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Panetta Hearing, Part Deux: More Support for Indefinite Detention-Lite

By | 02.06.09 | 10:48 am

CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta clarified his statement yesterday that there may be a class of terrorism detainee who can’t be tried in court, nor transferred to another country nor released. Or, at least he reiterated it.

Some detainees are so dangerous, he said, that “they may not More…

Greg Craig is One Powerful White House Counsel

By | 01.28.09 | 11:14 am

Something that’s gone a bit unremarked upon during last week’s overview of President Obama’s executive orders rolling back the torture policies of the Bush administration is the role of the White House counsel.

Remember that in former President George W. Bush’s first term, his crony and one-time White House More…