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CIA Used Waterboarding 266 Times – the CIA waterboarded Abu Zubaydah eighty-three times. The CIA also used waterboarding 183 times in March 2003 against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed… a former CIA officer publicly claimed that Abu Zubaydah had undergone waterboarding for only thirty-five seconds before agreeing to tell everything he knew

Rahm Emanuel: Bush Officials Will Not Be Prosecuted – “Yeah, but those who devised the policy, he believes that they were—should not be prosecuted either”

Spanish Judge Garzon Keeps Alive Case Against “Bush Six” – Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón defied Spanish prosecutors and kept alive a criminal investigation into the actions of six high-ranking Bush administration officials, including Alberto Gonzales and Jay Bybee

Chavez Gives Obama Eduardo Galeano Book on History of Latin America – Obama responded to criticism of him for shaking Chavez’s hand. President Obama: “It’s unlikely that as a consequence of me shaking hands or having a polite conversation with Mr. Chavez that we are endangering the strategic interests of the United States..”

Iran Sentences US Journalist to Eight Years – A secret Iranian court has sentenced Iranian American journalist Roxana Saberi to eight years in prison for allegedly spying for the United States

Wiretap Recorded Rep. Harman Promising to Intervene for AIPAC – Harman reportedly said she would lobby the Justice Department to reduce espionage-related charges against two officials of AIPAC… In exchange for Harman’s help, the suspected Israeli agent reportedly pledged to help lobby Nancy Pelosi to appoint Harman chair of the Intelligence Committee after the 2006 elections

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