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Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. September 22, 2009.
No longer restricted by the Bush administration, the Bureau has released data on some 150,000 married same-sex couples.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: Politics. August 21, 2009.
"Wire me up," Mr. Ridge said, according to a book by New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau. "Not a chance."
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 20, 2009.
Anyone surprised?
Sara Robinson, Campaign for America's Future. August 7, 2009.
There are dangerous currents running through America's politics and the way we confront them is crucial.
Jodie Evans, AlterNet. July 31, 2009.
Biden should quit his war talk and call for diplomacy, development, and accountability Afghanistan and Iraq that the US supports.
Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. July 30, 2009.
In an exclusive interview, Feingold argues why his lone vote to oppose expanding the military by 30,000 soldiers was the right one.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. July 16, 2009.
Laws expanding DNA collection from people accused of crimes are passing in states across the country. But it doesn't mean that justice will be done.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. June 22, 2009.
The accountability debate is far from over.
Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. June 19, 2009.
They shredded our economic safety nets, but for them jobs are plentiful and lucrative. You'll be surprised to know who's cashing in and where.
Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. May 31, 2009.
Conservatives say they're for states' rights -- but corporate rights come first.
Jacob Heilbrun, Huffington Post. May 22, 2009.
Cheney made clear in his speech that his war isn't against terrorism. It's against Obama.
Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. May 19, 2009.
Much ado about Nancy Pelosi, the Bush Administration, torture, and stealing office supplies.
tristero, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. May 15, 2009.
There simply is no good reason why the leading members of the Bush administration should not stand trial.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. May 14, 2009.
Pelosi's assertion that the CIA wasn't upfront has Republicans fuming. The phrase of the day? "Feigned outrage."
Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog. May 13, 2009.
The suspicious death of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, who was tortured into lying about an Iraq-al Qaeda connection, raises a series of troubling questions.
Roy Eidelson, TruthOut.org. May 12, 2009.
Stats show a sizable majority of Americans refuse to rule out torture entirely. This is no accident; it's the result of a mass persuasion campaign.
Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org. May 7, 2009.
Why do we leave it to children to demand the truth about torture and the rule of law?
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. May 6, 2009.
Federal investigators say the torture memo authors only committed 'serious lapses of judgment,' not crimes. Critics say that's 'outrageous.'
Scott Horton, The Daily Beast. April 28, 2009.
Obama insists America must "look forward" on the question of torture and accountability, but we're far from closure.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 27, 2009.
If Democrats are looking for an excuse to do the right thing, they don't have to say much more than, "We're doing what Bush told us to do."
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 11, 2009.
The New Yorker's Jane Mayer discusses the fallout from the Red Cross' shocking report on CIA torture and its serious legal implications.
Daniel Luban, Ali Gharib, IPS News. April 9, 2009.
The new budget proposed by Defense Secretary Gates is higher than any of the Bush budgets that preceded it.
John Byrne, Raw Story. April 8, 2009.
In a legal filing on Friday, Obama lawyers claimed the government is shielded from lawsuits by a 'sovereign immunity' clause in the Patriot Act.
Barbara O'Brien, AlterNet: PEEK. April 7, 2009.
The Bush Administration may be over, but federal agencies like OSHA are still staffed and run by Bush hires. And that's a problem.
John Nichols, TheNation.com. March 3, 2009.
MoveOn's new director says the group has other priorities than telling Obama he's wrong on Afghanistan. This is a mistake.
