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Rhetoric Vs. Reality

by Abby Zimet

On the same day he received the Nobel Peace Prize, the ACLU blasted President Obama for shielding Bush officials from accountability for its torture polices "on every front....from civil liability, criminal investigation and even public scrutiny." To date, it noted, "not a single torture victim has had his day in court."

"The Bush administration constructed a legal framework for torture," said the ACLU's Jameel Jaffer. "Now the Obama administration is constructing a legal framework for impunity."

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