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Was Bob Graham Briefed About Torture?

May 21, 2009
Former Florida Sen. Bob Graham says the CIA didn't brief him about the use of waterboarding on suspected terrorists, and he has the records in his personal notebooks to prove it, as he points out during a timely book tour stopover on Wednesday's "Colbert Report."

FEMA Apologizes for Make-Believe Press Conference

Oct 27, 2007
FEMA has admitted that it was probably a mistake to hold a press conference without members of the press. On Tuesday the agency, perhaps trying to get a jump on the kind of negative publicity it received after Hurricane Katrina, stuffed a press briefing with its own employees, who lobbed softballs such as "Are you happy with FEMA's response so far?"
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Watch Snow Squirm

Feb 22, 2007
The long-dormant White House press corps has shown signs of life in recent months, including Monday's briefing when reporters refused to allow press secretary Tony Snow to dodge and divert their questions about the Army hospital scandal.

Prosecutor Puts Bush in the Spotlight

Apr 11, 2006
Patrick Fitzgerald writes in a legal briefing, "It is hard to conceive of what evidence there could be that would disprove the existence of White House efforts to 'punish Wilson.' " Also, Bush formally admits to declassifying the intelligence later leaked by Libby to reporters.