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 …

Lockerbie bomber ‘set free for oil’  —  The British government decided it was “in the overwhelming interests of the United Kingdom” to make Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, eligible for return to Libya, leaked ministerial letters reveal.

It's come to this: Dems task Teddy's grandson with leading funeral prayer for ObamaCare  —  The boss has been writing about the left's use of kids as sympathetic “human shields” for their policies for years and years, but even so, I'm amazed.  I thought the moral authority of the religious setting …

Edward Kennedy Jr.'s Remembrance of Senator Kennedy  —  The following is a transcript of Edward Kennedy Jr.'s remembrance of his father, Edward M. Kennedy, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica on Saturday, as recorded by CQ Transcriptions.  —  My name is Ted Kennedy, Jr., a name I share with my son, a name I shared with my father.

CHARLIE'S MORTGAGE BARES HOME UNTRUTH  —  Rep. Charles Rangel claimed on mortgage papers that a Harlem brownstone was his principal residence — even though he was living elsewhere at the time, The Post has learned.  —  When the Democrat — who is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee …

A.C.L.U. Lawyers Mine Documents for Truth  —  WASHINGTON — In the spring of 2003, long before Abu Ghraib or secret prisons became part of the American vocabulary, a pair of recently hired lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union noticed a handful of news reports about allegations of abuse of prisoners in American custody.

Students Get New Assignment: Pick Books You Like  —  JONESBORO, Ga. — For years Lorrie McNeill loved teaching “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the Harper Lee classic that many Americans regard as a literary rite of passage.  —  But last fall, for the first time in 15 years, Ms. McNeill, 42, did not assign “Mockingbird” — or any novel.

Democrats Seem Forgetful on Senate Appointments  —  WASHINGTON - The Democratic National Committee wasted no time Friday slamming Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida for installing a Republican crony in the Senate as a seat warmer until Mr. Crist can run for the post himself next year.

Real Time: Bill Moyers on Health Care as a Human Right  —  Bill Moyers visited the set of Real Time, and had an honest discussion about why we're going to be lucky to see any real reform on health care with all of the money being thrown at both the Republican and Democratic parties …

All The Senator's Women … From the magazine issue dated Sep 7, 2009  —  The city editor at a small daily in Iowa sent a reporter out last week to gather reminiscences of Senator Kennedy.  “Be sure to ask about Chappaquiddick,” he said, a request that drew a blank look.

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.