Obama Pick for Office of Legal Counsel is Harsh Critic of Bush Admin. Interrogation Tactics

Obama is making some key legal appointments who are likely to reverse many substantial and controversial Bush policies. Here’s one of those people. By ERIC LICHTBLAU New York Times WASHINGTON – When Dawn Johnsen read a newly disclosed Justice Department legal opinion last April that blessed the president’s broad power to authorize rough interrogation tactics,…

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Secret Service Acted “Appropriately” in Bush-Shoe Throwing, But Response Under Review

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service said Monday that its agents responded “appropriately” to Sunday’s shoe throwing incident in Iraq involving President Bush, but  the incident was under review. “We’re looking at the incident to see if there’s anything that we can do better,” said Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan. “We…

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Government Psychologists Told Bush Folks Waterboarding al Qaeda Was 100% Effective

Even though we’ve heard over time that waterboarding may not always net accurate information, government psychologists gave it a hearty endorsement. That may have been what the administration needed to hear before using it. By Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball Newsweek WASHINGTON — The Bush administration approved the use of “waterboarding” on Al Qaeda detainees…

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