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The West Coast Plot: An "Inconvenient Truth"
Critics of the CIA program are desperate to convince Americans that no valuable information came from the interrogations of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) and other senior terrorists. They know that if our citizens learn the details of how enhanced interrogations stopped terrorist plots, most ...
Obama Administration to Release Detainee Abuse Photos; Former CIA Official Says Former Colleagues "Don't Believe They Have Cover Anymore"
Obama Administration to Release Detainee Abuse Photos; Former CIA Official Says Former ...
blogs.abcnews.com — In a letter from the Justice Department to a federal judge yesterday, the Obama administration announced that... the Pentagon would turn over to the American Civil Liberties Union 44 photographs showing detainee abuse of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq ... (more) Obama Administration to Release Detainee Abuse Photos; ...
CIA official: no proof harsh techniques stopped terror attacks
mcclatchydc.com — WASHINGTON — The CIA inspector general in 2004 found that there was no conclusive proof that waterboarding... or other harsh interrogation techniques helped the Bush administration thwart any "specific imminent attacks," according to ... (more) CIA official: no proof harsh techniques stopped terror ...
What Dick Cheney Wants Dick Cheney Is Going To Get
attackerman.firedoglake.com — and they're two documents. But what's the context for these two?... (more) What Dick Cheney Wants Dick Cheney Is Going To Get
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The West Coast Plot and Those Who Don't Care...
Generation Patriot — Marc Thiessen with more details on the West Coast Plot and takes on those who would deny that years of intelligence gathering saved any lives. ...

How We Stopped Another 9/11
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Marc Thiessen has a very thorough and important post at NRO pushing back against claims that the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah and KSM didn't break up a terror plot in L.A.: ...

Obama Put His Personal Beliefs Before America's Security
Gateway Pundit — ... Marc Thiessen at The Corner has more on the "Inconvenient Truth" that American lives were saved because of the interrogation techniques used during the Bush years. ...

Sunday reading: Governor Jerry Brown?
Ben Smith's Blog — Leahy wants to read the page before turning it. Romano finds Mark Sanford human, smart. Paterson's friends try to find him another job, but he's running, for now. Meghan McCain takes a little shot at Steve Schmidt. Thiessen defends himself. Conant offers a counter-history of the first 100 days. Most Minnesotans want Coleman to quit. I become a Texas secessionist mascot. John Marchi, who beat John Lindsay in the 1969GOP primary, passes away. Micah Sifry ...

Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: Hey, the campaign's over!
Doug Ross @ Journal — Monday, April 27, 2009 Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: Hey, the campaign's over! Have a great link you'd like me to review? Drop me an email! [image] Nation The West Coast Plot: An "Inconvenient Truth" : Corner The campaign's over, Obama; it's time to lead : ChiTrib (Kass) Returning to original GOP principles : PJM (Florack) Throwing those who guard us to the wolves : WklyStd (Kristol) Murder charges for our SEALs? : DPGI Madim Albright gets it all wrong : Sheik Law State vs. Federal Power : WSJ Obama wages ...

Torture Hyperlink Storm
Generation Patriot — As I work on my next post, here are a slew of links on the "torture" memos: On the effectiveness: The West Coast Plot: An 'Inconvenient Truth' Former CIA Director and House Intel Chairman Porter Goss... CIA Inspector General Report Is No Smoking Gun Re: CIA Inspector General Report Is No Smoking Gun Re: Re: CIA Inspector General Report Is No Smoking Gun On the call to prosecute: Telling the Truth: Let the hearings begin! Damnation of Memory ...

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