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Ali Soufan / New York Times:
My Tortured Decision — FOR seven years I have remained silent about the false claims magnifying the effectiveness of the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding. I have spoken only in closed government hearings, as these matters were classified.
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Interrogations' Effectiveness May Prove Elusive — WASHINGTON — Even the most exacting truth commission may have a hard time determining for certain whether brutal interrogations conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency helped keep the country safe. — Last week's release …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:Any Indictment of Interrogation Policy Makers Would Face Several Hurdles
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Ceci Connolly / Washington Post:
GOP Stymies Vote on Sebelius — President Obama will have to wait a bit longer to round out his Cabinet. Senate Republicans refused today to allow a confirmation vote on his health secretary nominee Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kan.). She is the last Cabinet member awaiting Senate approval.
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David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
GOP Plots Revenge — Reconciliation May Shut Down Senate — As Senate Democrats move closer to using reconciliation to pass health care reform this year, key GOP Senators are signaling plans to avenge the move by employing parliamentary tactics to trip up even the most noncontroversial of agenda items.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
John Ensign's Unapologetic Critique — John Ensign wants to make one thing very clear: he's not sorry for saying it was “irresponsible” of President Obama to be seen laughing with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at last week's Summit of the Americas. — “That visual image is going to be used …
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Joe Klein / Time:
Sizing Up Obama's First 100 Days — The President almost seemed apologetic. “This may be a slightly longer speech than I usually give,” he told his audience at Georgetown University on April 14. “This is going to be prose and not poetry.” What followed, as promised, was not poetry.
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
The President's Apology Tour — Great leaders aren't defined by consensus. — President Barack Obama has finished the second leg of his international confession tour. In less than 100 days, he has apologized on three continents for what he views as the sins of America and his predecessors.
Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blog:
WaPo hires Prospect's Klein — The American Prospect's Ezra Klein, one of the top bloggers on politics and policy, is heading to the Washington Post. — Rumors about Klein's upcoming move spread on Wednesday night during a reception thrown by The Nation magazine in honor of D.C. bureau chief Chris Hayes.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Ezra Klein Hired by Washington Post — My very good friend Ezra Klein has been hired by The Washington Post to do a blog for their website, as reported by Mike Calderone. So first off, congratulations to everyone—good for Ezra, great hire for the Post, etc.
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CNN:
Levi Johnston: 'It's pretty crazy' — (CNN) — A year ago, few outside of Wasilla, Alaska, had ever heard of Levi Johnston. All that changed last summer when Gov. Sarah Palin accepted the Republican vice presidential nomination. — Soon after she entered the national spotlight …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
CHU WASN'T THE ‘BAFFLED’ ONE.... Arrogance is almost always unseemly, but I think there's an important distinction to be made between conceit and misplaced arrogance. The prior is merely unseemly; the latter is humiliating. — Yesterday, at a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee …
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Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Intelligence Officials Tipped Pelosi To Harman Wiretap — Intelligence officials, angry that former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had blocked an FBI investigation into Democratic Rep. Jane Harman's interactions with a suspected Israeli agent, tipped off Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader …
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Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Steele urged to label Obama a socialist — State RNC leaders raise dissent — Republican state party leaders are rebelling against new Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele for failing to dub President Obama and the Democrats as “socialists.” And the rebels insist that the label matters.
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Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:April Madness: Can GOP Win Back the House in 2010?
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Pew Research Center:
Obama at 100 Days: Strong Job Approval, Even Higher Personal Ratings — Better Ratings for Foreign Policy than Domestic Issues — As he approaches the 100-day mark of his presidency, Barack Obama's job approval ratings are higher than those of his most recent predecessors.
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Goss: Obama Decision “Crossed a Red Line” — Porter Goss, former CIA Director and past chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, blasted the Obama administration for releasing Justice Department memos on harsh interrogation techniques. “For the first time in my experience we've crossed …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Why Debate The T-Word? — Steve Chapman asks the torture supporters a question: … Trying to find a consistently principled position among these people is hard. Why? Because their arguments, like those of Yoo, Bradbury and Bybee, are entirely designed to legitimize decisions already made.
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New York Times:
Pakistan Sends Special Police to Taliban-Held Area — ISLAMABAD — Pakistani authorities on Thursday deployed special constabulary forces to a strategically important district only 70 miles from the capital, Islamabad, that has come under the effective control of the Taliban in the last several days, police and residents said.
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Associated Press:
AP Poll: Americans high on Obama, direction of US — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — WASHINGTON - For the first time in years, more Americans than not say the country is headed in the right direction, a sign that Barack Obama has used the first 100 days …
Liz Rappaport / Wall Street Journal:
Lewis Testifies U.S. Urged Silence on Deal — Bank of America Chief Says Bernanke, Paulson Barred Disclosure of Merrill Woes Because of Fears for Financial System — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and then-Treasury Department chief Henry Paulson pressured Bank of America Corp …
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Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Bill O'Reilly's response to waterboarding: ‘Torture, my ass.’ — Last night on The Factor, Bill O'Reilly hosted Newsday columnist Ellis Henican, who criticized O'Reilly's tolerance of torture. “You disappoint me, you disappoint me,” Henican said, pointing his finger at O'Reilly.
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Why is the GOP Throwing Senate Races? — Dave Weigel notes that Senator Jon Cornyn (R-TX), in charge of helping GOP Senate candidates, is being surprisingly friendly with former Rep. Pat Toomey who's mounting a challenge-from-the-right to Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA).
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