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Boston Globe
by H.D.S. Greenway

10/09/07

In half a century of reporting around the world, I have found that there was usually a feeling that the United States stood for standards of liberty, human rights, and the dignity of mankind. The Bush administration has taken us off that gold standard and drained away much of that reservoir of respect. The horrors of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo have eaten away at America’s credibility and moral standing, dismaying our friends and empowering our enemies. Washington shuddered last week when The New York Times revealed that the Justice Department, under the direction of Alberto Gonzales, had undermined the will of Congress, the Supreme Court, as well as hard-won national and international standards with secret legal opinions supporting torture. ‘Shocking’ was the word Republican Senator Arlen Specter used, and well he should...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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