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Politico Gets it Wrong When Writing about James O'Keefe and His Trip to CPAC

Via Bigjournalism:

In Kenneth P. Vogel’s piece “James O’Keefe says next video ‘ready to go,’” published by Politico on February 18th, there are a number of factual errors that ought to be corrected.  The problematic sentences are identified in block quotes with explanations of the errors beneath each quote:

O’Keefe – who had to get permission from his parole office to attend CPAC – told POLITICO he wasn’t sure if the terms of his probation would allow him to remain in Washington to accept the award or would require him to return to his parents’ home in New Jersey.

There are multiple problems in this sentence.  First, Mr. O’Keefe did not need “permission from his parole office to attend CPAC,” as he has never been paroled.  We’re not sure Mr. Vogel meant “parole office” or “parole officer” (the latter makes more sense since O’Keefe does not own or operate a New Jersey parole office), but the claim is factually inaccurate either way.   The lead entry for the word “parole” at dictionary.com is, “the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.” In other words, in order to be paroled, one must first be convicted and sentenced.  Mr. O’Keefe, of course, is still pending trial.  In a statement to BigJournalism.com, Mr. O’Keefe said he was granted permission to attend CPAC from a “pretrial services officer” from the New Jersey Pre-Trial Services Agency.  The role of the officer assigned to him is to “investigate defendants who are charged with federal crimes and awaiting a court hearing.”  The operative word being “charged.”  Politico’s characterization of Mr. O’Keefe implies a conviction.

Second, Mr. O’Keefe is not on probation.  According to the New Jersey Pre-Trial Services Agency, probation denotes “offenders who are convicted of crimes and awaiting sentencing.”  Again, the Politico article contains language to imply Mr. O’Keefe has been convicted before he has even stood trial.

http://bigjournalism.com/retracto/2010/02/21/correction-request-politico/#more-27406

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Israel Now Capable of Reaching Iran

New Israeli drone can reach Iran

Last Updated: 2:03 PM, February 21, 2010

Posted: 12:44 PM, February 21, 2010

TEL NOF AIR FORCE BASE, Israel — Israel's air force today introduced a fleet of huge pilotless planes that can remain in the air for a full day and fly as far as the Persian Gulf, putting rival Iran within its range.

The Heron TP drones have a wingspan of 86 feet (26 meters), making them the size of Boeing 737 passenger jets and the largest unmanned aircraft in Israel's military. The planes can fly at least 20 consecutive hours and are primarily used for surveillance and carrying diverse payloads.

At the fleet's inauguration ceremony at a sprawling air base in central Israel, the drone dwarfed an F-15 fighter jet parked beside it. The unmanned plane resembles its predecessor, the Heron, but can fly higher, reaching an altitude of more than 40,000 feet (12,000 meters), and remain in the air longer.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/new_israeli_drone_can_reach_iran_1VRvmNYWMZ0qBWy6PkHkCO

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Obama Statue Returns in Indonesia

Obama statue returns to public view in Jakarta


JAKARTA, Indonesia – A statue of Barack Obama as a boy was placed late Sunday night at the Jakarta elementary school the U.S. president once attended, after its display in a public park prompted backlash in the Indonesia capital.

The re-placement of the bronze statue a week after it disappeared from public view was a low-key event officiated by the school's principal and three local education officials. Scores of proud students had been among the crowd of 500 watching when Jakarta's mayor unveiled the statue in the nearby park in December.

The likeness based on a childhood photograph shows a 10-year-old Obama smiling at a butterfly perched on his outstretched thumb.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100221/ap_on_re_as/as_indonesia_obama_statue


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Key Figure in the Taliban Regime was Captured in Pakistan

Exclusive: Major Taliban Operative Captured

February 21, 2010 - 2:09 PM | by: Justin Fishel

Mulvi Kabir, the former Taliban governor in Afghanistan's Nangahar Province, and a key figure in the Taliban regime was recently captured in Pakistan, two senior US officials tell Fox News. Kabir, considered to be among the top ten most wanted Taliban leaders, was apprehended in the Naw Shera district of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province by Pakistani police forces.

A senior U.S. military official in Afghanistan called Kabir a “significant detention”.

The intelligence that led to Kabir's capture was gathered from Mullah Baradar, the Taliban’s second in command, who was picked up roughly two weeks ago in Karachi, Pakistan by a joint CIA and Pakistani intelligence operation.

http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/02/21/exclusive-major-taliban-operative-capture/

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George Will's Excellent CPAC Speech

While I disagree with many of Will's positions that he has taken over the years, the speech he gave at CPAC was brilliant. The speech focused on our dependency culture and how mostly liberals, but he does not exclude some Republicans from this, want to force Americans into dependency on the government. Will is funny at times and has a great argument and point.


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Governor Paterson Announces He's Running for Governor with Very Low Turnout

Paterson announces he's running for governor amidst pathetic turnout

Last Updated: 12:57 PM, February 21, 2010

Posted: 2:50 AM, February 21, 2010

What if David Paterson ran for governor and nobody noticed?

Saddled with an anemic campaign bank account and nose-diving popularity, Paterson declared himself the man to beat at a campaign kickoff in Hempstead, LI, yesterday -- bereft of the Democratic establishment whose help he badly needs to win September's primary.

