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To: LindyBill who wrote (302762)	4/26/2009 7:17:36 PM
From: KLP	3 Recommendations of 793843

Finally, someone "gets" it!! >>>>>Moreover, it is the role of the president not the attorney general to determine whether, for reasons of national security and political sobriety, we wish to go down this road. There is a slipperiness and fundamental lack of political courage in repeatedly dodging critical questions that go to the heart of controversial matters. <<<<< >>>>> Perhaps the president needs an address to the nation to make clear what he thinks on these and other issues: Are all the methods described in the memos (slapping on the face included) "torture" in his mind? Does he think lives were saved by these techniques? If not, did Admiral Blair, General Hayden, and others get it wrong? What is the rationale for exempting some but not all officials from the prospect of a witchhunt? Does he fear those in his administration might face retribution in the future? How can Leon Panetta credibly face the intelligence community after the administration disregarded his advice about revealing interrogation methods? <<<<<

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