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Obamaguity On Torture?

By The Daily Dish
Nov 13 2008, 5:16 AM ET

Greenwald argues that it isn't a good idea for Obama supporters to stay silent until policy has been enacted:

It simply is noteworthy of comment and cause for concern -- though far from conclusive about what Obama will do -- that Obama's transition chief for intelligence policy, John Brennan, was an ardent supporter of torture and one of the most emphatic advocates of FISA expansions and telecom immunity.  It would be foolish in the extreme to ignore that and to just adopt the attitude that we should all wait quietly with our hands politely folded for the new President to unveil his decisions before deciding that we should speak up or do anything. 

Politicians respond to constituencies and pressure.  Constituencies which announce their intention to maintain respectful silence all but ensure that their political principles will be ignored.

No silence here. If Obama hesitates in any way to end torture everywhere in the CIA and military, the Dish will be relentless in holding him to the same standards applied to Bush. Because there is only one standard for America.



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