As Obama revs up his Afghan surge, let us all take a moment to salute the true heroes who have been fighting the war since 2001.
Change We Need
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Obama and the Democrats have achieved a sweeping victory. Now it’s time for them to dismantle Bush’s gulag archipelago of torture. Not after forming a committee to look into it. Not after we’ve found the best way to do it. Immediately.
CIA TortureTapeGate
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The CIA tortures, but as was the case for Nixon ordering goons to break into Democratic HQ, torture isn’t the problem–it’s all about the cover-up. In this case, the Justice Department is after the CIA, not for torture, but for destroying tapes of torture. America is weird.
Not So Secret
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A 2005 CIA report says the Iraq War isn’t going so well. What other highly-classified information is the president reading every morning?
