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President Barack Obama does not intend to prosecute Bush administration officials who devised the policies that led to the harsh interrogation of suspected terrorists, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said Sunday.<\/p>\n
[Earlier,] … he said “it is our intention to assure those who carried out their duties relying in good faith upon legal advice from the Department of Justice, that they will not be subject to prosecution.” He did not specifically address the policymakers.<\/p>\n
Asked Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” about the fate of those officials, Emanuel said the president believes they “should not be prosecuted either and that’s not the place that we go.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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More details are needed. Is there or is there not a presidential pardon for CIA (or equivilant) field operatives and is there or is there not a presidential pardon for Bush White House “policy makers.” Who are “policy makers” and more importantly, who are NOT “policy makers.” (I.e., is there anyone left out of this rubric?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is being reported: President Barack Obama does not intend to prosecute Bush administration officials who devised the policies that led to the harsh interrogation of suspected terrorists, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said Sunday. [Earlier,] … he said “it is our intention to assure those who carried out their duties relying in … Continue reading White House Torture Architects’ Exemption is the Wrong Thing To Do<\/span>