- Wikileaks Founder: Facebook Is a Spy Machine | The Root
- This sounds pretty serious. It's enough to make us delete our accounts … OK, maybe just tighten up our privacy settings. With everything Assange said, he failed to mention one of the scariest aspects of social networking sites: They're completely addictive.
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- Obama Kept His Promise on bin Laden | The Root
- …the president has exhibited a decidedly icy — and, to some, surprisingly consistent — application of military power, flummoxing [hawkish] detractors…
Accepting the Nobel Prize in 2009, Obama told European admirers that "as a head of state sworn to protect and defend my nation," he did not have the luxury to "stand idle in the face of threats to the American people," and admonished that he wouldn't hesitate to use force in that defense, concluding that mere "negotiations cannot convince al-Qaida's leaders to lay down their arms."
…Bin Laden's death halfway around the world has convinced Americans of something that no speech could: Obama is a war president. The president's approach isn't a policy change. It's a conscious decision to forswear George W. Bush's brash rhetoric — but not his violence.
- GOP’s Tortured Logic: How We Got Osama Bin Laden | TPMDC
- The morning after President Obama announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan, conservatives started crowing that credit should be given to President George W. Bush — specifically, for having the foresight and courage to torture the people who provided the initial scraps of intel that ultimately led the CIA to a giant compound just north of Islamabad.
The most prominent of these conservatives was Rep. Steve King (R-IA), who took to Twitter to ask sardonically, "Wonder what President Obama thinks of water boarding now?"…
There's just one problem. The key bit of intel wasn't acquired via torture…
The conflicting reports may be less the result of the fog of war and more a sign that the death of bin Laden is prompting a relitigation of all the legal, moral and political issues kicked up by the Bush administration's war on terror — each side asserting its narrative as the favored one.
- After Four-Month Impasse, House Ethics Taps Staff Director | TPMMuckraker
- The House Ethics Committee selected a staff director and chief counsel Monday evening, ending a four-month impasse that had the panel's investigative functions at a standstill, the House Ethics Committee said in a statement.
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