Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Was Waterboarded 183 Times in One Month  —  I've put this detail in a series of posts, but it really deserves a full post.  According to the May 30, 2005 Bradbury memo, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in March 2003 and Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded 83 times in August 2002.

Arguing the size of the “tea party” protest  —  In any case, experts see it as democracy in action, and that's a good thing.  —  ATLANTA -  —  How big was the Tea Party?  —  By some estimates, over half a million Americans took to the streets last Wednesday to protest taxes and Washington spending …

The Long Arm of the Law  —  A looming battle over the role foreign judges should play in U.S. courts.  —  From the magazine issue dated Apr 27, 2009  —  Harold Hongju Koh is a tweedy, brainy legal scholar who writes brilliant law-review articles that are carefully reasoned, if more or less impenetrable to non-lawyers.

It might already be too late for the right-wing blogs  —  The Daily Beast's Benjamin Sarlin follows up on a trend we've been noting at CF for the last couple week; far right bloggers who are calling out Fox News for the doomsday hate speech that's become Murdoch's programming anchor.

Summit: What a Difference a Day Makes  —  Yesterday's banner headline on Trinidad and Tobago's daily Guardian (see below) was “Chávez vs. Obama.”  —  Today's is above.  —  Ponder that for a moment.  —  Also today, the Venezuelan President said aloud he wants to restore …

Makeover debate fires up over ‘Idol’ sensation Susan Boyle  —  Susan Boyle's ‘makeover’  —  Once people stopped marveling at Susan Boyle's voice, they started talking about her look, including her caterpillar-like eyebrows.  Let the makeover debate begin.

Tea Party animals not boiling over  —  Media portrayals of protesters as right-wing kooks are overheated.  —  Recommend  —  Our lesson today comes from the old British novelty song:  —  “I like A Nice Cup Of Tea in the morning Just to start the day, you see And at half-past-eleven My idea of heaven Is A Nice Cup Of Tea ...”

Obama Endures Ortega Diatribe  —  Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega lashes out at a century of what he called terroristic U.S. aggression in Central America.  —  FOXNews.com  —  PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — President Obama endured a 50-minute diatribe from socialist Nicaraguan …

High Court Poised To Closely Weigh Civil Rights Laws  —  The Supreme Court has an opportunity to reaffirm or reshape the nation's civil rights laws as it faces a rare confluence of cases over the next two weeks, including a high-profile challenge brought by white firefighters who claim they lost …

Justice Dept. Memos' Careful Legalese Obscured Harsh Reality  —  The four Justice Department memos to the CIA's top lawyer that were released last week reflect an effort by Bush administration appointees to create finely tuned justifications for harsh interrogation techniques …