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Tell The Truth: The Obama DoJ

By lilburro, Section Diaries
Posted on Wed Feb 18, 2009 at 12:15:36 PM EST
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Recently the Obama DoJ seriously misstepped by maintaining Bush's position on Mohamed et al. v. Jeppesen, invoking the state secrets privilege and attempting to get the case dismissed. What followed was a great deal of rationalization and interpretation.

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