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May 18, 2009 5:30 a.m.
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  • Republican House leader John Boehner said Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who last week said the CIA had lied to her about torture, “ought to either present the evidence or apologize.” (Washington Post)
  • A coalition of activist groups will today formally ask state bar associations to disbar Bush Justice Department lawyers — including John Ashcroft, John Yoo and Jay Bybee — who authorized torture. (Bloomberg News)
  • Madoff investors and associates Stanley Chais and Carl Shapiro are being “scrutinized” by federal prosecutors as to whether they told Madoff how much in returns they wanted. (WSJ)
  • AIG has hired the Blackstone Group to advise on a plan to sell shares in its Asian life unit in order to raise money to pay the government back for its four bailouts. (Bloomberg)
  • Harold Jackson, the op-ed page editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer responds to criticism of the paper’s decision to hire as a regular columnist torture architect John Yoo — and falsely accuses Philly Daily News blogger Will Bunch, who broke the story last week, of disseminating “poor information.” (Philadelphia Inquirer)
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