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Lindsey Ellerson / The Note:
Gingrich: Pelosi ‘Lied,’ ‘Despicable,’ ‘Dishonest,’ ‘Vicious,’ ‘Trivial’ — ABC News' Rick Klein reports: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich today offered a blistering critique of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's handling of oversight on harsh interrogation tactics, in a major escalation of partisan attacks being aimed at Pelosi.
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
CIA director says Pelosi received the truth — CIA Director Leon Panetta challenged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's accusations that the agency lied to her, writing a memo to his agents saying she received nothing but the truth. — Panetta said that “ultimately, it is up to Congress to evaluate …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The Torture Debate, Continued — This month, I wrote a column outlining two exceptions to the no-torture rule: the ticking time bomb scenario and its less extreme variant in which a high-value terrorist refuses to divulge crucial information that could save innocent lives.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The Take: Pelosi's Comments Raise Interrogation Debate to New Level — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's extraordinary accusation that the Bush administration lied to Congress about the use of harsh interrogation techniques dramatically raised the stakes in the growing debate …
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Martin Kady II / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
Panetta to CIA employees: We told Pelosi the truth — CIA Director Leon Panetta just sent a stern message to his employees defending the agency against Speaker Nancy Pelosi's criticisms. — His message: We didn't mislead Congress; stay focused on your job. — Panetta's note was sent to reporters via the CIA press office.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Reporters Gettin' Played — Everybody's talking about Nancy Pelosi's press conference yesterday. I'm listening to Republicans on cable yapping about this contradiction or that contradiction. But what I've seen very little attention to is the fact that Pelosi had an answer that really answers …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Pelosi's Claims Getting Much More Media Scrutiny Than CIA's Assertions
Pelosi's Claims Getting Much More Media Scrutiny Than CIA's Assertions
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Attaturk / Firedoglake:
Moral Monster — Charles Krauthammer took the Hippocratic Oath.
Moral Monster — Charles Krauthammer took the Hippocratic Oath.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
More Americans “Pro-Life” Than “Pro-Choice” for First Time — Also, fewer think abortion should be legal “under any circumstances” — PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Poll, conducted May 7-10, finds 51% of Americans calling themselves “pro-life” on the issue of abortion and 42% “pro-choice.”
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Health Care Leaders Say Obama Overstated Their Promise to Control Costs — WASHINGTON — Hospitals and insurance companies said Thursday that President Obama had substantially overstated their promise earlier this week to reduce the growth of health spending.
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Alex Spillius / Telegraph:
New ‘prisoner abuse’ photographs emerge despite US bid to block publication — Graphic photographs of alleged prisoner abuse, thought to be among up to 2,000 images Barack Obama is trying to prevent from being released, emerged yesterday. — The shocking images of inmates in Iraq …
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Newt Gingrich / Washington Examiner:
Lets NOT meet the Uighurs — President Obama has heeded his generals and decided not to release more photos of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, and good for him. Now he needs to put our national security ahead of politics once again and reverse his dangerous decision to release trained …
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Matt Smith / CNN:
Powell aide says torture helped build Iraq war case — (CNN) — Finding a “smoking gun” linking Iraq and al Qaeda became the main purpose of the abusive interrogation program the Bush administration authorized in 2002, a former State Department official told CNN on Thursday.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Obama's kinder, gentler military commissions — [(Updated below - Update II - Update III (Obama's statement) - Update IV] — It now appears definitive that the Obama administration will attempt to preserve a “modified” version of George Bush's military commissions, rather than try suspected terrorists …
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New York Times:
Obama Planning to Keep Tribunals for Detainees
Obama Planning to Keep Tribunals for Detainees
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WNYW Fox 5 MyFoxNY.com:
Dead People Get Stimulus Checks — MYFOXNY.COM - This week, thousands of people are getting stimulus checks in the mail. The problem is that a lot of them are dead. A Long Island woman was shocked when she checked the mail and received a letter from the U.S. Treasury — but it wasn't for her.
Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
Judge Sotomayor's Appellate Opinions in Civil Cases — Judge Sonia Sotomayor is an obviously serious candidate to serve on the Supreme Court. We have been struck by how the amount of commentary about Judge Sotomayor has ignored the most accessible and valuable source of information: her opinions as an appellate judge.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Empire of Carbon — I have seen the future, and it won't work. — These should be hopeful times for environmentalists. Junk science no longer rules in Washington. President Obama has spoken forcefully about the need to take action on climate change; the people I talk to are increasingly optimistic …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
In Limbo: Dawn Johnsen's Nomination Stalls Thanks to Democrats — For several weeks—while torture revelations have dominated headlines and with the scandal still very much alive—Dawn Johnsen has been waiting. She's Obama's pick to head the Office of Legal Counsel—the same Justice Department shop …
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Al Kamen / Washington Post:
In the Loop: The Not-So-Persuasive Liz Cheney — We now know at least one reason former vice president Dick Cheney was taking the Acela up to New York on Monday morning: He was going to attend a debate on U.S. policy on Iran where his daughter Liz Cheney, former principal deputy assistant secretary …
Victor Davis Hanson / Associated Press:
Hanson: President Palins First 100 Days — EDITOR'S NOTE: In these messianic times we have slouched into an acceptance of presidential worship, and we need to be reminded from time to time that the media's Obama standard is really no standard at all. The following is a sequel to the recent “Bush Did It.”
National Journal Online:
Political Insiders Poll — Q: Has Dick Cheney helped or hurt the Republican Party since leaving office? — Democrats (103 votes) — Helped 6 percent Hurt 92 percent — Both; neither; time will tell — (volunteered) 3 percent — Helped
John Koblin / New York Observer:
New York Times Considers Two Plans to Charge for Content on the Web — By the end of June, The New York Times will come to a decision on how to charge for some of its content on the Web, The Observer has learned. — Executive editor Bill Keller said at a meeting with staff on Wednesday …