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And, yes, I DO take it personally: Ho-hum... Just another day... Just another revelation of someone speaking out about Bushco abuse...
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Monday, February 20, 2006

Ho-hum... Just another day... Just another revelation of someone speaking out about Bushco abuse...

it's interesting that it doesn't seem to matter how many people are finally speaking up, what their concerns are, how important or influential they are (or were) or how many times they repeat themselves, bushco rolls right along, stopping only briefly to spin or deny... i gotta ask, what will it take to force these bastards against the wall...? on the other hand, like i said the other day in a different context, i'm not sure i wanna know the answer...
The Navy's general counsel warned Pentagon officials two years before the Abu Ghraib prison scandal that circumventing international agreements on torture and detainees' treatment would invite abuse, according to a published report.

Legal theories granting the president the right to authorize abuse despite the Geneva Conventions were unlawful, dangerous and erroneous, then-General Counsel Alberto J. Mora advised officials in a secret memo. The 22-page document was obtained by the New Yorker for an article in its Feb. 27 issue.

hmmmm... really...? nothing new here... oops, look at the time... 8 o'clock already... better get the water on for coffee...

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