Top Items:
Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:
Holder to Appoint Prosecutor to Investigate CIA Terror Interrogations — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has decided to appoint a prosecutor to examine nearly a dozen cases in which CIA interrogators and contractors may have violated anti-torture laws and other statutes …
Discussion:
The Hill, The Greenroom, Power Line, BREITBART.COM, Salon, Docudharma, At-Largely, Truthdig, The Washington Independent, And So it Goes in Shreveport, Gateway Pundit, Michelle Malkin, The Plum Line, Guardian, Wizbang, Neptunus Lex, Associated Press, Law Blog, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Blue Crab Boulevard, Think Progress, The Swamp, Weekly Standard, The Huffington Post, D-Day, Griper News, Balkinization, Macsmind, Gawker, SquareState.net, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, TPMMuckraker, Daily Kos, Ben Smith's Blog, Hullabaloo, Emptywheel, Liberal Values, The Foundry, Ta-Nehisi Coates, CNN and The Politico
RELATED:
Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
Obtained: The CIA Documents Dick Cheney Says Vindicate Torture — We've obtained and scanned in the two CIA documents that former Vice President Dick Cheney claims justify his longstanding arguments that torture was an effective interrogation and counterterrorism tool. As you read them, consider this post as well.
Discussion:
ccrjustice.org, The Daily Dish, Emptywheel, The League of Ordinary …, ATTACKERMAN and The Mahablog
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Cheney Statement on CIA Documents/Investigation — Former Vice President Dick Cheney gave The Weekly Standard a statement Monday night about the CIA documents and the coming Justice Department investigation.
Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
The 2004 CIA Inspector General Report on Torture — Classified for years — and still heavily redacted — here is former CIA Inspector General John Helgerson's 2004 report into the CIA's Bush-era interrogations operations. The ACLU sued to obtain the controversial report …
ABCNEWS:
Obama White House v. CIA; Panetta Threatened to Quit — Tensions Lead to CIA Director's “Screaming Match” at the White House — A “profanity-laced screaming match” at the White House involving CIA Director Leon Panetta, and the expected release today of another damning internal investigation …
Discussion:
Blogs and Stories, Patterico's Pontifications, The Plum Line, Wonkette, Big Brass Blog, TPMMuckraker, Newshoggers.com, The Atlantic Politics Channel, Weekly Standard, Flopping Aces, Michelle Malkin, Griper News, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, The Washington Independent, The Plank, RedState, Riehl World View, Reason and Hot Air
ABCNEWS:
CIA Releases Documents Fmr. Vice President Cheney Requested Be Made Public — Now Public: Memos That Cheney Says Demonstrate Harsh Interrogation Tactics Worked to Thwart Terrorism — The CIA released the documents today that former Vice President Dick Cheney requested earlier this year …
David Johnston / New York Times:
C.I.A. Abuse Cases Detailed in Report on Detainees — WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. named a veteran federal prosecutor to examine abuse of prisoners held by the Central Intelligence Agency, government officials said on Monday, as officials released a C.I.A. inspector general's report …
Slate:
Extraordinary Rendition To Continue Under Obama — Administration officials have stated that they do not plan to suspend the policy of extraordinary rendition but that they will instead introduce stricter measures to prevent torture and will no longer send prisoners to countries with histories of abuse.
Discussion:
RedState
United States Department of Justice:Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder Regarding a Preliminary …
Discussion:
New York Times, Harper's, TPMMuckraker, MoJo Blog Posts, TalkLeft, Weekly Standard and Salon
Daphne Eviatar / The Washington Independent:CIA Inspector General Report Implicates DOJ Lawyers Again
Discussion:
The Daily Dish
Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:CIA Withheld Medical Information From the Justice Department …
Leon E. Panetta / Fox News:RAW DATA: Panetta Letter to CIA Staff on Release of Interrogation Report
David Wessel / Wall Street Journal:
Obama to Reappoint Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke — President Barack Obama will announce Tuesday that he is nominating Ben Bernanke for a second four-year term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said. — Mr. Emanuel said Mr. Obama will make the announcement from Martha's Vineyard Tuesday.
Discussion:
Real Time Economics, The Page, Grasping Reality …, Calculated Risk, D-Day and The Big Picture
RELATED:
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Obama to Nominate Bernanke to 2nd Term at Fed — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday will nominate Ben S. Bernanke to a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, administration officials said. — The announcement is a major victory for Mr. Bernanke, a Republican who was appointed …
Matea Gold / Show Tracker:
UPDATED: Glenn Beck goes after Color of Change co-founder Van Jones — Glenn Beck used his popular Fox News show this afternoon to attack the background of Van Jones, a White House environmental advisor who co-founded an African American political advocacy group that organized an advertising boycott of his program.
Discussion:
The Swamp, And So it Goes in Shreveport, DailyFinance, American Power, Townhall.com, Mediaite and The Reaction
Fouad Ajami / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Summer of Discontent — The politics of charisma is so Third World. Americans were never going to buy into it for long. — Printer — Friendly — So we are to have a French health-care system without a French tradition of political protest.
Michael C. Moynihan / Reason:
Oberleutnant Beck ist Arguing With Ze Idiots! — Barnes & Noble has posted the cover of Glenn Beck's forthcoming book, Arguing With Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government, which appears to show the weepy cable yapper striking his best Werner Klemperer pose and, for some unexplained reason …
Jared Allen / The Hill:
Dems increase talk of moving healthcare without GOP — A leading House Democrat on Monday said Democrats are prepared to pass healthcare reform without Republican support, echoing comments made over the weekend by a leading Senate Democrat. — “I think that at some point everyone's …
RELATED:
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
Franks: ‘Ridiculous’ O won't produce long-form certificate — Bethany Haley, a spokeswoman for Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), called us earlier today to say that her boss wasn't considering a birther lawsuit against President Obama because of recent legal rulings tossing out similar suits.
RELATED:
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Now the Birthers are demanding to know: Was Obama circumcised? — The General digs up the, ah, hot tip: … Anyone remember how Republicans wound up obsessing over Bill Clinton's Johnson, ad nauseam, even on TV? I remember Ann Coulter speculating over Paula Jones' claims about the shape …
Bloomberg:
Hospitals May Face Severe Disruption in Swine Flu's U.S. Return — Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) — Swine flu may hospitalize 1.8 million patients in the U.S. this year, filling intensive care units to capacity and causing “severe disruptions” during a fall resurgence, scientific advisers to the White House warned.
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Wikipedia to Limit Changes to Articles on People — Wikipedia, one of the 10 most popular sites on the Web, was founded about eight years ago as a long-shot experiment to create a free encyclopedia from the contributions of volunteers, all with the power to edit, and presumably improve, the content.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Taliban collapsing in Pakistan? — The death of Baitullah Mehsud appears to have done even more damage to the Taliban terrorist network in Pakistan than first thought. Without their charismatic leader to unite them, the Taliban has begun to splinter across ideological and tribal lines …
The Note:
Feingold to Obama: Announce Withdrawal Timetable from Afghanistan — ABC News' David Chalian Reports: — The Obama administration has been keenly aware of discontent among many in its liberal base with regard to its Afghanistan policy and an expected request for additional troops following …
Discussion:
The Confluence, CNN, Think Progress, Riehl World View, Mudville Gazette, Little Green Links and The Page
David Freddoso / Washington Examiner:
UPDATED: Obama's VA pulls so-called ‘Death Book’ from website — Jim Towey wrote last week in the Wall Street Journal that Obama's Veterans' Affairs department had revived a controversial and previously discontinued 53-page pamphlet on end-of-life issues for wounded soldiers.
RELATED:
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
