All 70+ pages of it.
Here’s the gist…
In the March 14, 2003 memo, Yoo says the Constitution was not in play with regard to the interrogations because the Fifth Amendment (which provides for due process of law) and the Eighth Amendment (which prevents the government from employing cruel and usual punishment) does “not extend to alien [...]

The award winning documentarian trains his patented eye on the events that happened at Abu Ghraib prison in a film coming out on April 25.
From watching the following clips, as well as Frontline’s searing Bush’s War, a pretty clear picture emerges and makes it incredibly difficult for the Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld to put [...]

Public Policy Polling has the numbers (pdf file)…
After a week in which both candidates spent a lot of time in North Carolina Barack Obama has retained a large lead in the state, according to the newest survey from Public Policy Polling.
Obama leads Clinton 54-36. His lead is particularly strong among likely voters who do not [...]

The more that comes out about the Iraqi government’s clash with the Mahdi Army, the more convinced I become that we should NOT have been involved in any way, shape or form. Not only that, our continued presence there will increasingly be used as a craven political tool instead of a force to fight terrorism.
From [...]

Good news for al-Maliki’s credibility, but this could be a brief pause if there’s not agreement on the elections in the Fall.
From MSNBC:
BAGHDAD - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Sunday ordered his fighters off the streets nationwide and called on the government to stop raids against his followers and free them from prison.
The Iraqi [...]

So says CNN’s Michael Ware:
“Al-Sadr is involved in a very complicated relationship with the Iranians,” said CNN Baghdad correspondent Michael Ware. “The Iranians do provide funding and support for his militia, yet at the same time they’re trying to rein him in and get him to adopt a certain political agenda, which from time to [...]

The Pentagon throws some interesting logic on the table about the recent problems in Iraq.
From AFP:
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The Pentagon on Wednesday said an eruption of violence in southern Iraq, where US-backed government forces were battling Shiite militias, was a “by-product of the success of the surge.”
Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said it showed that [...]

Basically, they have 72 hours to put down their weapons or they’ll face the consequences. What those are is not yet clear, but it’s a safe bet it won’t be good for either side.
From NY Times:
BAGHDAD — A day after launching a huge operation that ignited heavy fighting in two of Iraq’s largest cities, Prime [...]

“Only a fool or a fraud sentimentalizes the merciless reality of war.”
- A phrase from John McCain’s foreign policy speech today, which some say is a direct response to Bush’s recent statements romanticizing war.
Here’s more from the speech…
“Our great power does not mean we can do whatever we want whenever we want, nor should we [...]

The Guardian uncovers some troubling news that has the potential to swing the surge the other way…
In an investigation carried out by GuardianFilms for Channel 4, we uncover how thousands of Iraqis [80,000+] employed at $10 a day by the US to take on al-Qaida are threatening to go on strike because they say they [...]

An overwhelming majority of Americans thinks so.
From CNN:
In the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll conducted last weekend, 71 percent said they think U.S. spending in Iraq is a reason for the nation’s poor economy. Twenty-eight percent said they didn’t think so.
The weekend poll, timed to coincide with the Iraq war’s fifth anniversary, also showed little U.S. [...]

I don’t want to get too far down the rabbit hole on McCain’s slip ups, but I do think that if Hillary or Obama said similar things, well, there’d be no end to that video loop.
If you’re not aware of the gaffes, McCain mentioned a couple times that Iran was training al Qaeda operatives and [...]

“I guess after the picture came out the insurgency picked up and Iraqis attacked the Americans and the British and they attacked in return and they were just killing each other. I felt bad about it … no, I felt pissed off. If the media hadn’t exposed the pictures to that extent, then thousands of [...]

What did he find?
Well, that he couldn’t go the market he visited a year ago because it wasn’t safe enough. He also found a country that’s still teetering on the brink of chaos because of the lack of political progress by Iraqi politicians.

Question: will the war be a main issue this fall or will [...]

The film Rendition was recently released on video, and if you haven’t seen it you should. It’s well told, heartbreaking and speaks to exactly why the practice of extraordinary rendition is not only inhumane but completely unjust, regardless of what the Jack Bauer crowd claims.
The DVD also includes a documentary called Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, [...]

The surge was designed to give Iraqi politicians the breathing room to create meaningful change in their country. That was, is and always will be the end goal of this particular mission.
Well, we gave them their opportunity. They’re giving us virtually nothing.
And this isn’t just coming from me. It’s coming from General Petraeus…
Iraqi leaders [...]

Well now you can, courtesy of Scribd (larger version available at that link).
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“I must say, I’m a little envious.[...] If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines of helping this young democracy succeed.”
- President Bush, talking to soldiers in Afghanistan on a video conference call yesterday
Coming from a different President this [...]

I wrote about this report yesterday and it inspired a good debate on if we should leave Iraq or not. Alan brought up some good points about maintaining stability in the region, but I remained unconvinced that our continued presence there has demonstrated increased safety for our country. In fact, I think the facts prove [...]

They looked through more than 600,000 of the regime’s documents and have found nothing.
I repeat…they have found absolutely no evidence whatsoever of operational ties to al Qaeda.
From McClatchy:
The Pentagon-sponsored study, scheduled for release later this week, did confirm that Saddam’s regime provided some support to other terrorist groups, particularly in the Middle East, U.S. officials [...]