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Report: CIA Paid Poland for Black Site
CIA officials paid Polish intelligence $15 million for use of secret prison, says Washington Post
Political Pictures of the Week, May 25-June 1
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
A History of the ‘Veepstakes’ in Pictures
A gallery of winners (and losers) from the vice presidential vetting process through the years.
Building Immunity to Iocane Powder
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NBC’s First Read has found a videotape of RNC Chairman Michael Steele at a Connecticut fundraiser (above). The audio’s not great but in it Steele seems to suggest that President Obama is responsible for the war in Afghanistan. “Keep in mind again, this was a war of Obama’s …
Federal Judge Rules Bush Wiretapping Program Illegal
This could be big news.
The case in question concerns the alleged warrantless wiretapping of two U.S. citizens by the National Security Agency under a controversial Bush Administration plan, which has since been altered and codified into law. The U.S. citizens, both lawyers for the al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, discovered evidence …
What Tom Ridge Actually Says In His New Book
In the summer of 2004, the Bush White House asked its Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to add three sentences to his announcement of an elevated terror threat alert for key U.S. cities. According to his new book, The Test of Our Times, Ridge did as he was asked, adding the following lines to his speech:
But we must understand that
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Bail Out Odds and Ends
Some odds and ends floating around the Hill today.
First, read along as our brave colleague Barbara Kiviat liveblogs Paulson and Bernanke’s hearing with the House Banking Committee today.
Second, the House GOP is seriously balking at the bail out and without them it’s going to be very tough getting anything through. As Tom Cole, …
Is This Really the Time for Politics?
Bush:
In our nation’s history, there have been moments that require us to come together across party lines to address major challenges. This is such a moment. Last night Secretary Paulson and Chairman Bernanke and Chairman Cox met with congressional leaders of both parties, and they had a very good meeting. I appreciate the willingness
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Lessons from Andrew
As McCain and Palin make their way down to Mississippi today they would do well to remember George H. W. Bush’s response to Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Most people remember Bush botching the job, prompting one outraged local official to ask “Where’s the cavalry?” But at the time Bush’s first trip to the Miami area was roundly …
If Biden is to Cheney, than Obama is to…
Once upon a time there was a youngish guy running for president against a Washington insider. This affable, charming guy was concerned about his foreign policy credentials and so picked a running mate who boasted a distinguished resume and was old enough that, at the end of four-to-eight years, running for president himself seemed …
Cheney to Speak at GOP Convention
Forget those reports that Dick Cheney had been banished from the Republican convention. The vice president will speak on the first night, according to the Associated Press. Seems Cheney will introduce his boss, who’s also speaking Monday night which happens to conveniently be the last day of Labor Day weekend.
Bush Flip-Flops on Federal Lenders
In a stunning reversal, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson just said he will ask Congress to prop up faltering federal lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both of which have lost more than 80% of their stock values in the last year as the subprime crisis has deepened, threatening pension funds and other institutional investors in the …