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STATE SECRETS
Defending the Ancien Régime
Lou Dubose When it comes to state secrets, there's not much daylight so far between the Obama and Bush administrations. While phone companies got a pass on illegal wiretapping, the Al-Haramain v. Bush lawsuit remains to challenge the Obama administration on whether the executive branch will determine state secrets without limits on its authority. Democrats in Congress aren't waiting for the courts, introducing the State Secret Protection Act of 2009.
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Republicans Are Revolting | Much Ado About… | No Worries
Lou Dubose Republicans should find themselves on the defensive after complaining loudly about Janet Napolitano's Rightwing Extremism report … The dangerous rhetoric of the antiabortion rights movement thunders on … Right-wingers challenge the legitimacy of Obama's presidency, with virulent eruptions of hate speech.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
You Don't Need a Weatherman
Lou Dubose Flat Earth Republicans recoil in horror at the cap-and-trade provisions of the American Clean Energy and Security Act, while environmental organizations and scientists take a more reasoned approach.
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A LETTER FROM BREMEN
In the Wrong Place for a Long Time
Murat Kurnaz and Lou Dubose Murat Kurnaz recounts his arrest and torture in U.S. prisons in Kandahar, Afghanistan; Guantánamo, Cuba; and his continued detention for four years after the U.S. government determined he was innocent. … Kurnaz's account reflects the institutionalization of torture months before Bush administration memoranda legalized "enhanced interrogation." … A former FBI agent testifies that torturing Abu Zubaydah failed and the Bush administration lied about it.
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HANDICAPPED HEALTH CARE REFORM
Republicans Shocked, Shocked at Partisan Behavior of Democrats
Lou Dubose As Senate Dems invoke the "R" Word (Reconciliation) to move health care reform, the Republican animal totem has shifted from an elephant to a mule.
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PPiP'S PROFITEERS
Obama's Economic Team Banks 
On Wall Street
Lou Dubose Where is the balance between public and private in Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's Public-Private Investment Plan? And why does Wall Street seem to be running the show? Is the Obama administration standing on the little guy instead of standing up for the little guy?
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THE STATE OF JOURNALISM 2009
No News Is Bad News
Lauri Lebo Has daily print journalism has taken a step toward extinction? Recent bankruptcy filings, the closing of some venerable large metro dailies, and the decision to remake others as online-only publications don't bode well for the Fourth Estate. The Anniston Star, a small-town daily in northeastern Alabama, perseveres, defying that trend… the Internet may signal renewed hope, rather than the death knell, for journalism.
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