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Lowry's defense of torture: Bush admin. couldn't “honor every single nicety of our criminal justice system”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 11/19/10 7:26 PM EST

From the November 19 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier:

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Previously:

Torture memo author John Yoo has the audacity to criticize Obama over the Ghailani trial

Echoing Bush, right-wing media advance disputed claim that waterboarding “saved lives”

Conservative media dismiss Gitmo abuse as “stressful,” ignore gruesome first-hand accounts

Right-wing media suggest military commission would have been tougher on Ghailani - but experts disagree

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