Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
Month: April 2009
Waterboarding Used 266 Times on 2 Suspects
THE NEW YORK TIMES April 20, 2009 By SCOTT SHANE C.I.A. interrogators used waterboarding, the near-drowning technique that top Obama administration officials have described as illegal torture, 266 times on two key prisoners from Al Qaeda, far more than had been previously reported. The C.I.A. officers used waterboarding at least 83 times in August 2002 […]
MoreJane Hamsher Calls Bullshit On Rahm Emmanuel’s ‘This Week’ Appearance
JANE HAMSHER Gets it done; as usual… Because someone has to OXDOWN GAZETTE/ FIREDOGLAKE Rahm on This Week: STEPHANOPOLOUS: The President has ruled out prosecutions of CIA officials who believed they were following the law. Does he believe the officials who devised the policies should be immune from prosecution? RAHM: Yeah, what he believes is, […]
More$12 Million Later and Still No Senator From Minnesota
Spending by Franken and Coleman since Election Day amounts to about one-fourth of the overall cost of the Senate race. By KEVIN DIAZ and BOB VON STERNBERG, Minneapolis Star Tribune staff writers April 15, 2009 DFLer Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman have spent roughly $12 million combined since the November election to pay for […]
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