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  • U.S. Weighs Special Team of Terrorism Interrogators

    07/17/2009 10:57:53 PM PDT · by Moiraine · 45 replies · 2,378+ views
    WSJ ^ | July 18, 2009 | SIOBHAN GORMAN
    WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is considering overhauling the way terror suspects are interrogated by creating a small team of professionals drawn from across the government, according to people familiar with a proposal that will be submitted to the White House. The new unit, comprising members of spy services and law-enforcement agencies, would be used for so-called high-value detainees, they said. In a switch from Bush-era efforts, it wouldn't be run by the Central Intelligence Agency, though who might be in charge isn't specified.
  • Alicia Colon: Giuliani Can Win

    02/16/2007 2:13:25 PM PST · by meg88 · 113 replies · 1,710+ views
    The New York Sun ^ | 2.16.07 | Alicia Colon
    Many Republicans were sharply affected by last November's disastrous election and have become more pragmatic about their priorities. Mr. Giuliani, while adhering to his positions, insists he is a strict constitutionalist and will appoint judges who are the same. While gun control is just one of the hot-button issues that may present a problem for Mr. Giuliani during the Republican primary campaign, there is an overriding issue that might make this and other social issues moot — the war on terror. I briefly met Mr. Giuliani in 2004 at a Harvard Club luncheon honoring the posthumous publication of William E....