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Freedom Watch’s next target: Iran.
The New York Times reports that next month, the White House-front group Freedom’s Watch “will sponsor a private forum of 20 experts on radical Islam that is expected to make the case that Iran poses a direct threat to the security of the United States”:Although the group declined to identify the experts, several were invited [...]

AP falsely spins Limbaugh’s ‘phony soldiers’ line.
In the Associated Press’ write up of Rush Limbaugh’s controversial “phony soldiers” comment, the wire service misrepresents the context of the Limbaugh’s gaffe in such a way that it falsifies the meaning of his comments. Greg Sargent explains:In the AP’s telling, Limbaugh first mentioned the specific phony soldier, and then “followed” with a reference to [...]

Fox analyst: ‘generals are betraying our soldiers.’
In an opinion column posted on Foxnews.com, Fox News analyst Col. David Hunt, a frequent guest on The O’Reilly Factor, declares that “Our generals are betraying our soldiers … again.” Hunt claims that “our generals put their careers over their men’s lives” and that “we should be putting these generals on trial.” Glenn Greenwald wonders [...]

Boehner: Using Children For Political Messaging Is ‘Beyond The Pale,’ Unless I Do It
This week’s Democratic Radio Address will be delivered by a 12-year-old boy named Graeme Frost. Graeme was in a severe car accident three years ago, and received care under the SCHIP program.In his address, Graeme will tell the story of how he “was in a coma for a week and couldn’t eat or stand up [...]

Counterterrorism Analyst Raises Doubts About Alleged Death Of Top Al Qaeda Leader
Yesterday, the U.S. military announced that it had recently killed Abu Usama al-Tunisi, billed as “one of the most senior leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq.”ThinkProgress noted yesterday that there was evidence to suggest al-Tunisi may have been killed a year ago. An online posted published in May 2006 by al Qaeda supporters hailed the [...]