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Obama steps up to call Bush-era CIA Torture "Torture," Despite Legal Implications

Obama steps up to call Bush-era CIA Torture “Torture,” Despite Legal Implications

contributors 08/02/2014

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CNN points out that President Obama’s forthright condemnation of Bush administration-era CIA torture could cause legal problems for Agency employees, and that the Congressional report he was talking about avoided that diction. Obama doesn’t very often any more speak his mind, but in this case he clearly felt strongly enough about the betrayal of constitutional values to do so.

CNN: “Obama: ‘We tortured some folks’ ”

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Filed Under: Barack Obama, Bill of Rights, Central Intelligence Agency, Constitution, National Security State, Republican Party, Richard Bruce Cheney, Rights, Torturers, US politics

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