Planet Wingnut News for Tuesday

Santorum: Reconciliation ‘Has Never Been Done Before’ — Except For When I Used It

More Beck paranoia: Links Obama administration's swine flu public health emergency declaration to already scheduled Sebelius confirmation vote — From the April 27 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Glenn Beck Program:

Boehner: I Only Want To Declassify Those Documents That Help My Party And Me Politically

Over the weekend, however, McClatchy reported that the CIA Inspector General (IG) found in a still-classified 2004 report "that there was no conclusive proof that waterboarding or other harsh interrogation techniques helped the Bush administration thwart any 'specific imminent attacks.'" The IG concluded that "waterboarding was riskier than officials claimed and reported that the CIA's Office of Medical Services thought that the risk to the health of some prisoners outweighed any potential intelligence benefit."

In response to the McClatchy piece, Greg Sargent asked Boehner's office if the Minority Leader would be requesting that Obama also declassify the 2004 IG report. Boehner's office responded by suggesting that such a request would be "cherry-picking for political purposes":

Decisions about whether or not to release information regarding our bipartisan efforts to gather intelligence on the terrorist threat over the past eight years should be based on what’s best for our security, not cherry-picked for political purposes. The American people deserve to make their judgments based on the full set of facts.

When Will Hannity Allow Himself To Be Waterboarded For Charity?

Last Wednesday, Hannity took his torture enthusiasm to a new level. After promoting torture during his entire program, he agreed to guest Charles Grodin's challenge to subject himself to waterboarding, volunteering to do it for charity:
GRODIN: You're for torture.
HANNITY: I am for enhanced interrogation.
GRODIN: You don't believe it's torture. Have you ever been waterboarded?
HANNITY: No, but Ollie North has and talked to me about it.
GRODIN: Would you consent to be waterboarded so we can get the truth out of you? We can waterboard you?
HANNITY: Sure. ... I'll do it for charity. I'll let you do it. ... I'll do it for the troops' families

The next night, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann declared that he would give $1,000 to charity for every second Hannity withstood waterboarding