Rehashing proposals that have already been rejected by opponents, Obama’s only route to close Gitmo is through executive action….--NY Times editorial urges Neanderthals in Congress to lift ban on closure and transfers
--former Gitmo commander Geoffrey Miller ordered to appear in French court March 1 to face charges of illegal detention and torture of French citizen
--some of the same Neanderthals renew threat to block any Obama nominee to Supreme Court, with short-term cost to GOP voter suppression laws
--in op-ed, former NY Times correspondent Stephen Kinzer slams US media for failing to cover Syria war, and actively misleading on key points
--confusion and misinformation about fighting groups in Syria may undermine US prosecutions of Americans who have tried to join the fray
--Russia seeks formal approval to conduct high-altitude surveillance over the US, rattling Pentagon brass
--sea levels are rising faster than predicted, threatening coastal areas
--Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates sides with FBI on iPhone hack demand
--FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley says FBI Director Comey is disingenuous
--Italy gets blamed by European court for CIA’s bungled kidnapping of Abu Omar in 2003, and ex-CIA agent Sabrina DeSouza is still stuck in Portugal
--former CIA agent and former prisoner John Kiriakou exposes how CIA lies—even to its own employees
--in a bonus segment, listener and subscriber Gary Kane of New Jersey takes on “petulant progressives” who won’t pledge to support Clinton as nominee
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