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We’ve Got 99 Problems, but A Human-Animal Hybrid Ain’t One
By MicCheck Radio, Center for American Progress A look at the biggest winners and biggest losers under the Bush Administration. As President Bush’s days of power draw to a close, one thing is clear: We’ve got a lot more problems now than we did seven years ago. Here are 99 of them, everything from less…
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Former spy chief Negroponte confirms US waterboarding
By Randall Mikkelsen, Reuters The United States used waterboarding in terrorism interrogations but no longer does, a former U.S. spy chief said in the Bush administration’s clearest confirmation of the technique’s use. U.S. officials have been reluctant to acknowledge the CIA’s use of the simulated drowning technique, which human rights groups call an illegal form…
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Justice Department Accused of Blocking Gonzales Probe
By Richard B. Schmitt and Tom Hamburger, Los Angeles Times The government agency that enforces one of the principal laws aimed at keeping politics out of the civil service has accused the Justice Department of blocking its investigation into alleged politicizing of the department under former Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales. Scott J. Bloch, head…
