Barack Obama will move swiftly to unpick many of what he sees as the most egregious acts of the Bush administration when he enters the White House in January, including restrictions on stem cell research and moves to allow oil drilling in wilderness areas, a leading member of his transition team said yesterday.
Three key words: "what he sees."
Notice how the list of "the most egregious violations" doesn't include domestic warrantless surveillance, indefinite detention, torture, extraordinary rendition, launching illegal wars of aggression and other war crimes, election fraud, politicizing the justice department, immunity for corporate crimes, bail-outs for banks, etc.
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If you're going to pick apart a fragment of a paraphrased statement, you might consider the reporter's use of "including" to indicate a nonexhaustive list.
Many items were listed, none of which were the ones I mentioned.
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