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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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New York Times, Weasel Zippers, Mediaite, The Nation, FrumForum, Informed Comment and Boing Boing
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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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Hill, Guardian, Lawfare, ProPublica, Booman Tribune, The Daily Beast, Threat Level, Balloon Juice, TalkLeft, Firedoglake, The BLT and Washington Post
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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.
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The Agonist, The Raw Story, The Mahablog, Lawfare, Guardian, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Sky Dancing, more at Mediagazer »
Guardian:
Massive leak reveals Guantánamo's secrets — • Innocent people interrogated for years on slimmest pretexts — • Children, elderly and mentally ill among those wrongfully held — • 172 prisoners remain, some with no prospect of trial or release
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New York Times and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
WikiLeaks: Secret Guantanamo files show U.S. disarray
WikiLeaks: Secret Guantanamo files show U.S. disarray
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Hot Air and Emptywheel
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 …
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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Outside the Beltway, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, FrumForum and The Agonist
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Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Norquist: Coburn ‘lied his way’ into office — Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform, just emailed a response to Oklahoma GOP Sen. Tom Coburn's claim that his group is a narrow “special interest” that doesn't represent American conservatives. And it's memorable.
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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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S.T. Vanairsdale / Movieline:
At Tribeca: Robert De Niro Talks Scorsese Reunion, SNL Hosting and the GOP's ‘Big Hustle’
At Tribeca: Robert De Niro Talks Scorsese Reunion, SNL Hosting and the GOP's ‘Big Hustle’
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Mediaite and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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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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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Right Wing News
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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 …
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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Wonk Room, Connecting.the.Dots, FrumForum and The Hill
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
With an eye on the polls, Dems to push tax hikes for the wealthy
With an eye on the polls, Dems to push tax hikes for the wealthy
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The New Republic
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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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Questions and Observations, Outside the Beltway, Hit & Run and The Reality-Based Community
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Syrian forces sweep into Deraa and Douma — Reports of shooting and heavy armour on the streets as Syrian soldiers join crackdown against anti-government protests. — More deaths have been reported in Syria where thousands of troops backed by heavy armour have swept into the volatile town of Deraa in the south of the country.
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New York Times, MyDD, The Daily Dish and AMERICAblog News
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Hundreds of Taliban in tunnel jail escape — Military commanders among more than 500 Taliban fighters broken out of prison via a 320-metre long tunnel. — Some 540 members of the Taliban including military commanders have escaped from Kandahar prison via a 320 metre-long tunnel …
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New York Times, Liberty Street, 1 The Long War Journal and Gawker
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Washington Examiner:
Libya, Syria expose Obama's foreign policy incoherence — Teddy Roosevelt famously talked softly but carried a big stick. President Obama does the opposite: He talks big but carries a stick that is steadily getting softer. And sometimes he doesn't say or do anything at all, which is the worst possible situation.
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NewsBusters.org and Jihad Watch