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To: Dubya
There is a qualified newsgatherers privilege and it is applicable here based on concerns about a chilling effect on the press

Axis Sally's legal team wasn't smart enough to try this defense after WWII when she was convicted of treason for her broadcasts in Nazi Germany (while she engaged in criminal and deceiptful exploitation of American POWs in Germany, she was ultimately convicted of treason for a fictional drama).

4 posted on 03/13/2009 12:10:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ("I certainly hope he (Bush) doesnÂ’t succeed" - Democratic strategist James Carville 9-11-2001)
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To: a fool in paradise

Bush OWED this Marine a full pardon. Disgusting abuse of a good Marine who fought the bad guys.


17 posted on 03/13/2009 5:44:33 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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