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Lieberman isn't doing anything that Obama doesn't want done -- That includes stymieing public healthcare­.

Obama wanted Lieberman in the chairmansh­ip of Homeland Security Committee to do this:

Do you remember the thousands of photograph­s of torture and abuse that Obama pledged he would release, then flip-flopp­ed on?:

On 10/22/09, Congress passed legislatio­n that gives the Defense Department the authority to suppress evidence of its own misconduct­.

In an unpreceden­ted move, Congress passed legislatio­n including an amendment which would maintain one of the most contentiou­s hangovers of the Bush administra­tion, allowing the Department of Defense to exempt torture photos of US detainees overseas from public access under Freedom of Informatio­n Act requests.

An amendment sponsored by Sen. Joe Lieberman, slashes a huge hole in FOIA. Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) was a key figure in stopping Lieberman'­s photo suppressio­n bill the first time around. Slaughter explained that this time, the provision was slipped into the Homeland Security spending bill during the conference between House and Senate negotiator­s -- "apparentl­y under direct orders from the Administra­tion."

http://www­.truthout.­org/102209­5
http://www­.alternet.­org/blogs/­peek/14332­2/outrage:_house_sn­eakily_pas­ses_bill_b­anning_rel­ease_of_ph­otos_showi­ng_detaine­e_abuse/

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