Check out this tidbit MadDog found:
In 2008, CIA head Michael Hayden told Congress it had only been used on three high-profile al-Qaeda detainees, and not for the past five years.
One of those was Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a key suspect in the 9/11 attacks.
Mr Rove said US soldiers were subjected to waterboarding as a regular part [...]

Tags: Karl Rove, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

As you may know, there are a slew of hearings scheduled next week to try to understand the Toyota brake problems. The head of Toyota (and grandson of the company founder) caused a bit of a stir yesterday when he tried to correct the mistaken impression that he would testify personally.
Akio Toyoda told a press [...]

Tags: Akio Toyoda, Edolphous Towns, Toyota

It has taken me a while. But I’ve finally gotten through the DOJ IG Report on exigent letters. Page numbers below will be to the PDF page.
Page 14: Footnote 1 notes there are Secret and TS/SCI versions of this report. Keep that in mind as you read the redactions–while it’s probably safe to assume that [...]

Zia: In most immediate sense, it was in how our families related to us. When we first got married. We have a niece, 2 years old, only known us Auntie Helen and Auntie Leah. WHen she saw Leah and me, she gave us a big hug, said, Auntie Leah, now you’re really my auntie. I [...]

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Helen Zia
Defense: [...]

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Thompson: There [...]

[This post is rescued liveblogging materials that the Toobz Godz would not let me include in the last post. It picks up midway through the Defendants' questioning of Letitiia Peplau, a Social Psychologist and an expert witness on the benefits of marriage. Nicole Moss is doing the questioning for the defendants. This overlaps slightly with [...]

I’m about to pick up the liveblogging of the Prop 8 trial from Teddy, who has earned a big break (and who is off to the court room for a spell). We’re in the middle of expert testimony–I believe that’s what we’ve got coming up after this lunch break.
Letitia Ann Peplau: Bachelor in Psych from [...]

Tags: Liveblog, prop 8 trial

One of the biggest stories at the North American International Auto Show yesterday was not the cars, but the congressional delegation — led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer — that came to the show. In addition to Pelosi and Hoyer, much of Michigan’s delegation (the only Republican was Fred Upton, though [...]

Tags: Nancy Pelosi, North American International Auto Show, Steny Hoyer

Greetings from the North American International Auto Show.
As I explained last week, I’m going to have a number of discussions about your taxpayer owned car company–GM–today.
But the big news of the morning is that Ford won both the North American car and truck of the year, with the Fusion Hybrid and the Transit Connect, respectively. [...]