washingtonpost.com - 7/12/2009
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CIA Didn't Tell Congress About Program to Kill Al-Qaeda ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 7/12/2009
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Pretty startling allegations in this morning's New York
Times. The NYTimes reported former Vice President Dick Cheney...
ordered the C.I.A. to withhold information from Congress about a secret counterterrorism program. Today on "This Week," Senate ...
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Durbin: Cheney's Secret Program 'Could Be Illegal'
memeorandum.com - 7/12/2009
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Democrats May Investigate Secret Program (Washington Post)
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File Under “D” For “Duh”
Oliver Willis —
... Sometimes it feels like the House Democrats are the only ones in Washington who remember the last eight years and what those people did to America. ...
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Sister Toldjah —
... page.
… on AG Holder’s reconsideration of whether or not to prosecute members of the Bush administration for the alleged “authorized torture” that took place under Bush’s administration, allegations that have been ramped up thanks to Obama’s helpful friends in the Democrat Congress and mainstream media over the last several days (think the AP, the NYT and the WaPo).
Torture, Surveillance and Beltway Theatre
Newshoggers.com —
... to investigate the Bush administration's torturing ways, that Congress is ready to open an investigation into the Bush administration's snooping illegal surveilance and that ...
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Right Wing News —
... and a sinking Obama presidency require a new distraction now that Sarah Palin is off the front page. ... on AG Holder's reconsideration of whether or not to prosecute members of the Bush administration for the alleged "authorized torture" that took place under Bush's administration, allegations that have been ramped up thanks to Obama's helpful friends in the Democrat Congress and mainstream media over the last several days (think the AP , the NYT and the WaPo ). Cross-posted from the Sister Toldjah blog .
NYT vs WaPo: The Cheney Angle
The Moderate Voice —
... , a big part of the splash was the suggestion that Dick Cheney gave “direct orders” to hide the program from Congress. Yet the WaPo has clearly chosen to downplay that aspect of the story. The article in the Post doesn’t mention Cheney until its fifth paragraph, which reports, ...
Dems to Probe Secret CIA Plan to Spy on Enemies
ScrappleFace —
... (2009-07-15) — With Democrats in Congress already alarmed at revelations that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had a covert scheme to kill terrorist leaders like Usama Bin Laden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reportedly set to announce a probe into allegations that the CIA may have also “conspired to conduct espionage operations against America’s enemies.” ...
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