Bradley Manning case: Investigators show evidence of WikiLeaks link, Assange chats
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 20th, 2011 5:35 am by HL
Bradley Manning case: Investigators show evidence of WikiLeaks link, Assange chats
Prosecutors presented new evidence Monday that appears to link Pfc. Bradley Manning to a massive leak of government material to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, including the existence of computer chat logs between Manning and WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange discussing the exchange of government information.
Afternoon Fix: Scott Brown calls House GOP plan ‘irresponsible and wrong’
Scott Brown rips the House GOP, CREW wants a Newt Gingrich investigation, John Brunner won’t debate, and Romney is all over television.
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EARLIER ON THE FIX:
Gingrich counterattacks against foes’ onslaught
DAVENPORT, Iowa — With just two weeks to go before the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich tried to launch a counteroffensive Monday against the barrage of negative television ads and mail that his opponents and their supporters are dumping on voters here.
Appearing at a security firm in Davenport, Gingrich gave his most detailed defense to date against accusations that his acceptance of $1.6 million from government-backed mortgage giant Freddie Mac amounted to lobbying and makes Gingrich an ultimate Washington insider.
Mitt Romney, establishment candidate
In case you’ve missed it, the fire hose of Mitt Romney endorsements has begun, and we wouldn’t count on it stopping.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R), the Des Moines Register, former GOP presidential nominee Bob Dole and Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) all endorsed the former Massachusetts governor in recent days, reinforcing the fact that Romney is going to have far more big-name endorsements than anybody else in the 2012 Republican presidential race. (For proof, check out our endorsement tracker.)
Republicans’ authenticity problem
A bare majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents see former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich as willing to say what they actually believe, according to a new Washington Post-ABC-News poll.
Call it the authenticity gap.
Just 52 percent of Republicans in the survey say they can rely on Gingrich either a “great deal”(21 percent) or a “good amount” (31 percent) to “say what he really believes.” The numbers are even less encouraging for Romney, with just 16 percent saying they feel they can rely on him “a great deal” to voice his actual opinions and 35 percent saying they trust him a “good amount” to speak his mind.
