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05.20.2009 4:17 pm

Mystery critic: CIA really is just incompetent

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Guess who wrote this:

It is clear that many in the intelligence community remain in denial about the scope of its intelligence failures. While the report frequently criticizes the Director of Central Intelligence as the primary liaison to the president, the…

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02.05.2009 9:03 pm

“Cram down” home foreclosures

an eviction team removed the furniture from her foreclosed house on February 2, 2009 in Adams County, Colorado. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

An eviction team removed the furniture from her foreclosed house on February 2, 2009 in Adams County, Colorado. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Congress is considering bills that would allow federal bankruptcy judges to amend home mortgages, changing the terms to prevent…

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01.25.2009 9:23 am

Missouri’s senior senator

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Discuss.

(h/t Crooks & Liars).

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11.20.2008 9:01 pm

Saving the auto industry from itself

Chevrolet once marketed itself as the “heartbeat of America.” Today, the heartbeat of the American auto industry is weak — but at least it still has a pulse.
On Thursday, Congress decided to wait before voting on whether to provide cash-strapped…

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09.30.2008 9:05 pm

Wednesday editorial: Senator Smug

U.S. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond

U.S. Sen. Christopher"Kit" Bond

Thanks to its senior U.S. senator, Republican Christopher S. “Kit” Bond, Missouri earned last-minute inclusion in the national scandal over the Bush administration’s politically motivated firings of U.S. attorneys.

“The Purge,” as it was known when the story broke…

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06.23.2008 9:00 pm

Tuesday editorial: Compromising on privacy

nsa_opt.jpgThe Senate this week is expected to give final passage to an overhaul of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The bill restores some measure of the privacy protections that the Bush administration trashed — even as it helps cover…

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