were no &quot;ticking time bomb&quot;-scenarios after 9/11 because &lt;strong&gt;nothing happened!&lt;/strong&gt;  Their entire defense of leaving torture as an option is the ticking time bomb, but since we know there were never any ticking time bombs (because they didn&#039;t go off), then why did they use torture in the first place?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>The so-called “ticking time-bomb” scenario Krauthammer cites is a canard. In fact, one former FBI agent who has interrogated terrorists said it has never happened. It’s a “red herring,” he said. “In the real world it doesn’t happen.”</em></p>
<p>And no matter what the Charles Krauthammers of the world <em>imagine</em> might be happening, we know that there were no &#8220;ticking time bomb&#8221;-scenarios after 9/11 because <strong>nothing happened!</strong>  Their entire defense of leaving torture as an option is the ticking time bomb, but since we know there were never any ticking time bombs (because they didn&#8217;t go off), then why did they use torture in the first place?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5603565', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: labman57</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The extensive torture program designed and approved by the Bush regime exemplifies the extend of their Machiavellian mentality.  Their rationale:  &quot;We must take a collective crap on the Constitution in order to preserve it&quot;.

Likewise, FOX News has made a practice of crapping on journalistic integrity in order to promote an agenda consisting of right-wing propaganda.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The extensive torture program designed and approved by the Bush regime exemplifies the extend of their Machiavellian mentality.  Their rationale:  &#8220;We must take a collective crap on the Constitution in order to preserve it&#8221;.</p>
<p>Likewise, FOX News has made a practice of crapping on journalistic integrity in order to promote an agenda consisting of right-wing propaganda.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5603553', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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