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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Banned Techniques Yielded ‘High Value Information,’ Memo Says — WASHINGTON - President Obama's national intelligence director told colleagues in a private memo last week that the harsh interrogation techniques banned by the White House did produce significant information that helped the nation in its struggle with terrorists.
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New York Times:
In Adopting Harsh Tactics, No Inquiry Into Their Past Use — WASHINGTON — The program began with Central Intelligence Agency leaders in the grip of an alluring idea: They could get tough in terrorist interrogations without risking legal trouble by adopting a set of methods used on Americans during military training.
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Harsh Tactics Readied Before Their Approval — Intelligence and military officials under the Bush administration began preparing to conduct harsh interrogations long before they were granted legal approval to use such methods — and weeks before the CIA captured its first high-ranking terrorism suspect …
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Jonathan S. Landay / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Report: Abusive tactics were used to find Iraq-al Qaida link — WASHINGTON — The Bush administration put relentless pressure on interrogators to use harsh methods on detainees in part to find evidence of cooperation between al Qaida and the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime …
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Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:Report Details Origins of Bush-Era Interrogation Policies
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CBS News:
Freddie Mac Exec Found Dead At Home — David Kellermann, Acting Chief Financial Officer Of Embattled Mortgage Company, Committed Suicide — (WUSA) A top executive at Freddie Mac was found dead Wednesday morning from an apparent suicide, according to CBS affiliate WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C.
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Associated Press:
Reports: Freddie Mac official found dead — WASHINGTON - David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, was found dead at his home Wednesday morning in what broadcast reports said was an apparent suicide. — WUSA-TV and WTOP Radio reported that David Kellermann was found dead in his Northern Virginia home.
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RFK Jr. Blasts Obama as ‘Indentured Servant’ to Coal Industry — Critics Say Clean Coal Is a Boondoggle; ‘Clean Coal Is a Dirty Lie’ — “Clean coal is a dirty lie,” says environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who calls President Barack Obama and other politicians who commit taxpayer money to develop it …
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Noha El-Hennawy / Los Angeles Times:
Muslim woman's appointment as Obama advisor draws cautious optimism — Dalia Mogahed, a veiled Egyptian American, will advise President Obama on prejudices and problems faced by Muslims. Many Arabs hope it's a step toward reversing stereotyping. — Reporting from Cairo …
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Dr. Sanity:
THE POLIITICAL LEFT: UNITED IN HATE WITH AMERICA'S FOES — Cliff May reminds us that there is a reason why the political left in this country has made common cause with Militant Islamists: … In the few short months that the dedicated leftist Barack Obama has been in the White House …
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Eric Zimmermann / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Harman: More members could have been tapped — Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) raised the possibility today that more members of Congress could have been wiretapped by the NSA or FBI. — Defending herself against reports that she was caught on tape offering to intervene in the espionage-related case …
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Michael Tomasky / Guardian:
How they lie: a case study — Did an Obama judicial nominee really express a preference for Allah over Jesus? No, not by a long shot — From the second I read the sentence, I knew there was something fishy about it. Many years' experience in reading and then looking into rightwing canards set off …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
To Tweet or Not to Tweet — Alfred Hitchcock would have loved the Twitter headquarters here. Birds gathering everywhere, painted on the wall in flocks, perched on the coffee table, stitched on pillows and framed on the wall with a thought bubble asking employees to please tidy up after themselves.
Steve Connor / The Independent:
Fertility expert: ‘I can clone a human being’ — Controversial doctor filmed creating embryos before injecting them into wombs of women wanting cloned babies — A controversial fertility doctor claimed yesterday to have cloned 14 human embryos and transferred 11 of them into the wombs …
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NY Daily News:
Somali pirate's smile turns to tears; could face life — Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse, right, cries as the judge asks his lawyer, Phillip Weinstein, about Muse's age in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday. The judge ruled he could be tried as an adult. — A Somali sea bandit wept as he was hit …
John Cook / Gawker:
Matt Drudge Goes Into Hiding — Days after Matt Drudge popped up to tell New York magazine about how he doesn't enjoy having sex with men, The New Republic looks into his descent into Howard Hughes-like isolation. — As Gabriel Sherman puts it, Drudge fears the media …
Mary Kate Cary / US News:
Democrats Hysterical Over Tea Party Republicans — By Mary Kate Cary, Thomas Jefferson Street blog — Why is the left so angry? It's a question posed by columnist Byron York today, and he's got a great point. With control of House, Senate, and White House, you'd think they'd be sitting on top of the world.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
White House Cheat Sheet: The Gore-acle's Influence — Former vice president Al Gore has emerged as a key behind-the-scenes counselor to the White House and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate on a variety of issues including his trademark push to curb global warming.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just Out — Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse predicted on MSNBC the release of a DOJ report on torture memos is imminent, and the report will be “devastating.” — A poll of New York state voters shows that 59% support legalizing gay marriage. — Calling out the DOJ for “gross abuse of power,” …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
For Housing Crisis, the End Probably Isn't Near — The closest thing to a real estate crystal ball in the last few years has been the house auctions that are regularly held around the country. — In 2006 and early 2007, the official housing statistics were still showing that house prices were holding up.
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Haaretz:
Lieberman: U.S. to accept any Israeli decision — The Obama Administration will put forth new peace initiatives only if Israel wants it to, said Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in his first comprehensive interview on foreign policy since taking office. — “Believe me, America accepts …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
More Miss California: I oppose bailouts and welfare — Skip ahead to 2:00. Dude. She's one of us. — Actually, don't skip ahead. This clip's even better than the “Today” segment, especially when she talks about what went through her mind when she was asked the question at the pageant.
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Jennifer Quinn / Associated Press:
Scientists discover a nearly Earth-sized planet — HATFIELD, England - In the search for Earth-like planets, astronomers zeroed in Tuesday on two places that look awfully familiar to home. One is close to the right size. The other is in the right place.
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