[Guardian.co.uk]
Dick Cheney ordered a highly classified CIA operation hidden from Congress because it pushed the limits of legality by planning to assassinate al-Qaida operatives in friendly countries without the knowledge of their governments, according to former intelligence officials.

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[The Raw Story]
A new Pew Research Poll finds that just six percent of those polled say they identify as Republicans, with 32 percent self-identifying as independent and 55 percent saying they consider themselves Democrats.