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Octafish

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8. Funny you should mention that.

Reply to rhett o rick (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 18, 2014, 03:25 PM

Apr 2014

Cass Sunstein helped get Bush and Cheney off the hook...

Government Nanny Censoring "Conspiracy Theories" Is Also Responsible for Letting Bush Era Torture and Spying Conspiracies Go Unpunished

Washingtons Blog, Oct. 7, 2010

EXCERPT...

Prosecuting government officials risks a “cycle” of criminalizing public service, (Sunstein) argued, and Democrats should avoid replicating retributive efforts like the impeachment of President Clinton — or even the “slight appearance” of it.

SOURCE w links n details: http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2010/10/main-obama-adviser-blocking-prosecution.html?m=1

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Funny you should mention that. Octafish Apr 2014 #8

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Thanks for the info, Octafish! octoberlib Apr 2014 #14

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