{"id":406933,"date":"2010-03-09T08:39:38","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T13:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washingtonindependent.com\/?p=78697"},"modified":"2010-03-09T08:39:38","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T13:39:38","slug":"ken-starr-vs-liz-cheney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/406933","title":{"rendered":"Ken Starr vs. Liz Cheney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonindependent.com\/78688\/conservative-rebuke-of-cheney-plays-itself-out\">Dave may be correct<\/a> that the conservative rebuke to Keep America Safe has possibly peaked &#8212; conservatives, after all, don&#8217;t have an interest in keeping their internal disputes public &#8212; but no less a Democratic persecutor than Ken Starr went on &#8216;Countdown&#8217; last night to admonish the Cheneys for slandering Justice Department lawyers who defended Guantanamo detainees. &#8220;It&#8217;s very important for lawyers to be willing to take on unpopular causes,&#8221; Starr said. &#8220;This is in the finest traditions of our country. 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