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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Post story bolsters Cheney — The Washington Post leads today with an extraordinary story cutting against the conclusions of a series of recent government and media reports to cast as straight news — with a few hedges and qualifications — that waterboarding and sleep deprivation worked …
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How a Detainee Became An Asset — Sept. 11 Plotter Cooperated After Waterboarding — By Peter Finn, Joby Warrick and Julie Tate, Page A01 — After enduring the CIA's harshest interrogation methods and spending more than a year in the agency's secret prisons, Khalid Sheik Mohammed stood …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Acknowledging the Obvious — Is the mainstream media coming around? — The Washington Post has an important front-page story this morning, with matter-of-fact reporting on the importance of Khalid Sheikh Mohammad as an intelligence source and the enhanced interrogation techniques that made him talk.
Reuel Marc Gerecht / Wall Street Journal:
Interrogating the CIA — A clever, streetwise classmate of mine at the Central Intelligence Agency's junior officer training program—a former Delta Force officer—quickly and rudely discovered that counterterrorism in the much-vaunted Reagan years wasn't a serious endeavor at Langley.
SusanG / Daily Kos:
President Obama's eulogy for Ted Kennedy — Remarks of President Barack Obama - As Prepared for Delivery — Eulogy for Edward Kennedy — Boston, MA — Mrs. Kennedy, Kara, Edward, Patrick, Curran, Caroline, members of the Kennedy family, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:
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Eric Zorn / Change of Subject:
How wall-to-wall Chappaquiddick would have changed history — for the worse
How wall-to-wall Chappaquiddick would have changed history — for the worse
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
REID'S MUDDLED SUPPORT FOR A PUBLIC OPTION.... On a conference call yesterday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) emphasized his support for a public option as part of health care reform. That support started sounding a little shaky, though, when the Democrats' Senate leader explained what he means by “public option.”
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Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Sen. Reid indicates support for a public option that is privately-run.
Sen. Reid indicates support for a public option that is privately-run.
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Reid Muddies Water: I'm For Public Option—So Long As It's Private
Reid Muddies Water: I'm For Public Option—So Long As It's Private
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Bill Varner / Bloomberg:
UAE Seizes North Korean Weapons Shipment to Iran — Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — The United Arab Emirates has seized a ship carrying North Korean-manufactured munitions, detonators, explosives and rocket-propelled grenades bound for Iran in violation of United Nations sanctions, diplomats said.
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Daily Dish:
Tilting at Statists — On his Twitter feed, talk radio host Mark Levin has asked for feedback on “A Conservative Manifesto,” the epilogue to his bestselling book Liberty and Tyranny. Some time ago I borrowed the book from my grandfather, so I thought I'd skip ahead, read its final pages and offer my thoughts.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Imbalance of Trust — Liberals are flummoxed by the fact that obviously false and widely discredited claims about health care reform have not only taken root, but appear to be growing in acceptance. — According to a poll of 600 adults ages 18 and older, which was conducted Aug. 13 to 18 …
Gateway Pundit:
Of Course... Dems Push For Obamacare at Teddy Kennedy's Funeral Mass (Video) — Of course, they couldn't help it. — Nothing is sacred. — Dems pushed for Obamacare at Teddy Kennedy's funeral today: — Not even a funeral is off limits for pushing their socialist agenda.
Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
DOJ May Skirt Court Order on Interrogation Documents — The Obama administration may circumvent the spirit of a judge's order to disclose hundreds of documents relating to the CIA's Bush-era interrogation program, delivering instead generic descriptions of the documents and legal arguments for continued nondisclosure.
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Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Enzi blasts Dems over healthcare goals — A key member of the Senate Republican Conference on Saturday blasted Democrats for offering a healthcare solution distinctly at odds with his party's goals. — Democratic healthcare reform will drive up the deficit, discriminate against the elderly …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Holmes on Caldwell — If you look across the Atlantic to Europe, there's no question that some real problems exist with the social exclusion of immigrant communities that's leading, in the particular case of Muslim immigrant communities, to the rise of some extremist ideologies.
Lawhawk / A Blog For All:
Rangel's Lies Proliferate — Rep. Charles Rangel has had to go for some time now, but his lies keep proliferating. He's lied to the IRS over his tax obligations. He's lied to state and local officials about his tax obligations. — He's lied to his mortgage lender.