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Good analysis of the Bush legacy with which Obama will have to contend upon assuming the presidency. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcclatchydc.com%2F227%2Fv-print%2Fstory%2F55520.html
When Barack Obama becomes president in January, he'll confront the controversial legal legacy of the Bush administration.
From expansive executive privilege to hard-line tactics in the war on terrorism, Obama must decide what he'll undo and what he'll embrace.
The stakes couldn't be higher.
On one hand, civil libertarians and other critics of the Bush administration may feel betrayed if Obama doesn't move aggressively to reverse legal policies that they believe have violated the Constitution and international law.
On the other hand, Obama risks alienating some conservative Americans and some — but by no means all — military and intelligence officials if he seeks to hold officials accountable for those expansive policies.
These are some of the legal issues confronting him:
Undoing some policies will take time.
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