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Let the Real Debate on Offshore Drilling Begin: I don’t know about you, but I’m still waiting. Nearly two weeks ago, President Bush echoed John McCain's call to end our nation's moratorium on offshore drilling as a solution to high gas prices. With our country hurtling toward a crossroads on energy policy, President Bush and Senator McCain have made their choice clear: the cure to our nation’s addiction to oil is . . . wait for it . . . more oil! continue reading...

Race profiling eyed for terror probes: The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic groups. continue reading...

Bush Administration: We Said It, Therefore It's True: In the first court review of the Bush Administration's secret evidence for holding a detainee at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, it was revealed that the government claimed the accusations presented in its secret documents should be considered truth — not because there were hard facts backing them up — but because the accusations were repeated in multiple government documents. continue reading...