A crowd of about 400 -- including a few dozen reporters and camera people -- witnessed the event, at which the governor took swings at "pundits and politicians" who say he's going to lose.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/paterson_LMDBcfQSA1ZhKU7Ol3BkgN
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Andrew Breitbart has Another Interesting Encounter at CPAC

Andrew Breitbart And Tommy Christopher Enjoy A Spirited Debate At CPAC



http://www.mediaite.com/online/andrew-breitbart-and-tommy-christopher-enjoy-at-spirited-debate-a-cpac/
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Hot Air Interviews with the Candidates

Here are some that I did post, but the majority of them here, I did not post:

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/02/21/cpac-interviews-the-candidates/

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Attorney General Mukasey and Deputy Attorney General Filip Write that the OPR Did 'Shoddy Work'

Via Andrew McCarthy:

Attorney General Mukasey and Deputy Attorney General Filip Shredded OPR's Misconduct Allegations Against Bush Lawyers   [Andy McCarthy]

The Justice Department last night released the Office of Professional Responsibility’s report clearing Bush-era attorneys of professional misconduct. The baseless claims of ethical lapses stemmed mostly from 2002 legal opinions issued by DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel in connection with the CIA’s interrogation program.

 

For whatever reason, when the Justice Department released its report to Congress, inevitably ensuring that it would be made public, it did not release a crucial letter to OPR written by the Bush Justice Department’s two highest officials, Attorney General Michael Mukasey and Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip. That letter, dated January 19, 2009 (the last full day of the Bush administration), shredded OPR’s initial Draft Report and the process by which OPR's preliminary conclusions about ethical misconduct were reached.

 

I have obtained a copy of that letter and I am releasing it here on NRO this morning.  It can be found here.

 

Messrs. Mukasey and Filip are both distinguished former federal judges, and their 14-page analysis of OPR’s shoddy work is withering.  The letter ought to be read in full, but here are some highlights:



http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjllMDAyOGE1MDhhZDk0Y2QwNDc2OTU0NGMzMWFlMGI=

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Great Speeches at CPAC that Stuck Out to Me

I posted some of the speeches from CPAC that I thought were pretty good, but what I am about to list are speeches that I don't think anybody should miss. In no specific order:

Rep. Mike Pence
Former Governor Mitt Romney
Glenn Beck
From the Saving Freedom from the Hoax of Global Warming, the last panelist Ann McElhinney
Andrew Breitbart
Senator Jim DeMint
Col. Allen West
Marco Rubio
Rep. Tom Price

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Glenn Beck CPAC Speech

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Hot Air Interviews at CPAC

Ed Morrissey interviews Doug Hoffman:





Ed Morrissey interviews Cyrus Nowrasteh. Mr. Nowrasteh is famous for writing and co-producing the documentary that was censored and has not been released "Blocking the Path to 9/11," and more recently he directed and co-write the film "The Stoning of Soraya M:



Ed Morrissey interviews Governor Tim Pawlenty:


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Andrew Breitbart has had an Interesting CPAC and Here He is Called a Racist

Big Journalism has the story:

For those you who followed our extensive coverage of Max Blumenthal’s character assassination attempt of James O’Keefe, a fringe blog called One People’s Project was the key source in Blumenthal’s research.  Darlye Jenkins, who runs the blog One People’s Project, stopped by CPAC, according The Washington Independent’s Dave Weigel, “for the express purpose of confronting [Andrew] Breitbart.”  Here is footage of that confrontation:

The reason why One People’s Project was not the focus of our ire during the Blumenthal scandal is because, as Breitbart succinctly put it in this video, they are not accountable to any standard of journalism.  Unlike for Salon.com, there is little at stake for them if they fail to tell the truth (not to mention the scope of their readership and influence is comparatively menial).  That still is the case, and it goes without saying we are giving Mr. Jenkins and his blog publicity simply by posting this video, but we’ll indulge him this time around.

We’ll indulge him because we believe this encounter is illustrative of tactics the left employs far too often when they engage in verbal fisticuffs–calling their ideological opponents “racists” or some other invective, selectively ignoring essential details of the story when it’s advantageous to their cause–but it’s also illustrative of tactics the right doesn’t use often enough.  Breitbart is one of the few high profile conservatives in the media today ready and willing to take the fight to the left the way they’ve always taken it to us (I’m a former Berkeley College Republican, I know).  As White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina famously said, “If you get hit, we will punch back twice as hard.”  Breitbart has turned the left’s tactic back on them and the net result is an offensive conservatism that’s been largely absent from political discourse in recent memory.  And if the cheers at the tail end of this video are any indication, we would probably benefit from a few more confrontations like this one.

http://bigjournalism.com/amarlow/2010/02/20/breitbart-gets-hit-punches-back-twice-as-hard/#more-27458



It makes me so happy to see that we conservatives have Andrew Breitbart on our side who is not afraid to take on and destroy the liberal media and Hollywood. It is amazing that he can show so much restraint when being called a racist or so many other wonderful things. I have been following Mr. Breitbart for over two years now and one can tell that his demeanor has definitely changed and one could say that it was definitely seen in his speech that he gave today. He was always combative and not afraid to take on the liberal media, but from what I can tell, he has gotten even more angry with the left's slandering of conservatives and his mission is to do everything in his power to not back down and not let them win the battle. I'm proud that Andrew Breitbart is fighting and taking on the liberal media and as long as we have him on our side, liberals should just watch out.

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Saving Freedom on College Campuses CPAC Discussion

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