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Three were waterboarded, CIA chief confirms
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| By Greg Miller | Los Angeles Times | Feb. 6, 2008
CIA Director Michael V. Hayden said publicly for the first time Tuesday that his agency had used the harsh interrogation technique known as waterboarding on three Al Qaeda suspects, and he testified that depriving the agency of coercive methods would "increase the danger to America." Read
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Dobson won't vote if McCain wins GOP
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| WorldNetDaily.com | Feb. 5, 2008
Evangelical Christian leader James Dobson has not endorsed a candidate for the Republican nomination, but his statement today declaring he would sit out the general election if Sen. John McCain becomes the GOP winner was quickly highlighted by Gov. Mitt Romney's campaign. Read
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Mike Huckabee Supported Real ID Act
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| By Mary Benoit | The New American | Feb. 4, 2008
In a letter to Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, then-Governor Mike Huckabee wrote in support of the Real ID Act. The letter states, in part: "we want to reemphasize our commitment to working with you to implement the REAL ID statute." Read
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Hillary’s Secrets
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| By Sander Hicks | GNN | Feb. 4, 2008
Whether it’s her background at the Rose Law Firm, her role in the Clinton White House pardons, her little-known testimony at the Iran/Contra hearings, or her silence about the suspicious death of friend Vince Foster, Hillary’s ability to keep secrets from the public has been her political currency. Read
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The Ron Paul Economy
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| Nicholas Von Hoffman | The Nation | Jan. 31, 2008
The little man who wasn't there at the Republican TV debates is Ron Paul, the short-of-stature libertarian physician and Congressman. The debate moderators, who are threatening to become the ruin of electoral politics in the United States, almost never turn to ask Paul a question--that is, when he is allowed in the hall to participate. Read
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Obama takes big risk on driver's license issue
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| By Carolyn Lochhead | San Francisco Chronicle | Jan. 28, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama easily won the African American vote in South Carolina, but to woo California Latinos, where he is running 3-to-1 behind rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, he is taking a giant risk: spotlighting his support for the red-hot issue of granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. Read
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Why Bush Wants to Legalize the Nuke Trade with Turkey
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| According to FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, there is a vast black market for nukes, and certain U.S. officials have been supplying sensitive nuclear technology information to Turkish and Israeli interests through its conduits. It's a scathing allegation which was first published by the London Times two weeks ago, and Edmonds' charge seems to be on the verge of vindication.
By Joshua Frank | AntiWar.com | Jan. 26, 2008 Read
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