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...many liberal Democrats, the USA Patriot Act and the state secrets privilege represent twin controversial monuments to the post-Sept. 11 secrecy of the Bush era. The Patriot Act, which Congress passed just weeks after al-Qaeda's attacks and reauthorized in 2006, created sweeping new powers for the federal government that some critics on the left, as well as some on the right, see as unnecessarily broad at best and unconstitutional at worst. And in court, the Bush Administration frequently invoked the state secrets privilege - the right to withhold information that compromises national security - to block civil litigation...
...shares the sense of service that so distinguished Senator Kennedy,” Patrick said yesterday during a news conference in Boston. “The interests of the commonwealth have never been more vital or at stake in the Congress today...
...recent barbs against Obama are more direct, performative, and cruel than ever. Take the recent outburst from Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), who rudely bellowed “You lie!” at the president during his speech to Congress on health care. This behavior might be acceptable during an episode of Jerry Springer, but it shouldn’t fly on Capitol Hill, especially toward the commander-in-chief. Although the congressman later apologized, there are indications that Wilson may have planned his statement; CNN reports that he hinted at it in advance via a Labor...
...Afghan election mess will probably be resolved in the next month. If a runoff election is required, it will be held before winter - just about the time health care is decided in Congress, which brings us back to Kerry's observation. These issues are linked. If Obama wins health care, he will have the political capital to move any way he wishes on Afghanistan - with the military, or against...
...those who support restoring Zelaya to power - and that includes every country in the world, including the U.S. - what's at stake is the integrity of Latin America's fledgling democratic traditions. The Micheletti regime and its handful of conservative Republican backers in the U.S. Congress, however, insist they're saving the hemisphere from the clutches of left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his radical regional allies, including Zelaya. In the middle is Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace laureate Oscar Arias, whose San José Accord would reseat Zelaya with limited powers while granting the coup...