torture, terrorists, bribery and insurgency

* "A new Gallup poll finds that although 74 percent of Americans believe that the U.S. has used torture in Iraq and elsewhere, most people oppose the practice -- with the exception of 51 percent of Republicans." (link)

* "[Brent Wilkes, president of defense contractor ADCS Inc. named by former Rep. Duke Cunningham as a co-conspirator in his bribery conviction] is a prominent Bush fundraiser, earning a designation as a “Bush pioneer” in 2004 for raising more than $100,000. If Wilkes is indicted, he will be the third Bush pioneer, after Abramoff and Ohio fundraiser Tom Noe, to be indicted this year." (link)

* (via kathy) " Most Americans believe that U.S. troops or officials have tortured prisoners in Iraq or other countries, and oppose the practice, even if it helps gain information on possible terrorist attacks, the Gallup Organization announced today in releasing poll results.
The survey found that 74% believe the U.S. has tortured prisoners, with 20% disagreeing--with storng majorities of both Democrats and Republicans holding that view." (link)

* "Right-wing media commentators in Australia have responded with bewilderment and ill-concealed fury to the overwhelmingly sceptical response of millions of ordinary people to the Howard government’s announcement on November 8 that it had disrupted an imminent terrorist attack. Two of the country’s most prominent op-ed writers, Miranda Devine and Greg Sheridan, have gone so far as to declare that opposition to the government represents a threat to national security." (link)

* "AIPAC slams White House on Iran:
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee criticized the White House for not pushing the U.N. nuclear watchdog to recommend sanctions for Iran." (link)
must. have. more. war.

* soj has been all over the 'american torture in europe' story - her latest episode is here

* duke cunningham in congress, discussing jonk, april 2004: "We do not need someone that would vote like a Jane Fonda as commander in chief" (link)

* dana millbank: "Last weekend, while other Americans were watching football and eating leftover turkey, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld ended the Iraqi insurgency.
It was easy, really: He declared that the insurgents would, henceforth, no longer be called insurgents...
" 'Enemies of the legitimate Iraqi government' -- how's that?" Rumsfeld proposed." (link)