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• Obama-backed Bill to Ban Release of Bush-Era Torture Photos Passes Senate: In a move that didn’t receive much attention, the Senate this week passed by unanimous consent the Graham-Lieberman bill, which seeks to make it illegal to make public any images of US prisoner abuse and torture from the Bush era.

• “The Responsible Left:” Funding Obama’s Expanding Wars $100 Billion a Vote: The cowardly Democrats who checked their spines at the door to Congress when they voted Tuesday try to defend their flip-flop on war funding. Frankly, it is embarrassing. Related: Shame: The ‘Anti-War’ Democrats Who Sold Out and Gave Billions More for War

• Obama’s First Five Months: Rebranding War and Occupation: In this interview, Anthony Arnove and Jeremy Scahill discuss Obama’s first five months as “Commander-in-Chief,” his foreign policy (Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel/Palestine etc) and his recent speech in Cairo.

• US Government Audit Finds Blackwater Cannot Account for… One Deep Fat Fryer in Iraq: US government investigators are hot on the trail of one crucial missing item that Blackwater cannot seem to account for