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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Gitmo Detainee Pleads Guilty

Australian who trained with al Quaeda has spent five years in custody

Mar 27, 07 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Hicks became the first person convicted under President Bush's much-maligned military tribunal system after entering a surprise guilty plea  to charges of providing material support to terrorists. The contentious proceedings may prove a new source of controversy, however, as the judge excluded Hicks' stwo civilian lawyers from court and... More »

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War on Terror • politics • David Hicks • Australia • military tribunal • Guantanamo Bay • court • conviction • detainee • guilty plea • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush

Techies Click With Obama

Silicon Valley elite are replacing Clinton with a next-generation model

Mar 26, 07 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silicon Valley techies are forsaking  Hillary for Barack—and among the defectors are some of Bill's biggest fundraisers. Obama's is grabbing particular notice among the young and newly wealthy, with deep pockets and little political experience. "In the lexicon of high tech, Barack Obama is the next-generation solution,"... More »

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Barack Obama • technology • California • Democrats • politics • Silicon Valley • campaign fundraising • Election 2008

Playwright Finds Times Arrogant on Al Gore

Do we have to read about the VP's weight in every dispatch?

Mar 26, 07 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Al Gore is having an astonishing political second act, leading the charge to save the planet, but the supercilious writers at the New York Times can't resist condescending to him, observes playwright Jon Robin Baitz,  doing a little reverse reviewing in his blog. TheTimes, he argues, displays its "... More »

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climate change • environment • media • newspaper • Al Gore • New York Times • Jon Robin Baitz • media criticism • politics

Blast From Obama's Past

High school chum,
now homeless,
hopes for handout

Mar 23, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama was surprised last week when a buddy from back in the days when he was called Barry got in touch. Keith Kakugawa, recently released from prison for his third drug conviction and living in a car, called the senator's cell phone to ask for help. More »

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Barack Obama • Democrats • politics • presidential campaign • Keith Kakugawa • social services • Election 2008

Gates Pushed
to Close Guantanamo

New defense secretary butted heads with Cheney, Gonzales

Mar 23, 07 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newly appointed Defense Secretary Robert Gates pushed hard for shutting down the controversial detention center at Guantanamo Bay, but  was blocked by Cheney and Gonzales, until Bush pulled the plug on the argument.  Gates at least succeeded in halting a $100 million expansion of the prison he felt had... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • Alberto Gonzales • politics • prison • Robert Gates • Guantanamo Bay • abuse • defense secretary • George W. Bush

Musharraf Should Step Down 

Pakistani president is a lame duck who can't control Islamic factions

Mar 22, 07 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani president Musharraf should finally do what he vowed back in 1999, says Ahmed Rashid: return the government to democracy. H e's too weak to salvage his credibility after recent public protests , and if he can't maintain power, Islamic extremists will seize the opportunity instead. He should disavow his own... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • politics • democracy • extremists • Islamic extremists

(Newser) - The same legal argument marshaled to justify mistreating prisoners is behind the Bush administration’s contention that the President can fire U.S. attorneys for any reason or no reason, according to Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick. It’s the theory that a greater power—like killing people in war—embodies... More »

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Bush administration • justice system • US attorney • politics • courts • power • George W. Bush

YouTube Trickster Comes Clean  

Mar 22, 07 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - An employe of the tech company that handles Barack Obama’s website admits making the notorious “Vote Different” YouTube video portraying Hillary Clinton as Big Brother – now one of the most watched videos on the web. Phil de Vellis writes on The Huffington Post that he created the ... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • YouTube • politics • advertising • presidential campaign • tech companies • Election 2008

THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC

Does Barack Obama make white people
feel safe?

Mar 20, 07 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - As if Barack Obama did not face enough obstacles, the junior senator from Illinois with Oval Office aspirations is likened to a "magic negro" by David Ehrenstein. The "magic negro" is a cultural and cinematic racial stereotype exemplified by some of the characters played by Sidney Poitier,... More »

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Barack Obama • Sidney Poitier • Scatman Crothers • Morgan Freeman • Don Cheadle • race • film • politics • Senate • Senate Democrats • stereotypes • Election 2008 • movies

Chalabi Rides Surge Back
Into Office

The divisive Iraqi politician will build public backing for security push

Mar 6, 07 11:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Ahmed Chalabi, the former U.S. darling and deputy prime minister spurned by Iraqi voters in the 2005 elections, is back in office. He won a post created as a buffer between residents and the troops pouring into Baghdad for the new security push. Chalabi's new role involves organizing reimbursement... More »

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Iraq • Middle East • insurgents • politics • Baghdad • Ahmed Chalabi

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