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American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials. There is no public record of the operations or decisions of the panel, which is a subset of the White House’s National Security …

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James O’Keefe, the filmmaker behind the notorious ACORN videos, has been arrested by the FBI and charged in a plot to wiretap Sen. Mary Landrieu’s phone tamper with phone lines. I’m sure that all the conservatives who took those videos & jumped immediately to every conclusion will now be telling us we should not jump …

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And by “you” I mean, well, you. Me, I think their craziness potential is nearly limitless. But this must mark some sort of milestone along the endless path of escalating crazy: From John L. Perry at Newsmax: There is a remote, although gaining, possibility America’s military will intervene as a last resort to resolve the …

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Dick Morris: I think that withdrawal from Iraq — it obviously gives al Qaeda a huge victory. Huge victory. On the other hand, if we stay in Iraq, it gives them the opportunity to kill more Americans, which they really like. One of the things, though, that I think the antiwar crowd has not considered …

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I’m pleased to see Alberto Gonzales is still trotting out the same old crap about the NSA surveillance program. Here he is at an event yesterday: The TSP [“Terrorist Surveillance Program”] is lawful. The president established the Program under both the authority given to him by Congress when it passed the Authorization for Use of …

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