Royce Lamberth and Vaughn Walker must have been golfing together recently. Because their rulings on governmental secrecy sound totally alike.

You think maybe someone should tell Republicans that the guy who outed and then called Valerie Plame “Fair Game” is not their most credible person to sow pout-rage over the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate torture?

See a sample of the torture team trading cards.

The CIA IG Report provides a narrative of the CIA’s past involvement with interrogation techniques. It’s worth recalling that when that history ended, Cheney and Addington stored it in their man-sized safe.

In the early 1980s, a resurgence of interest in teaching interrogation techniques developed as one of several methods to foster foreign liaison relationships. Because of political sensitivities the then-Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (DDCI) forbade Agency officers from using the word “interrogation.” The Agency then.

Chris Christie’s operative story on the traffic violation is that he, his wife, his subordinate, and his four kids were in a car and that’s why he was allowed to drive away.

Lanny Breuer’s spokesperson says he doesn’t have a conflict in the Cheney FOIA case because his representation of John Kiriakou was more than two years ago. That raises the question of just whose interests Breuer is representing.

Unlike all the other torture memos DOJ has released, it appears the two analyzing conditions of confinement remain in place.

The NYT got distracted from the torture that remained central to the interrogation program by two 17-watt light bulbs.

We don’t know how Ted Kennedy’s death will affect the health care fight. And every minute we spend wondering about it–rather than making it happen–is a dishonor to the man.

Liveblog of Obama’s public statement on Kennedy.