There's a great summary from Glenn Greenwald at Salon of how we, the taxpayers, helped get Goldman Sachs to where it is today. If this doesn't make you angry, then either you probably work at Goldman Sachs, received some of the $43 milli...
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Torture: Update and Correction
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Update and correction: Since my story on torture photos posted Friday, Salon has accurately pointed out that the sexually explicit photographs focused on in my story were first published by Salon in 2006, and that all the Salon photographs have in fact been released by the government. The 44 photos subject to the ACLU lawsuit and reviewed by President Obama do not contain sexually explicit images. I regret my errors.
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