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The Torture Report

Jameel Jaffer | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Glenn Greenwald, Freedom of Information Act, Department of Justice, President Bush, Maj. David Frakt, Marcy Wheeler, Torture, Abu Ghraib, Matthew Alexander, Politics News
Jameel Jaffer

Five years after Abu Ghraib, the Defense Department is still withholding photographs showing prisoners being abused at other facilities, as well as interrogation directives used by special forces.

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Why Did Health Insurance Stocks Go Up After The President's Speech?

RJ Eskow | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Health Reform, Private Health Insurance, Marcy Wheeler, Human, Barack Obama, Health Care Speech, Ezra Klein, Health Care Reform, Cigna, United, Aetna, Wellpoint, Politics News
RJ Eskow

The president singled out insurance companies for special criticism in his speech on Wednesday. So why did health insurance stock prices go up the next day?

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Bloggers Back Obama's Agenda, Not His Strategy (From Netroots Nation)

Ari Melber | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Specter, Valerie Jarrett, Ari Melber, Public Option, Netroots Nation, Clinton Netroots Nation, Clinton Blog, Bill Clinton, Susie Madrak, Sestak, Marcy Wheeler, Grassley, Death Panel, Lane Hudson, Media News
Ari Melber

Netroots Nation also drew a rather unlikely guest: Arlen Specter, the resilient, 79-year-old pol who has now managed to seriously rile the base of both political parties.

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Brennan Suggests He Played Role In Domestic Surveillance

The Washington Independent | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Counterterrorism Center, Bush Administration, Cia, Counterterrorism, Domestic Surveillance, Brennan, John Brennan, Surveillance, Terrorist Threat Integration Center, Marcy Wheeler, Politics News

I'll have a broader piece up soon about John Brennan's speech about counterterrorism, which in many ways represented a stark departure from several ke...

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Torture, Wiretaps, Lies to Congress: Old Spy Cronies a Drag on Obama's "Look to the Future"

Frank Naif | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Inspector General, Warrantless Wiretapping, John Brennan, Eric Holder, Dick Cheney, Dni, Special Prosecutor, Stephen Kappes, Cia, Glenn Greenwald, Congressional Oversight, Assassination, Leon Panetta, Accountability, Marcy Wheeler, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News
Frank Naif

Over the past week, a triple-whammy of developing national security stories reminded Americans and the Obama administration that the past is a stubborn thing.

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Jason Linkins

Bush Sent Gonzales To The Hospital (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Metaphors, George W. Bush, Music, China, Video, Huma Abedin, Howard Wolfson, John Ashcroft, Anthony Weiner, Marcy Wheeler, Alberto Gonzales, Politics News

Man, you turn Marcy Wheeler loose on an IG report, and her eye just seeks heat. Today, Wheeler's getting praise for catching this detail in the uncla...

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Marcy Wheeler: GOP Will Investigate Clinton's "Blow Job" But Not CIA

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.13.2009 | Media

Read More: David Shuster, Marcy Wheeler Blow Job, Marcy Wheeler, Msnbc Blow Job, Marcy Wheeler Msnbc Blow Job, Media News

Marcy Wheeler of FireDogLake, appeared on MSNBC Monday to argue for an investigation of secret C.I.A. operations under President Bush. But all of the ...

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CIA May Be Protecting Cheney With Blocked Report

The Plumline | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan War, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Washington Post, War on Terror, Gitmo, Abu Ghraib, Cia, Iraq War, Dick Cheney, Enhanced Interrogations, Marcy Wheeler, Cia-Inspector-General-Report, Torture, Politics News

On Friday, there may be a major development in the torture wars: The CIA is set to release portions of a 2004 report that reportedly found no proof th...

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Online News is Not Arianna Huffington's Dastardly Plot to Destroy the Newspaper Industry And Other Reality-Based Observations

Jane Hamsher | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Swift Boaters, John Kerry, Sam Stein, Kaplan, Dana Milbank, Norman Oder, Washington Post, Atlantic Yards, Claire McCaskill, David Simon, Marcy Wheeler, Media News
Jane Hamsher

John Kerry's Senate Committee hearing on the future of journalism evidently turned into a bunch of self-congratulatory wanking about how important newspapers are to our American way of life.

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