WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee has asked the CIA to provide documents about the now-canceled program to target al-Qaida leaders, congressional officials said Tuesday. The move is a precursor to what will almost certainly b…
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House CIA Investigation: Intelligence Committee Lays Groundwork For Full-Blown Probe
July 14th, 2009 |
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Malcolm X Medical Program At Risk Of Losing Accreditation
July 14th, 2009 |
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[I]nstead of welcoming a new class of physician assistant students for the summer, Malcolm X is scrambling to repair the program’s tarnished reputation and move forward with a reconstituted staff.
Microsoft Launches Partner Program for Surface Computer
July 14th, 2009 |
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Microsoft has launched the Microsoft Surface Partner Program to expand the ecosystem for partners and developers working with Microsoft Surface, the company’s multitouch, multiuser tabletop computer.
– Microsoft has launched the Microsoft Surface Partner Program to expand the ecosystem for partners and developers working with Microsoft Surface, the company’s multitouch, multiuser computer.
Announced at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 in New Orleans, the Microsoft Surface Partner P…
‘Magnitude’ Of University Of Illinois Clout Program ‘Shocks Me’: Admissions Expert
July 14th, 2009 |
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Two college admissions experts who testified before the special commission this morning expressed surprise at the university’s elaborate clouting system.
They acknowledged that all colleges and universities receive inquiries from powerful don…
The Progress Report: Bush’s Secret Spy Programs
July 13th, 2009 |
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by Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Ian Millhiser and Nate Carlile To receive The Progress Report in your email inbox everyday,…
Why Cheney Kept Everyone in the Dark About the Secret Program
July 13th, 2009 |
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Why did Cheney keep then-current CIA head Tenet and current CIA head Panetta, as well as Congress, in the dark about the secret counterterrorism program?Because – as Seymour Hersh has previously explained – the lesson which Cheney learned from the Iran…
NIS to see EUR 500mn for modernization
July 13th, 2009 |
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Some EUR 500mn will be invested in the modernization of NIS over the next three years, it has been announced. EUR 60mn of this sum will be set aside for an environmental program at the Serbian Oil Industry (NIS) company, majority owned by Russia’s Gazprom.
CIA Secret Program Was To Capture Or Kill Al Qaeda Operatives
July 13th, 2009 |
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A secret Central Intelligence Agency initiative terminated by Director Leon Panetta was an attempt to carry out a 2001 presidential authorization to capture or kill al Qaeda operatives, according to former intelligence officials familiar with …
Why Isn’t Cheney in Jail?
July 12th, 2009 |
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As I wrote yesterday about the CIA program that Panetta recently disclosed to Congress:As a former CIA agent says, the real question is who ordered the CIA to withhold the information from Congress . . .In a nation of laws, Bush, Cheney – or whoever in…
Cheney Told CIA To Hide Program From Congress
July 12th, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney directed the CIA eight years ago not to inform Congress about a nascent counterterrorism program that CIA Director Leon Panetta terminated in June, officials with direct knowledge of the mat…
Government to Take Tarp Bailout Money and Give it to Small Businesses?
July 11th, 2009 |
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For the first time, the Obama administration is considering an economic policy which makes some sense.As the Washington Post writes: The Obama administration is developing an initiative to take money from the $700 billion program for the banking system…
The CIA’s Rogue Operation
July 10th, 2009 |
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Everyone is playing the guessing game regarding the secret program which the CIA hid from Congress.The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein is guessing that it is Cheney’s executive assassination squad. Yesterday, I guessed it might have been continuity of gove…
What Did the CIA Lie to Congress About?
July 9th, 2009 |
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CIA director Panetta admitted to Congress that the CIA misled Congress concerning “significant actions” from 2001 to the present. As Congress wrote to Panetta yesterday:”Recently you testified that you have determined that top CIA officials have conce…
What Topic Should You Blog About?
July 2nd, 2009 |
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I spent some time yesterday manning the live chat interface we have running on the Become A Blogger Premium sales page.
The live chat is a little innovation Gideon and I came up with to help any person who is reviewing our sales page by making ourselves available to answer any questions live.
At any given [...]
Become A Blogger Premium 2.0 Is Now Open… For 5 Days Only!
June 29th, 2009 |
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I’ll make this short and sweet as I suspect you have made your decision already about whether to join the Become A Blogger Premium 2.0, which starts today and is open until Friday midnight EST US time.
You can read about what is in the program and join at this page. Make sure you watch [...]