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Peter Finn / Washington Post:
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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New York Times, Mediaite, Guardian, The Nation, FrumForum, Boing Boing and Informed Comment
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New York Times:
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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The Daily Beast, Firedoglake, NPR, Guardian, Lawfare, Threat Level and TalkLeft
Telegraph:
WikiLeaks: Guantanamo Bay terrorist secrets revealed — Guantanamo Bay has been used to incarcerate dozens of terrorists who have admitted plotting terrifying attacks against the West - while imprisoning more than 150 totally innocent people, top-secret files disclose.
The Huffington Post:
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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The Daily Caller, The Other McCain and Movieline
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S.T. Vanairsdale / Movieline:
At Tribeca: Robert De Niro Talks Scorsese Reunion, SNL Hosting and the GOP's ‘Big Hustle’ — He's a hoarder — sort of. — Asked why he recently supplied the De Niro Archives to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, the actor deadpanned, “They were the only people who would take it. ”
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Mediaite and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Carolyn Thompson / Associated Press:
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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Outside the Beltway, Hit & Run and The Reality-Based Community
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
The anti-Palin crusaders — She is a promiscuous, petty and unintelligent, yet deviously conniving warmonger intent on capturing the Oval Office and, from there, the world. — Those are just some of the opinions about Sarah Palin held by members of a small, but extremely active network of gadflies …
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Right Wing News
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Mitch Daniels sounds fiscal alarm, but Indiana Republican hesitant to run in 2012 — No prospective Republican presidential candidate has done more to highlight the issue of debt and deficits than Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. He calls it the “new red menace,” an ocean of red ink …
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FrumForum
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Let's Take a Hike — When I listen to current discussions of the federal budget, the message I hear sounds like this: We're in crisis! We must take drastic action immediately! And we must keep taxes low, if not actually cut them further! — You have to wonder: If things are that serious …
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DownWithTyranny! and NewsBusters.org
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems seek leverage by forcing GOP split on Ryan's budget plan — Senate Democratic aides expect Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to force Senate Republicans to vote on the Paul Ryan budget plan. — Reid hasn't made a formal decision yet, and won't until he returns from an overseas trip.
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FrumForum
Scott / Power Line:
Another Passover massacre (bumped) — Just in time for Passover this year, Omri Ceren reminded us, the Palestinian Authority honored the terrorist mastermind responsible for the “Passover Massacre” a terrorist atrocity which claimed the lives of 30 innocent Israeli citizens at Netanya's Park Hotel on March 27, 2002.
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Amerisrael, Haaretz, Arutz Sheva and Israel Matzav
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Coburn takes on Norquist — Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), arguably the most prominent fiscal conservative in the Senate, is declaring his independence from one of the country's leading anti-tax groups, Americans for Tax Reform - and its fiery founder, Grover Norquist.
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Washington Monthly and FrumForum
Associated Press:
Bahrain crown prince declines royal wedding invite — LONDON (AP) — Bahrain's crown prince on Sunday declined an invitation to attend Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding, saying he did not want the Gulf nation's unrest to tarnish the celebration. — Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa sent …
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Peter Foster / Telegraph:
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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Don Surber
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