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craigmurray.co.uk:
Damning documentary evidence unveiled. Dissident bloggers in coordinated exposé of UK government lies over torture. — Help us beat the British government's gagging order by mirroring this information on your own site or blog! … - Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, election hustings, Blackburn, April 2005
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Gateway Pundit, Europhobia, The Talent Show, Bloggerheads, Wizbang, Middle Earth Journal, Booman Tribune and Blairwatch
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Ringverse / Blairwatch:
Calling All Bloggers: These Documents need publishing — Background: — The UK government has been quick to deny that we practice, or tolerate the practice of Torture. So it is perhaps not suprising that they are determined that you should not see the following documents:
Daily Kos:
British torture memos — The British government is trying to prevent the publication of memos which detail how information procured by torture in Uzbekistan is being used by the US and the UK. Former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan and author of the memos Craig Murray explains:
The Experience Tdaxp / tdaxp:
The Majestic International Community — Dr. Demarche of the American Future has asked "What is the international community?" … The Glittering Eye, Mark from ZenPundit and Callimachus at Done with Mirrors have given their take, so here's mine: — The international community is that society …
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Tabassum Zakaria / Reuters:
CIA couple outed by 5-year-old son — HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Washington couple at the heart of the CIA leak investigation had their cover blown by their small son as they tried to sneak away on vacation on Thursday. — "My daddy's famous, my mommy's a secret spy," declared the 5-year-old of his parents …
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Dohiyi Mir
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Linda Chavez / Townhall.com:Leak double-standards — Within days of the leak of former …
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PoliPundit.com
Bull Moose:
Year End Musings — The Moose rambles during his holiday repose. — There is a legitimate and important debate underway on the authority for the President's eavesdropping program. There are strong arguments that the President should have sought authorization from the FISA Court for the surveillance.
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Matthew Yglesias / TAPPED:
THE LIBERAL HAWKS' LAMENT. On a related note, I find the sort of self-pity of hawkish Democrats reflected in this post from Marshall Wittman a bit baffling: … That's absurd. Progressive Iraq hawks are hardly some beleaguered minority. They compose maybe ten percent of the population at most …
National Review:
NRO's 2006 Crystal Ball — EDITOR'S NOTE: Another year, more predictions. Every year some brave souls here at National Review Online look into their crystal balls and see what they see for the upcoming year. Enjoy their self-sacrifice. And Happy New Year! — WARREN BELL
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The Moderate Voice
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Associated Press:
NSA's Lamest Spy Tool: Cookies — NEW YORK — The National Security Agency's internet site has been placing files on visitors' computers that can track their web-surfing activity despite strict federal rules banning most of them. — These files, known as "cookies," disappeared …
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Hullabaloo
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Joe Kot / ynetnews.com:
Brit Jew marries dolphin — Unusual wedding: British woman marries her beloved dolphin in Eilat ceremony — Till death do us part? An unusual wedding ceremony was held in the southern resort town of Eilat on Wednesday, as Sharon Tendler, a 41-years-old Jewish millionaire from London married …
Jason Straziuso / Associated Press:
AP: U.S. Teen Runs Off to Iraq by Himself — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Maybe it was the time the taxi dumped him at the Iraq-Kuwait border, leaving him alone in the middle of the desert. Or when he drew a crowd at a Baghdad food stand after using an Arabic phrase book to order.
Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Covert CIA Program Withstands New Furor — The effort President Bush authorized shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, to fight al Qaeda has grown into the largest CIA covert action program since the height of the Cold War, expanding in size and ambition despite a growing outcry at home and abroad …
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Women's Rights Laws and African Custom Clash — LAMONTVILLE, South Africa - In theory, what happened to 14-year-old Sibongile in this hilly, crowded township outside Durban in November could not happen today - at least, not legally. — On a broiling Saturday morning, as more than a dozen women looked on …
MEMRI:
Bahraini Women's Rights Activist Ghada Jamshir Attacks Islamic Clerics for Issuing Fatwas Authorizing Sexual Abuse of Infants — The following are excerpts from an interview with Bahraini women's rights activist Ghada Jamshir, which aired on Al-Arabiya TV on December 21, 2005.
Newsweek:
Kos-Eye View — The creator of the left's favorite political blog, The Daily Kos, handicaps the 2006 elections and shares his advice for the Democratic Party. — Photos (from left): Keith Srakocic / AP; J.D. Cavrich / AP; David J. Phillip / AP; Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images; Steve Nesius / AP; Matt Stroshane / Getty Images
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Internet Sales Show Big Gains Over Holidays — Online retailers, whose growth was expected to level off after a decade of dizzying gains, experienced a stellar holiday season, according to two preliminary reports released yesterday, as traditional stores like Wal-Mart and Target cemented their place on the Web.
