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To: Sully- who wrote (78807)	3/31/2010 12:55:19 AM
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Hope and Change: British MPs say “special relationship” with U.S. is dead By: Mark Hemingway Commentary Staff Writer 03/29/10 2:46 PM EDT Hmmm: <<< BRITAIN’S special relationship with the US — forged by Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt in the second world war — no longer exists, says a committee of influential MPs. Instead, America’s relationship with Britain is no more special than with its other main allies, according to a report by the Commons foreign affairs committee published today. The report also warns that the perception of the UK after the Iraq war as America’s “subservient poodle” has been highly damaging to Britain’s reputation and interests around the world. The MPs conclude that British prime ministers have to learn to be less deferential to US presidents and be “willing to say no” to America. The report, entitled Global Security: UK-US Relations, says Britain’s relationship with America is “extremely close and valuable” in a number of areas, particularly intelligence co-operation. However, it adds that the use of the phrase special relationship, in its historical sense, “is potentially misleading and we recommend that its use should be avoided”. >>> I’m sure the latest snub over the Falklands hasn’t won us many friends across the pond. But this is a very curious foreign policy — alienating the U.K. and Israel while giving a free pass to Russia and Iran. Read more at the Washington Examiner: washingtonexaminer.com

To: Sully- who wrote (78807)	4/16/2010 12:23:33 AM
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Did defense attorneys help Guantanamo terrorists identify covert CIA agents? By: Mark Hemingway Commentary Staff Writer 04/15/10 2:34 PM EDT That's the question Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform wants answered: <<< Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has asked Attorney General Eric Holder for more details on press reports that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has been asked to investigate whether attorneys defending terrorist suspects currently held at Guantanamo Bay provided photographs of CIA employees to their clients. “Defense attorneys for terrorists have allegedly shown these photographs to detainees held at Guantanamo Bay,” said Issa. “The apparent purpose of this effort is to allow the detainees to identify covert intelligence operatives with whom they may have been in contact with at Guantanamo…If terrorists at Guantanamo have learned the secret identity of agency operatives, the safety of the operatives and their families could be at risk.” In the letter, Issa asks the Attorney General to provide information about reports that Patrick Fitzgerald has been asked to investigate the photos of CIA operatives, and if so, what resources within DOJ will be made available to Fitzgerald to conduct the inquiry. >>> You can read the full letter -- with more outrageous details -- that Issa sent to Attorney General Eric Holder below: 20100414DEItoHolderCIAPhoto Read more at the Washington Examiner: washingtonexaminer.com