Author: BooMan

Dick Cheney: Vice-President for Torture

Barton Gellman and Jo Becker continue their excellent series on Dick Cheney in the Washington Post. How’s this for an opener? Shortly after the first accused terrorists reached the U.S. naval prison at Guantanamo Bay,...

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Open Thread

Any bets on how many Republicans actually keep their promise to call for a withdrawal plan in September?

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Fred Thompson: Heartthrob

My heart is all a-twitter: IN the battle for the women’s vote, Fred Thompson has a secret weapon against Hillary Clinton – the legions of former girlfriends who still adore him and who want him to be president. The...

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Weird and Troubling Rumblings from Iran

If you were the leader of a country and you discovered that the United States of America had an official policy of regime change with regard to your government, what would you do? If you knew that the CIA was engaged in a secret...

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Weird and Troubling Rumblings from Iran

If you were the leader of a country and you discovered that the United States of America had an official policy of regime change with regard to your government, what would you do? If you knew that the CIA was engaged in a secret...

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