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Marc Thiessen
New Yorker Fact-Checks Ex-Bush Speechwriter's Torture Claims
Marc Thiessen
The public profile of Marc Thiessen, former chief speechwriter for Donald Rumsfeld and George W. Bush and current terrorism pundit, soared this year following the publication of his book Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama Is Inviting the Next Attack, which was blurbed by such conservative luminaries as Dick Cheney.
But now the New Yorker's Jane Mayer has published a scathing review of the book that challenges not only Thiessen's defense of "brutal interrogations" but also some of his basic factual claims.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (23) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (15)Topics: Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama is Inviting the Next Attack, Jane Mayer, Marc Thiessen, Torture
Liz Cheney
Did Liz Cheney's 'Department Of Jihad' Ad Backfire?
Liz Cheney
Has Liz Cheney damaged her cause, and her reputation, by running an ad that questioned the loyalties of Justice Department lawyers who defended Guantanamo detainees? After a barrage of attacks on the ad, including some from prominent conservatives, it's worth asking the question.
Last week, Keep America Safe, the pro-torture advocacy group that Cheney co-chairs with Bill Kristol, ran a web ad that labeled seven DOJ lawyers who had previously represented detainees at Gitmo -- or simply filed amicus briefs in their cases -- "the Al Qaeda Seven."
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (59) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (6)Topics: Bill Kristol, Condi Rice, Guantanamo, John Yoo, Justice Department, Ken Starr, Liz Cheney, Marc Thiessen, Philip Zelikow, Torture
Marc Thiessen
Thiessen Mourns Loss Of CIA Torture Program -- O'Donnell Having None Of It (VIDEO)
On MSNBC this morning, former Rumsfeld and Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen went after President Obama for barring torture by the CIA in his first week in office, only to be rebuffed by an animated Lawrence O'Donnell on the Bush Administration's terrorism record.
"Barack Obama has eliminated the CIA's interrogation program, which is the single most successful and importance intelligence program we have in the war on terror and possibly in the history of the CIA," Thiessen said.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (89) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (9)Topics: Bush Administration, CIA, Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama is Inviting the Next Attack, Lawrence O'Donnell, Marc Thiessen, Obama Administration, Torture
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