What al-Nashiri and KSM Didn't Tell Us

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Ali Soufan tells us what we didn't learn because we used torture.

Ashcroft on Waterboarding Prosecutions

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A review of how Ashcroft's testimony to HJC on torture matches what we learned in the CIA IG Report.

Christie Sued for Accident with Motorcyclist

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Chris Christie got sued by that motorcyclist he hit. But he doesn't want you to know that.
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Another "Good Max" Sighting

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Not only was Max Baucus pushing to do the right thing last November, he was pushing to do the right thing in April. So what explains the replacement of Good Max with Bad Max?

The "Legal Principles" Timeline

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The "Legal Principles" document appears to have been written with John Yoo's assistance to exclude some CIA activities from prosecution.

Will Obama Even Meet with the Progressives?

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In addition to warning Obama that the Progressive Caucus won't vote for a bill that doesn't have the public option, they asked for a meeting. Will they get it?

AGAG Doesn't Recall What He Said Monday

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Predictably, AGAG is backing off his support--voiced earlier this week--for a torture investigation.
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A Decent Health Care Reform Plan--from Max Baucus

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Why can't we have the health care plan some guy named Max Baucus proposed last November, rather than the garbage he's pitching now?

David Broder Gives Cheney a Big Blow-Job

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David Broder should have thought before he asked, rhetorically, whether we want to see Cheney standing in the dock.

Is All This about C Street?

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Is Mark Sanford refusing to step down because C Street refuses to let him?
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As Justice Stevens Winds Down, Will Obama Continue SCOTUS Trend To The Right?

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From Yahoo News, we hear rumblings Justice John Paul Stevens may be winding down his time on the Supreme Court Bench.

More on CIA's Fictions about Executive Branch and Congressional Briefings

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I've been promising to return to the way that the CIA IG Report discusses the Congressional and Executive Branch approval for the torture program.

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.
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