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Feingold to Oppose Bernanke

By | 01.22.10 | 10:31 am

Here’s the statement just released by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), explaining why he intends to oppose Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s bid for a second term:

A chief responsibility of the Chairman of the Federal Reserve is to ensure a sound financial system. Under the watch of Ben

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Holder Struggles to Defend 9/11 Trial Decisions

By | 11.19.09 | 6:00 am

Attorney General Eric Holder surely knew he’d be facing a tough audience when he prepared to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. That may be why instead of delivering the written testimony he’d prepared, he focused his opening remarks on

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What’s the Point of Those Military Commissions Again?

By | 11.14.09 | 12:21 pm

Yesterday’s announcement that the Obama administration will try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other 9/11 suspects in federal court has been hailed as everything from “an important step forward for justice” by Human Rights Watch to “a step backwards for the security of our country [that] puts Americans More…

Feingold: Legal Memos on ‘Blatantly Illegal’ Surveillance Still in Place

By | 07.10.09 | 7:01 pm

No real surprise that progressive Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) would be appalled by the inspectors general report on warrantless surveillance, but this is news to me:

“This report leaves no doubt that the warrantless wiretapping program was blatantly illegal and an unconstitutional assertion of executive power. I once again

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McChrystal’s First Message to His Troops

By | 06.22.09 | 8:49 am

Small Wars Journal has a copy of Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s guidance to NATO’s International Security Assistance Force troops on how the Afghanistan war ought to be conducted. It’s reminiscent of Gens. David Petraeus and Raymond Odierno’s messages to the troops about counterinsurgency and what the missions in Iraq

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