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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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CIA Program Targeted Al-Qaeda Leaders; Chief Auto Adviser Resigns Amid Probe; Metro Crash Prompts Safety Warning
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Secret CIA Program Targeted Al-Qaeda Leaders Washington Post
The CIA ran a secret program for nearly eight years that aspired to kill top al-Qaeda leaders with specially trained assassins, but the agency declined to tell Congress because the initiative never came close to bringing Osama bin Laden and his deputies into U.S. cross hairs.
Obama's Chief Auto Adviser Resigns Amid Probe New York Times
Steven Rattner is quitting his post as President Obama's chief adviser on the troubled automobile industry at a time when an investigation into his former Wall Street firm's role in a scandal involving public pension funds has intensified.
Metro Crash Prompts Safety Warning Washington Post
The federal safety board investigating last month's deadly Metro accident said yesterday that the electrical system designed to prevent crashes is inadequate and urged the transit agency to add a real-time, continuous backup system to alert train operators to potential problems.
House Panel Routinely Destroyed Earmark Requests Roll Call($)
The House ethics committee has announced that it is investigating the links between earmarks and campaign contributions, but if investigators are looking at any activity prior to 2007, they could run into a problem: The documents underlying those earmarks may have been destroyed.
As DOJ Weighs Torture Probe, Others Are Underway TPM
Ex-CIA Officer: Waterboarding Began Before Authorization BBC
Detainee Documents Improperly Classified, Lawyers Argue WaPo
2 Somali Americans Face Terror Charges WaPo
Congressional Insider Trading Targeted Roll Call($)
SEC chief outlines enforcement, other changes AP
Virgin Atlantic CEO Concedes Price Fixing WSJ($)
Top Aide to Stanford May Shift Plea to Guilty NYT
Schwarzenegger Sweeps Out Nursing Board LAT
Lawyer Gets 20 Years in $700 Million Fraud NYT
House Ethics Office Recommends Five Inquiries Roll Call($)
Probe Into N.Y. Concrete Firms Widens NYT
U. of I. Preferential Treatment Details Emerge ChiTrib
Judge Delays Case on Swiss Bank Secrecy WaPo
By Sarah Fitzpatrick |
July 14, 2009; 10:00 AM ET
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