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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Jan-05-09 09:52 PM
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Obama's Justice nominees signal end of Bush terror tacticsUpdated at 11:57 AM
Source: McClatchy

* Posted on Monday, January 5, 2009
Obama's Justice nominees signal end of Bush terror tactics

By Greg Gordon | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — In filling four senior Justice Department positions Monday, President-elect Barack Obama signaled that he intends to roll back Bush administration counterterrorism policies authorizing harsh interrogation techniques, warrantless spying and indefinite detentions of terrorism suspects.

The most startling shift was Obama's pick of Indiana University law professor Dawn Johnsen to take charge of the Office of Legal Counsel, the unit that's churned out the legal opinions that provided a foundation for expanding President George W. Bush's national security powers.

Johnsen, who spent five years in the Office of Legal Counsel during the Clinton administration and served as its acting chief, has publicly assailed "Bush's corruption of our American ideals." Upon the release last spring of a secret Office of Legal Counsel memo that backed tactics approaching torture for interrogations of terrorism suspects, she excoriated the unit's lawyers for encouraging "horrific acts" and for advising Bush "that in fighting the war on terror, he is not bound by the laws Congress has enacted."

"One of the refreshing things about Dawn Johnsen's appointment is that she's almost a 180-degree shift from John Yoo and David Addington and (Vice President) Dick Cheney," said Harvard University law professor Laurence Tribe, referring to the main legal architects of the administration's approval of harsh interrogation tactics.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/59012.html
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   Good!  MH1   Jan-05-09 09:53 PM   #1 
   one of the best picks he's made thus far  ixion   Jan-05-09 09:54 PM   #2 
   K&R. Nice to see a non-Rick Warren post. Thanks, kpete! n/t  ms liberty   Jan-05-09 10:19 PM   #3 
   ...  Kahuna   Jan-05-09 10:26 PM   #4 
   K&R!  DeepModem Mom   Jan-06-09 11:28 AM   #5 
   Endorsed.  JackRiddler   Jan-06-09 11:53 AM   #6 
   "Bush's corruption of our American ideals."  DCKit   Jan-06-09 05:25 PM   #7 
 
MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Jan-05-09 09:53 PM
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1. Good!
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Jan-05-09 09:54 PM
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2. one of the best picks he's made thus far
hopefully Dawn will scour out neocon BS.
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ms liberty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Jan-05-09 10:19 PM
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3. K&R. Nice to see a non-Rick Warren post. Thanks, kpete! n/t
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Jan-05-09 10:26 PM
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4. ...
:rofl:
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5. K&R!
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6. Endorsed.Updated at 11:35 AM
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7. "Bush's corruption of our American ideals."
Isn't "Un-American" more succinct?
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