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5. I think he meant "should not" as spoken by Rahm Emanuel:

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 10:23 AM

Jun 2013

Aide: Obama Won't Prosecute Bush Officials

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Asked Sunday on ABC's "This Week" about the fate of those officials, Emanuel said the president believes they "should not be prosecuted either and that's not the place that we go."

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the idea of "criminalizing legal advice after one administration is out of the office is a very bad precedent. ... I think it would be disaster to go back and try to prosecute a lawyer for giving legal advice that you disagreed with to a former president."

Full article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-250_162-4955428.html

And Lindsey Graham chipped in his support of this view so it's a "bipartisan" consensus as well....

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Obama should treat Snowden the same way he treated Bush's torturers and Wall Street banksters [View all] Larkspur Jun 2013 OP

We need to look forward and move on, damage is done, no need to bring up the past The Straight Story Jun 2013 #1

Where did the President say he could not prosecute them. Link? I want the exact quote? still_one Jun 2013 #2

Here are a few links Larkspur Jun 2013 #3

Not quite as strong as you said, but thanks for the links still_one Jun 2013 #7

I think he meant "should not" as spoken by Rahm Emanuel: think Jun 2013 #5

Why don't we treat the torturers and bankers like Obama wants to treat Snowden? hack89 Jun 2013 #4

I'd agree with that but Obama changed precedent Larkspur Jun 2013 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Jun 2013 #8