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Does the Council on Foreign Relations Think Torture Is OK If It ‘Works’?
Bob Fertik of Democrats.com has put that question to Richard Haas, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, who made that Cheneyesque argument to Joe Scarborough on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Tuesday.
Talking about Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement that he plans to investigate interrogations where abuse went far beyond what was allowed, Haas told Scarborough:
I [...]
Don’t Be So Sure About Haass, Holbrooke and Ross
Marc Ambinder reported this morning that three top diplomats — Richard Haass, Richard Holbrooke and Dennis Ross — will be President-elect Barack Obama’s envoys to various global hellholes: Iran, Israel/Palestine, and Afghanistan/Pakistan/India. He says it’s “confirmed,” but I’ve heard otherwise.
It appears, particularly with Haass, the chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, that this is [...]
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