Tag Archives: Bush
Torture produced faulty Iraq / Al Qaeda link?
1. Maybe Torture Wasn’t the last Resort - And just as bad if not worse: “Interrogators employed the techniques, which are notorious for producing bad intelligence, to get detainees to make statements linking Iraq and al-Qaida.” So if Mr. Cheney’s justification for water-boarding is that it gave us intelligence that prevented another 9/11 style attack, [...]
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Lake Monster in Borneo River! GAH!
1. Pelosi says Bush officials might be prosecuted – Highly doubtful. That opens the door for GOP retaliation once they regain power. It’s got to be something seriously concrete for them to start digging that deep.
(From Talking Points Memo)
2. Found Him. Allen Stanford gets picked up – Nationwide man hunt
for an $8 billion dollar con [...]
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Bush and Cheney don’t like each other right now
1. Obama Signs Stimulus, launches www.Recovery.gov -
Ooooo, it’s got it’s own WEBSITE. Let’s take this 800 Billion dollar thing for a spin. Wait, there’s already talk of a second? (From CS Monitor and the Huffington Post)
2. Obama to send 17,000 Troops to Afghanistan – It’s his first major Commander-in-Chief type decision. (From Reuters)
3. Roland Burris [...]
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The Argument against, and also for, healthcare reform.