Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
SUSIE MADRAK over at Crooks and Liars [H/t Scarce] While I’m enjoying the sight of Specter’s seniority reduced, he did bring a lot of money to Pennsylvania and I’m hoping my state doesn’t suffer too much as a result: The Senate last night stripped Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.) of his seniority on committees, a week […]
MoreWASHINGTON (CNN) — Veteran Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pennsylvania, switched from the Republican to the Democratic Party on Tuesday, Sen. Harry Reid said. The Specter party switch would give Democrats a filibuster-proof Senate majority of 60 seats if Al Franken holds his current lead in the disputed Minnesota Senate race. Specter, a five-term Senate veteran, was […]
MoreTHE 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 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, […]
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