Parties Trade Volleys on Health-Care Reform
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 25th, 2009 4:34 am by HL
Parties Trade Volleys on Health-Care Reform
Republicans launched their latest salvo against President Obama’s health-care reform plans Monday, rebranding their existing criticism of his proposals as a new “Health Care Bill of Rights for Seniors.” The package immediately drew return fire from Democrats.
Holder’s Pick for CIA Investigation Known as Tough, Diligent
Justice Department leaders representing both political parties have turned to John H. Durham for most of his three-decade legal career to unravel their most vexing and sensational problems.
CIA Report Calls Oversight Of Early Interrogations Poor
A partially declassified CIA report released Monday by the Obama administration describes the early implementation of the agency’s interrogation program in 2002 and 2003 as ad hoc and poorly supervised, leading to the use of “unauthorized, improvised, inhumane and undocumented” techniques.
Analysis: Bush, Obama Administrations Drew Different Lessons From CIA Report
When an internal CIA report concluded in May 2004 that “unauthorized, improvised, inhumane, and undocumented” interrogation methods had been used on suspected al-Qaeda members, the predominant reaction within the Bush administration was not revulsion but frustration that the agency’s efforts inside…
