The CIA's Latest Vaughn Follies

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The CIA has released another Vaughn Index listing all the documents it refuses to hand over to the ACLU (link pending). Some highlights are: Other-3, June 17, 2004: This is an eight page document, including a routing slip, requesting continued legal and policy support for the CIA's interrogation program. This document must be a response to Jack Goldsmith's June 10, 2004 letter to Scott Muller, stating that if he wanted the torture program
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Gonzales' Choice

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I guess if you don't give AGAG wingnut welfare, then he's liable to say things that support his potential defenses in upcoming trials, not Cheney's.

Bowe Bergdahl and Joke Line

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Somehow, in Joke Line's accusation that Glenn Greenwald doesn't mention the war on terror, he forgot to mention how using torture in the war on terror puts our own troops at risk.

Joke Line Just Called IF Stone's Grand-Daughter "Pathetic"

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If you haven't read this righteous post... Last week I went to a cookout on the beach here with some old friends (Sausages and seafood, but no cocktail weenies!) Every year they do a cookout, and then a birthday party, and for years I've known that one of their guests was Joe Klein.

Confirmed: 7 People, One Kid's Seat, 4-Door Car

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Chris Christie isn't going to answer questions--not about his traffic stop, not about his Delayed Prosecution Agreements.
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Back to Breuer's Claims about Future Investigations

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Now that Dick Cheney is suggesting he won't cooperate with a torture investigation, what does that suggest about Lanny Breuer's efforts to try to keep Cheney's CIA Leak case inteview secret?

McCain Owes Pelosi an Apology

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McCain suggested, back in May, that he was able to prevent the Bush Administration from abusing detainees. I guess not.
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Politico's "Media Criticism" Multiplies the Errors

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The Politico's idea of media criticism appears to be ignoring the merits but deciding whether a bad story will get lots of play.

More CIA Lies about Torture Briefings

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The CIA is lying, once again, about what transpired in briefings with Congress.
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Finder Is CIA's Keeper In Slanted NYT Op-Ed

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As several here have noted, there is a particularly odious op-ed spinning the CIA torture innocence position in today's New York Times by self professed novelist Joseph Finder.

Dick Cheney: I'm Proud I Tortured to Protect Our Country But Not Our Allies

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8 year 8 years 8 years. That's the sum total of Dick Cheney's defense for institutionalizing torture. But I wonder how our allies feel about that defense?
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The WaPo Declares Itself Unable to Find the Truth

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The WaPo has just resigned itself--one of the most storied newspapers of our country--unable to discover the truth. They pull off this neat trick by ignoring evidence in their hands.

Cheney: Torturers Can Do No Wrong

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Cheney says his beloved torturers can do no wrong.
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TT: Are You Ready For Some Football??

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Yep, it is that time of year again; football season is upon us. Not to mention that we are about to enter the stretch drive in MLB and the long summer break is over in F1. It has been a long week, starting with the IG Report release and ending with services for the Lion, Ted Kennedy.

Dan Levin's September Memo

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emptywheel
Dan Levin wrote a memo in September 2004 that reveals certain details about the torture program.
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