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Vagueness Is Not a Crime, But It May Suggest Intent to Commit One

By | 08.25.09 | 9:35 am

Patrick Appel, who is filling in for Andrew Sullivan at The Daily Dish, yesterday suggested that I was accusing John Yoo & Co. in the Bush Justice Department of the “crime” of approving vague CIA interrogation guidelines. Appel writes:

This seems more likely to be raised in defense

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Just a Little Patience, MMMMMM Yeah

By | 01.21.09 | 4:01 pm

Via Patrick Appel at Andrew Sullivan’s place, defense theorist Thomas P.M. Barnett, or perhaps his colleague Sean Meade (it’s unclear who wrote this, exactly) has some kind-but-critical things to say about the Bush administration’s “strategic patience”:

By sticking it out long enough, despite the high casualties, we simply

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