{"id":6159,"date":"2011-08-26T14:09:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T20:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=6159"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:40:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:40:36","slug":"obama-upheld-evisceration-of-the-rule-of-law-for-political-elites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/obama-upheld-evisceration-of-the-rule-of-law-for-political-elites\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama upheld &#8216;evisceration of the rule of law for political elites&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object align=\"left\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" id=\"msnbc3af4fa\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=44280982&amp;width=420&amp;height=245\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed name=\"msnbc3af4fa\"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" FlashVars=\"launch=44280982&amp;width=420&amp;height=245\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"\/><\/object>Rawstory &#8212; Salon.com columnist Glenn Greenwald on Thursday blasted President Barack Obama&#8217;s mantra that the nation should &#8220;look forward, not backward&#8221; regarding alleged crimes committed by the Bush administration.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Imagine if, for example, we decided to announce tomorrow that we were no longer going to prosecute murder or rape or child abductions because we didn&#8217;t want to &#8216;keep looking backwards,'&#8221; he said on MSNBC&#8217;s The Last Word. &#8220;What do you think would happen? 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