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In less than two weeks,

the release of a formally classified report will put a lot of disturbing questions back in the news.

Did the CIA torture suspected terrorist during the Bush administration? Did agents or private

contractors violate the law? President Obama doesn't want to look back, but reports say Attorney General Eric Holder is likely to appoint a special prosecutor.

Would investigation of low-level interrogators lead to policymakers up the chain of command?

How high might it go?

Can the Obama administration afford to handle another highly charged political controversy with constitutional overtones. Can it afford not to?

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Mormon. I'll be back with To the Point. Attorney General Eric Holder is reportedly

close to appointing a special prosecutor to investigate charges that terror suspects were tortured

during the Bush administration. What would be the consequences for the CIA, the Department

of Justice, the White House, and the Obama agenda.

First, this news update in Burma, also called Myanmar, Nobel Peace Prize winner,

Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced today to three years at hard labor for illegally harboring an American tourist.

But the chairman of the ruling Hunter then commuted that to 18 months under house arrest.

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