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politics.theatlantic.com - 3/6/2009
CIA to Get Investigated
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The Bush administration review plot thickens: Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) Senate Intelligence Committee announced Thursday that it will undertake a year-long investigation of CIA detention and interrogation policies under the Bush administration, procuring documents and conducting interviews with ...
talkingpointsmemo.com - 3/6/2009
TPM: News Pages | Talking Points Memo | ACLU: CIA Confirms 12 Destroyed Videotapes Depicted ...
— talkingpointsmemo.com — (Editor's Note: This statement was released by the ACLU on March 6, 2009) ACLU: CIA Confirms 12... Destroyed Videotapes Depicted "Enhanced Interrogation Methods" FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2009 NEW YORK - As part of an American Civil Liberties Union ... (more) TPM: News Pages | Talking Points Memo | ACLU: CIA ...

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latimes.com - 3/3/2009
CIA destroyed 92 tapes of suspect questioning, confinement - Los Angeles Times
— latimes.com — Monday's acknowledgment involved a civil lawsuit filed in New York by the American Civil Liberties Union, which... sought details of the interrogation programs that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. "The CIA can now identify the number of videotapes ... (more) CIA destroyed 92 tapes of suspect questioning, ...

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weeklystandard.com - 3/10/2009
Pederast Lobby Gets Behind Freeman
— weeklystandard.com — Scott Ritter, the former U.N. weapons inspector who was arrested " after allegedly communicating with an undercover... officer posing as a 16-year-old girl ," has joined six other fairly fringe figures to endorse Dennis Blair's appointment of Chas ... (more) Pederast Lobby Gets Behind Freeman

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Firedoglake — ... Dr. Gupta is unavailable. GOP Senate obstructionism: part 1... And part 2. Republicans vociferously defend unpopular media figure. Bush-era CIA to be Feinstein'd. Instead of passing the torch, can we let it go out? Bill Kristol and Faux making shit up again. [Steele video via] Share

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