A little more than one year ago, we found ourselves in the midst of a presidential election campaign that seemed almost interminable. In one of the Republican primary debates, Senator John McCain spoke some words that stood out then and still reverberate today.

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George W Bush is considering issuing pardons for US spies embroiled in allegations of torture just before he leaves the White House.

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Last week, Col. Morris Davis, the former prosecutor told reporters that he'd had a conversation with the Pentagon's general counsel William Haynes, during which Haynes had said about the Gitmo tribunals that "We can't have acquittals, we've got to have convictions."

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At a Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen Lindsey O Graham (SC) said that Pentagon General Counsel William J Haynes II had pushed for the tactics over the objections of top uniformed military lawyers who considered the policy process a "sham." The result, Graham told reporters after  …

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Even as some Republicans rose to his defense, Mr Haynes drew strong rebukes from Democrats, who indicated that they were prepared to block his nomination.

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