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Scott Brown begs Simon Cowell: Give my daughter another chance
Using his newfound fame and ABC News as a platform, Senator-elect Scott Brown is calling on Fox’s premier reality TV show to give his daughter one more chance. In the midst of an otherwise substantive interview Sunday with ABC’s Barbara Walters, she asked Senator Brown (R-Mass) what he would like…
Revealed: Retired CIA agent ‘made up’ waterboarding details
As it turns out, retired CIA agent John Kiriakou has an active imagination, basically. According to a piece by veteran intelligence reporter Jeff Stein, Kiriakou “basically made up” details about the waterboarding of al Qaeda agent Abu Zubaydah. Arguing that waterboarding — or simulated drowning — is actually effective in…
Union leader: Senators — such as Lieberman — ‘acted like terrorists’ on health care
A top union leader unleashed some tough-talking rhetoric in an interview with ABC News Tuesday. Perhaps a bit more tough-talking than what one usually hears from a labor representative normally friendly to Democrats. David Chalian — co-host of ABC News’ “Top Line” — reports that, President Obama ally Andy Stern,…
‘Bible code’ arms supplier sponsors Christian radio ministry
For years, many Islamic clerics have been arguing that the US’s war on terror is a “holy war” against Islam. Now, those critics of US foreign policy have more ammunition to argue their point. A Michigan supplier of sights for high-powered rifles has long been etching subtle references to Jesus…
Giuliani: ‘We had no domestic attacks under Bush’
UPDATE: ABC’s George Stephanopoulos has taken responsibility for not challenging former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the mayor’s assertion on Good Morning America Friday that “we had no domestic attacks under Bush.” As noted below, a Giuliani spokesman “clarified” the mayor’s statement later in the day, arguing that the…
Lieberman: No facility more humane than Gitmo
Sen. Joe Lieberman believes that Guantanamo Bay’s bad reputation isn’t deserved. “You could not find a better, more humane facility for a detention center in the world,” Lieberman told ABC’s Terry Moran Sunday. Though his claims are not supported by numerous reports from Cuba, they were not challenged on ABC.…
David Brooks prefers single-payer to status quo
Conservative columnist David Brooks expressed support Sunday for a system of health care otherwise demonized in the press by the right wing. “I wouldn’t mind a single-payer. Frankly I prefer a single-payer to what we have now,” Brooks told ABC’s Jake Tapper. Brooks’ support for single-payer comes late in the…
FAA blew $5 million on Christmas party: whistleblower
The Federal Aviation Administration has been accused by a whistleblower of spending $5 million on a Christmas party this month for 3600 managers and passing it off as a training conference to discuss a new contract with air controllers. ABC’s Brian Ross reported on Tuesday that a tip received online…
US general defends ‘no pregnancy’ policy; vows no court martial for violation
A US general based in northern Iraq defended Tuesday his tough punishments for soldiers who get pregnant or impregnate a fellow soldier and said fears the new rules could result in courts-martial were unwarranted. “I see absolutely no circumstance where I would punish a female soldier by court martial for…
Palin caught defacing McCain campaign gear
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin — Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) onetime running mate — was seen in Hawaii wearing a McCain campaign visor with the letters blacked out. Palin said she was simply trying not to be noticed. “Every shop on the beach sells visors for about $5.99,” said ABC’s…
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