Twitter reacts to Obama releasing Bush torture memos

Per guardian.co.uk, U.S. President Barack Obama released top secret memos that allowed Bush-era CIA interrogators to torture terrorist suspects. In an attempt to move forward, Obama will not be prosecuting the offenders but has ended their interrogation programs.

Twitterers spread the word about the memo release:

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   mhasko (Pittsburgh, PA) Obama releases 4 Bush-era memos about CIA torture, very little redacted. Read for yourself what our country did http://tinyurl.com/c4wzkv 17 Apr 2009 from TwitterFox
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   stumbling_eric (Undisclosed) Woah. You can read some of the Bush Torture Documents online now. Thanks President Obama!... http://su.pr/2zqtgj 17 Apr 2009 from StumbleUpon
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   MalaproposDame (Undisclosed) Obama ends CIA interrogation program-crazy! http://tinyurl.com/c8ktjl
   (thanks, @whoissuresh 17 Apr 2009 from web
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   KatyinIndy (Undisclosed) RT @tweetdej: RT stephrosendahl Ex-CIA Director, Hayden: Obama endangers security w/memo release http://tinyurl.com/c84xun #tcot #sgp #hhrs 17 Apr 2009 from TweetDeck

Many Twitterers are debating whether Obama should absolve the crimes. Most call for accountability.

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   pir8dave (New England) Upholding the laws on the books is a duty of the President. Obama is wrong on torture prosecutions. http://bit.ly/4aevVY 17 Apr 2009 from TweetDeck
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   cscannella (NYC) Obama letting this torture go is going to to cast a shadow on anything positive he ends up doing with his presidency. 17 Apr 2009 from Tweetie
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   MonroeAnderson (Chicago, IL) Some change, Obama's wimp out on CIA torture is incredibly disappointing.
   http://tinyurl.com/dgbmno 17 Apr 2009 from web
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   JAEsselink (Waterford, MI) @GStephanopoulos I am disappointed in Pres Obama closing his eyes to the torture done in our name. Now it will be stain on the USA forever. 17 Apr 2009 from web in reply to GStephanopoulos
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   Lemurs_Meerkats (Undisclosed) Torture = Bad! So, no Obama Love this week [from @katharinehay] b/c of this: http://tinyurl.com/dclo6y 17 Apr 2009 from web
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   HumanityCritic (Virginia Beach, VA) Maybe I'm wrong here: As much as I want to see them jailed, prosecuting Bush officials would cripple Obama's presidency. What do you think? 17 Apr 2009 from web
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   mumbly_joe (NYC) Or, if we absolutely must protest Obama, the fact that these guys are getting a free pass? WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT RESOLVING THE PAST 17 Apr 2009 from web

Several Twitterers also respond to MSNBC Keith Olbermann's critique of Obama's decision.

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   FakeVirginia (Virginia) Keith Olbermann says President Obama is wrong on the Bush torture memos. http://bit.ly/S8vIt Could this be something the #tcot crowd likes? 17 Apr 2009 from bit.ly
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   kjpilot (Gramercy Park, NYC) I think Obama is right - no good to be gained by pursuing former Bush administration over the torture memos. Sorry to Keith Olbermann. 17 Apr 2009 from web
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   BrandonPickens (Undisclosed) Olberman is urging Obama to prosecute BUSH with war crimes and to keep the fight going NO MATTER WHAT! I find new ways to hate Olby everyday 17 Apr 2009 from web
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   yellowgnife (Decatur, GA) Listening to Olbermann giving hell to Obama for not prosecuting Bush. Like thats going to happen phtltht. 17 Apr 2009 from web

Twitter reacts to Obama releasing Bush torture memos