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Obama's "Drip, Drip, Drip..." Intelligence Problem

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

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Obama faces a steady drip, drip, drip of stories leaking and becoming public. Wiretapping stories, torture stories, and secret CIA covert stories were all in the news in the past week alone.

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Jeff Sessions Irked By Crying Child: "Enough With The Histrionics" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

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Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee had a hearing on the Uniting American Families Act, a bill that will "amend the Immigration and Nationality A...

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Condi Rice's Tortured Macaca Moment

Ari Melber | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

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Rice's recent incident shows the prospects for what we might call a substantive Macaca Moment -- using YouTube and citizen media to scrutinize our leaders on the issues, not gaffes.

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Patrick Leahy Pens Op-Ed: Why We Need Truth Commission

The Boston Globe | Patrick Leahy | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics

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THE OBAMA administration's decision to release more Bush-era memoranda, which sought to rationalize torture, shows that President Obama is following t...

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Leahy Truth Commission Going Ahead Despite Lack Of Dem Support

Politico | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) will continue to push for a "truth commission" to investigate the Bush administration's detainee...

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Leahy: Commission Into Bush-Era Torture "Not Going To Happen"

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

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Yesterday, the website Consortium News published an article by Charlotte Dennett pouring some cold water on the hope many liberals have that Congress ...

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Truth or Reconciliation?

Russ Baker | Posted 04.13.2009 | Media

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Official investigations of the Bush administration are on the way. Politicians will appear heroic. The media will get a hot story they won't have to do a bit of digging for. And the rest of us?

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Leahy Lays Out Case For Truth Commission In Time

Time | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

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More than 30 years ago, a special Senate investigation peered into abuses that included spying on the American people by their own government. The fi...

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Truth and Healing

Robert Koehler | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

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By using the term "Truth Commission," Senator Leahy has defined the seriousness of the crimes of the past eight years and linked his proposal to an international movement to examine out-of-control governmental power.

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Georgian Lobbyist Has KGB Ties, AP Reveals

AP | DESMOND BUTLER and MATT SIEGEL | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A foreign activist lobbying in Washington to draw American attention to a war over a Russian-backed breakaway region has had freque...

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Friday Talking Points [53] -- Why McCain Is Losing, And Why Democrats Shouldn't Say So

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

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John McCain is losing the race for the White House. Now, this doesn't mean he has already lost it -- we've still got to go vote, after all. I'll cov...

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Ted Stevens Trial Witness List Features Kennedy, Powell And Leahy

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND and MATT APUZZO | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — As many as five senators and a former secretary of state may take the stand at the corruption trial of Sen. Ted Stevens in coming w...

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Leahy: Anthrax Suspect Did Not Act Alone

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home

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WASHINGTON — The chairman of the of Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday he does not believe that Dr. Bruce Ivins acted alone in the deadly...

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Sen Leahy On Iraq: Maliki Realizes Obama Will Win [VIDEO]

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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On Monday afternoon, Vermont Senator Pat Leahy spoke with the Huffington Post on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention. Addressing the b...

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Why is No One Calling the Anthrax Suspect a Terrorist?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.07.2008 | Media

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If you don't believe that they're not calling him a terrorist because he's white, let me ask you this question -- what if his name was Sheik al-Abdullah Muhammad?

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Sen. Leahy Has Cameo In New Batman Movie

Chicago Tribune | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

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The late Heath Ledger, who by all accounts gives a phenomenal performance as the Joker in the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight" which opens today, d...

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Why Clinton Must Stay In The Race

John K. Wilson | Posted 04.15.2008 | Home

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The worst thing for Obama right now would be to win by default. A win by forfeit only weakens the winner in the realm of politics. By contrast, Obama's victory over Clinton would establish momentum showing his ability to defeat a powerful political machine.

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Obama: Clinton Can Run "As Long As She Wants"

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and BETH FOUHY | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics

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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Barack Obama refused Saturday to go along with other Democrats who are calling for Hillary Rodham Clinton to step away from the...

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Gap In GOP Candidates' Healthcare Plans Would Hit Cancer Patients

LA Times | Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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When Rudolph W. Giuliani was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the spring of 2000, one thing he did not have to worry about was a lack of medical insu...

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Leahy Wants Wiretapping/U.S. Attorney Documents Before Confirming New AG

TPM Muckraker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the man who will preside over Michael Mukasey's confirmation hearing, signals hard that Mukasey's not ...

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