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David Corn is the Washington editor of The Nation magazine and writes a column for its website Capital Games. He is also a contributor to Fox News Channel. A biographical note states:

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Whatever Happened to the CIA's Black Sites?

Whatever happened to the so-called "black sites," where suspected terrorists were held overseas by the CIA and submitted to harsh interrogations that included torture? On April 9, CIA chief Leon Panetta issued a statement notifying CIA employees that ...

From DAVID CORN, Mother Jones,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Central Intelligence Agency,  Al-Qaeda,  Leon Panetta,  George W. Bush,  Dick Cheney

Obama and Dems on Health Care: No Need to Rush

Shortly after Senate Democrats on Saturday night succeeded in winning a party-line 60-39 vote that allows their health care reform bill to reach the Senate floor, CNN correspondent Ed Henry zapped out a message to his Twitter followers about a White ...

From DAVID CORN, Politics Daily,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Twitter Inc,  U.S. Congress

Obama Nation Raising Money Off Palin "Lies"

It probably had to happen. The Obama gang is raising money off Sarah Palin—and her "lies." On Friday morning, Organizing for America, the offshoot of the Obama presidential campaign (which works within the Democratic National Committee), sent out an ...

From DAVID CORN, Mother Jones,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Sarah Palin,  Democratic National Committee,  White House,  Sean Hannity

Sarah Palin, Tito the Builder, and Me

What drew me into Palin World was an encounter I had with a McCain-Palin supporter after a campaign rally in Virginia for John McCain two weeks before the 2008 presidential election. This fellow named Tito Munoz, who came to be known as Tito the ...

From DAVID CORN, Mother Jones,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  Joe the Plumber,  Sarah Palin,  William Ayers

Is the Business Community Pro-Swine Flu?

This is cold. The Chamber of Commerce, the major business lobby, opposes legislation to provide workers paid sick leave--even as H1N1 flu season approaches. That's not only Scrooge-like. It's bad for public health. Allowing workers to stay home when ...

From DAVID CORN, Politics Daily,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Wal-Mart,  Rosa DeLauro (politician),  George Miller,  Christopher Dodd,  U.S. Senate

Al Qaeda: No Longer a "Direct" Threat

Is al Qaeda no longer a profound threat to the United States? In testimony to a House homeland security subcommittee on Thursday, Peter Bergen, a terrorism analyst, al Qaeda expert, New America Foundation fellow, and Mother Jones contributor, said:  Al ...

From DAVID CORN, Mother Jones,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Peter Bergen,  New America Foundation,  Mother Jones,  George W. Bush

Archives To Proceed with CSI-ish Watergate Test

In July, I was the first to report that the National Archives was considering conducting high-tech forensic tests on two pages of presidential records that could provide key clues to one of the great political mysteries in US history: what was on the 18 ...

From DAVID CORN, Mother Jones,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  National Security Agency,  Richard Nixon,  National Archives and Records Administration,  H. R. Haldeman

Rove, Cheney, Gingrich and Kristol Fail To Rally 9/11 Trial Foes

On Monday, Karl Rove sent a tweet to his 92,000 followers: "Don't sit out: 9:30am 11/18 Dirksen Senate Bldg Rm G-50 to oppose Atty Gen's testimony on trying terrorists on U.S. soil." On Tuesday, Newt Gingrich dispatched a similar message to his 1.2 ...

From NICK BAUMANN AND DAVID CORN, Mother Jones,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  Karl Rove,  Newt Gingrich,  Twitter Inc

How Hard Is Obama Trying on Global Warming?

President Barack Obama is lucky that the health care reform endeavor is overwhelming the political system and causing concern among his liberal base, for it's distracting from a key matter where he has fallen short: climate change. While on his ...

From DAVID CORN, Politics Daily,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  White House,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Republican Party

An Ethics Investigation for Michele Bachmann?

CREW contends that Rep. Bachmann misused her official congressional website by urging people to come to the Capitol to protest the legislation despite House rules restricting members from using their websites to engage in "grassroots lobbying or ...

From DAVID CORN, Mother Jones,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Office of Congressional Ethics,  U.S. Republican Party

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