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Unfortunately I believe that we are limited in what we can focus on. I think that if we proceed with the partisan sideshow of prosecuting Bush admin. officials, healthcare will get lost in the brouhaha.
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Report Details Interrogation Plans; U.S. May Drop Espionage Charges; Quadrangle Caught in Pension Probe
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Report Details Interrogation Plans » Intelligence and military officials under the Bush administration began preparing to conduct harsh interrogations long before they were granted legal approval to use such methods, according to a Senate Armed Services Committee report to be released today. Meanwhile, President Obama yesterday raised the possibility of legal consequences for those who authorized harsh interrogation tactics used by the CIA, also suggesting that an independent commission may be be better suited than Congress to conduct an investigation into the matter. — Washington Post
U.S. May Drop Espionage Charges » The U.S. government may abandon espionage-law charges against two former AIPAC lobbyists, officials said yesterday, as Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) denied new allegations that she offered to use her influence in their behalf. — Washington Post
Quadrangle Caught in Pension Probe » Two months after Steven Rattner left Wall Street for Washington, his private investment company, the Quadrangle Group, is facing a widening investigation into corruption in public pension funds. — New York Times
Before There Was Madoff » Two months before Bernard L. Madoff was charged with a $50-billion Ponzi scheme, authorities accused Minneapolis appliance wholesaler Tom Petters of running a multibillion-dollar fraud of his own. Petters' alleged ruse? Gulling his victims with nonexistent DVD players and flat-screen TVs. — Wall Street Journal ($)
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