Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- August 26, 2009

President Obama speaks to CIA employees at the agency's headquarters in Langley, Va.
Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty

What the President's Attack On The CIA Really Means -- Herbert E. Meyer, American Thinker

There is now just one group of people exempt from President Obama's worldwide ban on torture: the men and women of the CIA.

By authorizing Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to determine whether a full criminal investigation of CIA employees and contractors is warranted for the manner in which they interrogated captured terrorists, the President has thrown his power and support behind those far-left ideologues -- in Congress and elsewhere -- who believe that the CIA is a bigger threat to our country than al Qaeda.

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COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS

Focus on Torture Accountability -- John Nichols, The Nation

It Wasn't Torture and They Didn't Break the Law -- Andy McCarthy, NRO

Four Ways to Help Africa -- Jendayi E. Frazer, Wall Street Journal opinion.

China Tears Up U.S. Credit Cards -- Bruce Henderson, The New Ledger

We Can’t Afford to Ignore Myanmar -- Jim Webb, New York Times opinion.

War Clouds in the Caucasus -- Boris Nemtsov, Wall Street Journal opinion

Russia's Fictional Sovereignties -- Robert Skidelsky, RealClearWorld

Why Capitalism Is Doomed in Russia -- Yulia Latynina, Moscow Times

How Russia Can and Can't Help Obama -- B. Michael Jenkins, Foreign Policy

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