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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jul 31

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      So take the months. The alternative is to give a torture enabler say over the Constitution. Trump picked him. Got a complaint? Take it up with Trump. https://twitter.com/EdWhelan123/status/1024452005245399040 …

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    2. Bubba Imhotep  💎‏ @siliconshrapnel Aug 1
      Replying to @emptywheel @digby56

      Not one of you had the word “torture” in your mouth for EIGHT YEARS. Now it’s a big deal again. Who is worse, the torturer or the one who turns the whole issue into a cheap political football disconnected from any real moral or ethical charge?

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    3. Larry Rubinow‏ @El_Rubino Aug 1
      Replying to @siliconshrapnel @emptywheel @digby56

      Have you ever actually read their blog posts from that era? I'll wait.

      1 reply 0 retweets 21 likes
    4. Bubba Imhotep  💎‏ @siliconshrapnel Aug 1
      Replying to @El_Rubino @emptywheel @digby56

      I’ve been following since the Bush era. And yeah, torture was simply not prominent in anyone’s coverage of the Obama administration including hers.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 1
      Replying to @siliconshrapnel @El_Rubino @digby56

      Huh. I wrote 94 posts on torture in May 2009 alone. Perhaps you don't know fuckall about what you're talking about?

      7:08 AM - 1 Aug 2018
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        2. Bubba Imhotep  💎‏ @siliconshrapnel Aug 1
          Replying to @emptywheel @El_Rubino @digby56

          How many did you write after it became clear that Obama would do nothing about it? I don’t mean posting vague passive aggression against irrelevant figures like John Yoo, either.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 1
          Replying to @siliconshrapnel @El_Rubino @digby56

          607 posts on Obama and Torture. You're not going to win this game. Just admit you were wrong, apologize, and slink away.

          2 replies 0 retweets 22 likes
        4. Bubba Imhotep  💎‏ @siliconshrapnel Aug 1
          Replying to @emptywheel @El_Rubino @digby56

          I trust you, and apologize for accusing you wrongly. One thing I’ve always loved about you is how much of an except to the rule you are. I think you’d have to agree, silence on torture was and is the rule when it comes to mainstream liberal media coverage during liberal admins.

          3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 1
          Replying to @siliconshrapnel @El_Rubino @digby56

          Far too many people ignored it, I'll agree. But there are a solid group of people who've remained focused on it across three administrations now.

          0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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        2. Bubba Imhotep  💎‏ @siliconshrapnel Aug 1
          Replying to @emptywheel @El_Rubino @digby56

          I mean, May 2009 is essentially just momentum from the Bush era. I’m talking about 2011, 2012, 2015, those kinds of times.

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        3. runtodaylight‏ @runtodaylight Aug 1
          Replying to @siliconshrapnel @emptywheel and

          Here's a '15 post. https://www.emptywheel.net/2015/08/12/did-the-white-house-see-john-brennans-apology-letter-before-he-unsent-it/ … See the Obama photo? Here's emptywheel's torture archive. https://www.emptywheel.net/category/torture/page/4/ … I couldn't find any evidence in your TL of holding any R's accountable on torture. Did I miss something, or is "individual responsibility" just for D's?

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