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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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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 2

    emptywheel Retweeted Benjamin Wittes

    I mean... Honestly: arguing that your buddy the torture lawyer isn't a torture lawyer bc ... well, you had no excuse, really. That's putting something else before the vitality of democracy, too.https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1036241841946013697 …

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    Benjamin WittesVerified account @benjaminwittes
    I will remember who put something else before the vitality and health of our democracy.
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      2. Gdeguzman‏ @gdeguzman99 Sep 2
        Replying to @emptywheel

        That gripe against Wittes didn't happen during this time of national crisis with the traitor in office though? Doesn't mean other points he raises aren't valid?

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 2
        Replying to @gdeguzman99

        To combat Trump we need to understand how we got here. That involves accounting for the policy that resulted in twin failures (Iraq and Wall Street) that created a vacuum he filled. We also need to account for vastly expanded exec power Wittes championed.

        5 replies 7 retweets 63 likes
      4. Gdeguzman‏ @gdeguzman99 Sep 2
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I want to understand this. Can you give me a link to read the history and the arguments?

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Christopher Holbrook‏ @RenardFantastiq Sep 2
        Replying to @gdeguzman99 @emptywheel

        Yeah, there’s one article that explains everything.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      6. Nico‏ @SBlackula Sep 2
        Replying to @RenardFantastiq @gdeguzman99 @emptywheel

        Someone wants to learn more and you sarcastically demean them. Good job.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Gdeguzman‏ @gdeguzman99 Sep 2
        Replying to @SBlackula @RenardFantastiq @emptywheel

        Chilling. After reading thru mult articles: Wittes's New Republic '07, Greenwald, Salon, Lawfare, Marcy's & blogs, its been a slog, no doubt, but f- ing enlightening. Unprosecuted war crimes, torture regimes, presid. immunity/imperialism, Bush/Obama. Yup. Trump was inevitable.

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      2. wneirlw12‏ @WNeilrlw12 Sep 2
        Replying to @emptywheel

        i still think there has to be some distinction between the trump and bush administration.

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      3. fgjlaDaf ;hj';EWFHE‏ @birdbottles Sep 2
        Replying to @WNeilrlw12

        Yea, bush was worse

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. wneirlw12‏ @WNeilrlw12 Sep 2
        Replying to @birdbottles

        that's such bs. trump is a nazi who calls the press the enemy of the people, hired half the top ranks of the FBI. his entire administration is corrupt and he's committed a number of felonies.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. wneirlw12‏ @WNeilrlw12 Sep 2
        Replying to @WNeilrlw12 @birdbottles

        drastically cut number of refugees and legal immigrants, dehumanizes undocumented immigrants, ended TPO for hundreds of thousands, kidnapped children...

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      1. burt berman‏ @bbu Sep 2
        Replying to @emptywheel

        +1...not to mention his holier than though rest of his rap. Now, @SteveSchmidtSES —terrific, @jwgop—right on the money. Wittes & French, on other hand, too precious and cute by half given what we’re goin through. Spare me from their pies n the sky arrogance.

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      1. Light of the Eight‏ @kin8tengo Sep 2
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Watching and reading this...is a torture!

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      1. ghoulish apostle‏ @copiesofcopies Sep 2
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Woo?

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      2. Brad Casali‏ @btc2008 Sep 2
        Replying to @emptywheel

        It's always good to put Resistance(TM) members under scrutiny for their past b/c everything thinks they are awesome because they are Resistance(TM) members.

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      2. GWLaw‏ @pgh_law Sep 2
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Don’t understand. Please explain.

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      3. mike‏ @mikeataol Sep 2
        Replying to @pgh_law @emptywheel

        Ben's friend Jim Comeyhttps://www.hrw.org/news/2013/07/01/us-question-fbi-nominee-torture-memos …

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      4. GWLaw‏ @pgh_law Sep 2
        Replying to @mikeataol @emptywheel

        Guess I’m not that smart. Still having trouble understanding.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Late2party‏ @amareb_ Sep 2
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Hubris everywhere

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      1. Pence Smith‏ @pence_smith Sep 2
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Good point.

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