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4/28/2012

CBS' Stahl Calls Feeding KSM Ensure Dietary Shake "Orwellian" Tactics

LIMBAUGH LAUGHS AT CBS‘ LESLIE STAHL CALLING IT ’ORWELLIAN‘ FOR KSM TO BE FORCED TO DRINK ’ENSURE’

Posted on April 28, 2012 at 9:57pm by Liz Klimas

The interview between CBS’ Leslie Stahl and former Director of the National Clandestine Service Jose Rodriguez set to air on “60 Minutes” this Sunday has Rush Limbaugh laughing already.

A clip from the interview features the two talking about the treatment of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) — the 9/11 mastermind who was captured in 2003 and taken to Guantánamo Bay. Along with water boarding and sleep deprivation, another form of treatment of Guantánamo prisoners includes dietary manipulation. For KSM, this meant the drink Ensure. Stahl says ”What, his Ensure? You mean like people in the hospital who will eat that stuff?“ Rodriguez called dietary manipulation ”part of these dire techniques.“ Stahl called it ”Orwellian stuff.”
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Posted by Brian

11/14/2011

Nancy Pelosi - I'm Not A Crook

Posted by Brian

Pelosi fires back at '60 Minutes' report on 'soft corruption'

By the CNN Wire Staff

updated 8:37 AM EST, Mon November 14, 2011

(CNN) -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi fired back Sunday at a CBS News' "60 Minutes" report that highlighted several instances of what it suggested could be "soft corruption."

The show looked at the investments of various lawmakers -- including Pelosi, House Speaker John Boehner and Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus of Alabama -- who reportedly bought stocks around the same time legislation involving those investments was being discussed.

Pelosi and her husband participated in an initial public offering of Visa in 2008, according to CBS. They bought 5,000 shares at the initial price of $44; two days later, shares were trading at $64, CBS said.

The network reported the investment came at the same time a piece of legislation that was opposed by credit-card companies was making its way through the House.
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Congress Lining It's Own Pockets On Insider Information

Posted by Brian
h/t to The Blaze

Congress: Trading stock on inside information?

(CBS News)

Washington, D.C. is a town that runs on inside information - but should our elected officials be able to use that information to pad their own pockets? As Steve Kroft reports, members of Congress and their aides have regular access to powerful political intelligence, and many have made well-timed stock market trades in the very industries they regulate. For now, the practice is perfectly legal, but some say it's time for the law to change.