• Posts Tagged ‘Dick Cheney’

    Why I will still turn on Hardball

    by  • January 5, 2010 • politics & money

    Some things Matthews never gets, some things he gets right away, and some things he comes around to. And when he does, the confrontation of nonsense is pretty good. (h/t Balloon Juice) It’s about time more people call Politico on releasing Cheney’s love letters to himself as news.

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    Torture doesn’t work…unless a Cheney says it does

    by  • September 7, 2009 • politics & money

    Ali H. Soufan, F.B.I. special agent from 1997 to 2005, writes for the New York Times: The inspector general’s report distinguishes between intelligence gained from regular interrogation and from the harsher methods, which culminate in waterboarding. While the former produces useful intelligence, according to the report, the latter “is a more subjective process and not [...]

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