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WikiLeaks discloses new details on whereabouts of al-Qaeda leaders on 9/11 — On Sept. 11, 2001, the core of al-Qaeda was concentrated in a single city: Karachi, Pakistan. — At a hospital, the accused mastermind of the bombing of the USS Cole was recovering from a tonsillectomy.
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Classified Files Offer New Insights Into Detainees — WASHINGTON — A trove of more than 700 classified military documents provides new and detailed accounts of the men who have done time at the Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba, and offers new insight into the evidence against the 172 men still locked up there.
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Stimulus by Fed Is Disappointing, Economists Say — WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve's experimental effort to spur a recovery by purchasing vast quantities of federal debt has pumped up the stock market, reduced the cost of American exports and allowed companies to borrow money at lower interest rates.
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Sarah Palin for the Fed? — The big question as Chairman Bernanke gets set for his first quarterly press conference is how Sarah Palin was able to figure out sooner than everyone else that the Federal Reserve's campaign of quantitative easing wouldn't work.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Don Surber, Conservatives4Palin, Instapundit and The Lonely Conservative


NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers — BUFFALO, N.Y. - Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of “pedophile!” and “pornographer!” stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn't need long to figure out the reason …
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Hit & Run and Outside the Beltway


China seizes Christians in Easter raid — Dozens of Chinese Christians were arrested on Sunday when police prevented an evangelical Protestant church from holding its Easter Sunday service, as the state continued its attack on protests against one-party rule.
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Church: Police block Beijing Easter service
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Robert De Niro To GOP, Donald Trump: ‘How Dare You!’ … Donald Trump , Robert De Niro , Robert De Niro GOP , Robert De Niro Obama , Robert De Niro Politics , Robert De Niro Tribeca Film Festival , Tribeca Film Festival , Robert De Niro Brian Williams , Entertainment News
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Mediaite and The Other McCain


Guantanamo Bay: Why Obama hasn't fulfilled his promise to close the facility — John Moore/ GETTY IMAGES - Only a small fraction of detainees can be prosecuted, President Obama has been told. In many cases, court-worthy evidence is lacking. — The sputtering end of the Obama administration's plans …
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Gabrielle Giffords' doctors, husband share details on her progress — HOUSTON - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is left-handed now. — Her handwriting looks different in the letter she recently wrote to her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, than it did the last time he went into space.
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The Politico, The Moderate Voice and Donklephant


Transcripts on — Below: — MR. DAVID GREGORY: On this Easter Sunday there is a dark mood in the country about high unemployment, soaring gas prices, and Washington's constant bickering over how to solve pressing problems. In this climate, our politics is taking unexpected turns as well …
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Crooks and Liars and Althouse


Lobbyists who cleared ‘Climategate’ academics funded by taxpayers and the BBC — A shadowy lobby group which pushes the case that global warming is a real threat is being funded by the taxpayer and assisted by the BBC. — The little-known not-for-profit company works behind the scenes …
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Biased BBC and Watts Up With That?

Choc and Awe — I am looking this bright Easter morn at a Department of Homeland Security “Custody Receipt for Seized Property and Evidence”. Late last night, crossing the Quebec/Vermont border, my children had two boxes of “Kinder Eggs” ("Est. Dom. Value $7.50″) confiscated by Customs & Border Protection.
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Maggie's Farm and Five Feet of Fury

Lindsey Graham: U.S. Should Ignore U.N. Mandate In Libya … WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the United States should take a more aggressive approach in Libya to oust dictator Muammar Gaddafi, bombing the capital city so members of Gaddafi's inner circle “wake up every day wondering, ‘will this be my last?’”
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Crooks and Liars and LewRockwell.com Blog
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McCain: The US is NATO, should retake control of Libyan operation
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Rick Santorum: I Would ‘Absolutely’ Let The Country Default Over Defunding The Health Care Law — As the U.S. steps closer to the economic ledge, a litany of Republican lawmakers are holding the debt ceiling hostage over unpopular priorities like lowering the corporate tax rate or cutting entitlement programs.
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Capital Gains and Games blogs, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and MyDD