Hayes v. Sargent in Proxy War for Cheney v. Obama on Interrogations

August 26, 2009

Pragmatic point for Hayes: “Any honest analysis of the IG report alone shows that these three high-value detainees were largely uncooperative before the use of the enhanced interrogation techniques and produced critical information after the use of the enhanced interrogation techniques.” We await Sargent’s non-partisan response.

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Lessons in How the CIA Works: Well, Gonna Have to Come Up With New Ways of Breaking Detainees

August 26, 2009

The CIA cuts off its right arm to survive political assaults: “With the release late Monday of guidelines for interrogating high-value detainees, the agency has provided — in its own words — the first detailed description of the step-by-step procedures used to systematically crush a detainee’s will to resist by eliciting stress, exhaustion and fear.”

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All Glamour, No Game

August 25, 2009

I’ve been writing regularly over at The New Ledger — you can find my archive of posts here. Additionally, the fine folks over at CBS News have been regularly featuring our content. They’ve seen fit to feature my latest piece, which is on Barack Obama’s JFK connection: For all the forced comparisons to the other […]

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Redskins Preview 2009

August 25, 2009

My friend Tom Bridge over at WeLoveDC asked me for a Redskins preview, and I gave him this: Football teams have windows of opportunity in the NFL. They have a handful of years to make a run, usually tied to the tenure of an established quarterback paired with a solid defense. Pittsburgh is in the […]

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Can AT&T Meet iPhone Network Demands? Without Question, No

August 25, 2009

“As AT&T struggles to keep up with iPhone-delivered videos and apps, its leadership in the market for smartphone Web access is at stake.” Let’s face it, our iPhone-loving friends have the worst coverage of anyone we know. Dropped calls in the middle of San Francisco and Austin? This ain’t working.

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The Release of al-Megrahi: America's Inert Response to Libya's Terrorist Rally

August 25, 2009

“Today al-Megrahi is free, as the Scottish Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill assures us that he “now faces a sentence imposed by a higher power.” Will MacAskill or perhaps Gordon Brown represent the dead at the gates of mercy?” Governmental failure, apotheosized: f people like al-Megrahi go free, who should be imprisoned?

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Oil: It's Still the One

August 25, 2009

For all the talk about shifting energy, oil remains king: “Both the U.S. Department of Energy and the International Energy Agency project that, even accounting for gains in efficiency, global energy use will increase almost 50 percent from 2006 to 2030, and that oil will continue to provide 30 percent or more of the world’s […]

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White House Says Rendition to Continue, but With "More Oversight"

August 25, 2009

We knew they were going to do this: “The Obama administration will continue the Bush administration’s practice of sending terrorism suspects to third countries for detention and interrogation, but pledges to closely monitor their treatment to ensure that they are not tortured.” The sound you hear is Glenn Greenwald’s frustration boiling over.

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CIA Memos Released, but Heavily Redacted, Unable to Tell if Cheney Vindicated or Not

August 25, 2009

“Confirmed: Intel obtained from detainee interrogations helped stop terror attacks. Unconfirmed: Whether any enhanced techniques were used in the interrogations that yielded that intel. Result: Inconclusive.” We’re for what works, but it’s hard to tell how often these “enhanced interrogations” worked, and how much bad intel they produced.

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The White House vs. The CIA: Panetta Threatened to Quit

August 25, 2009

“A ‘profanity-laced screaming match’ at the White House involving CIA Director Leon Panetta, and the expected release today of another damning internal investigation, has administration officials worrying about the direction of its newly-appointed intelligence team.” Panetta vs. Blair continues: the investigations will continue until morale improves.

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