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pruningshears.us - 6/7/2009
This Week In Tyranny
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No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post Marcy noted a Newsweek piece that indicates we may be getting closer to filling in some torture details and does her usual fine job of reading between the lines: Seeing these cables will, at a minimum, allow the Senate ...
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 6/4/2009
Cheney's Campaign To Keep Lawmakers In Line On Torture
— tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — The Washington Post reports today that, during 2005, Dick Cheney sat in on several of those CIA... torture briefings, in an effort to persuade wavering lawmakers to keep backing the torture program. The news doesn't really come as a shock -- ... (more) Cheney's Campaign To Keep Lawmakers In Line On Torture

Comments vote down The Hollywood Liberal found this 6/4/2009found this
Cheney Led Torture Briefings, Democrats Objected, Post Reveals; CIA, Republicans Mum on Veep’s Role
emptywheel.firedoglake.com - 6/3/2009
Cheney Led Torture Briefings, Democrats Objected, Post Reveals; CIA, Republicans Mum on Veep’s Role
— emptywheel.firedoglake.com — Thanks to the Washington Post for confirming something I guessed last month. Back then, I wrote ,... I'm going to make a wildarsed guess and suggest that when the CIA lists "not available" in a series of 2005 torture briefings to ... (more) Cheney Led Torture Briefings, Democrats Objected, Post ...

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Just gonna prove it while the whole world collides
The Sideshow — ... This Week In Tyranny, Marcy Wheeler deserves every word of praise she gets for her coverage of the torture issue, both retired and serving members of the military have questions about the torture regime, and the NYT has a little moral clarity problem. ...

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Crooks and Liars — abu mugawama: Good News from Pakistan! The Taliban's strategic communications reek almost as bad as ours! Pruning Shears: This Week In Tyranny Daily Kos: Ghetto Loans and the latest sub-prime scandal Alas, a blog: Under the rules of engagement developed in the Bush Administration, we can waterboard Scott Roeder TBogg: A guy who worked in the BUSHCO Office of Legal Counsel weighs in on blogger ethics! Brilliant at Breakfast: Ex-SEC Chairman to advise Goldman Sachs -What's wrong with this picture? ...

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