Yahoo! News: Elections

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• New papers detail FBI, CIA wrangle over detainees (AP)
• Cheney told FBI he had no idea who leaked Plame ID (AP)
• Pakistanis confront Clinton over drone attacks (AP)
• Lawmakers targeted in ethics probe (Politico)
• Obama lifts ban on US entry for those with HIV (AP)
• Gates among Obama's Oval Office guests (AP)
• Dozens of House members scrutinized, report shows (AP)
• US warily leans to new Iran sanctions over nukes (AP)
• Cheney: Wilson mission 'Amateur Hour' (Politico)
• Panel fines ex-NC governor, seeks criminal probe (AP)
• US cyber center opens to battle computer attacks (AP)
• Afghanistan election talks break down: report (Reuters)
• Biden to Stump For Special Election Candidate (CQPolitics.com)
• Stimulus saved or created 640,239 jobs: White House (Reuters)
• McCain talks health care, spending at town hall (AP)
• Senate, White House agree on reporter protections (AP)
• Review defends spending on small border stations (AP)
• Obama won't 'micromanage' generals in Afghanistan: Clinton (AFP)

New papers detail FBI, CIA wrangle over detainees (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:36 PM PDT AP - Newly-released documents show that the FBI interviewed a naked, chained terror suspect back in 2002 as the bureau struggled with the CIA over how to treat high-value prisoners.

Cheney told FBI he had no idea who leaked Plame ID (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:46 PM PDT AP - Vice President Dick Cheney told the FBI he had no idea who leaked to the news media that Valerie Plame, wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA.

Pakistanis confront Clinton over drone attacks (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:46 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton faced sharp rebukes from Pakistani audiences Friday, including one woman who accused the U.S. of conducting "executions without trial" in aerial drone strikes. Slapping back, Clinton questioned Pakistan's commitment to fighting terrorists.

Lawmakers targeted in ethics probe (Politico) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 05:52 AM PDT Politico - A leaked document shows that House ethics investigators are probing the activities of nearly three dozen lawmakers — an ethical dust storm that will empower the Republicans and could imperil efforts to get health care reform through the House next week.

Obama lifts ban on US entry for those with HIV (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:16 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early next year.

Gates among Obama's Oval Office guests (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:28 PM PDT AP - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was among those landing Oval Office visits with President Barack Obama during his first months in office.

Dozens of House members scrutinized, report shows (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:33 PM PDT AP - Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and campaign donations, according to a leaked account showing an active House panel secretly at work.

US warily leans to new Iran sanctions over nukes (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:12 PM PDT AP - Frustrated by Iran's continued defiance of demands to come clean on its nuclear program, the Obama administration is leaning toward imposing new sanctions, even if it must act alone.

Cheney: Wilson mission 'Amateur Hour' (Politico) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:42 PM PDT Politico - Newly released documents show that then Vice President Dick Cheney offered a scathing critique of the decision to send former Ambassador Joe Wilson on an intelligence-gathering trip to Niger ahead of the Iraq war:

Panel fines ex-NC governor, seeks criminal probe (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:39 PM PDT AP - North Carolina elections officials penalized former Gov. Mike Easley's campaign $100,000 Friday for not reporting flights provided by a political ally and asked prosecutors to investigate whether he or others broke laws by trying to hide them or other expenses.

US cyber center opens to battle computer attacks (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 04:38 PM PDT AP - The United States is well behind the curve in the fight against computer criminals, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Friday, as Homeland Security officials opened a $9 million operations center to better coordinate the government's response to cyberattacks.

Afghanistan election talks break down: report (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:33 PM PDT Reuters - CNN, quoting an unidentified Western source, said on Friday election talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his rival Abdullah Abdullah had broken down and that Abdullah would likely announce he will boycott the November 7 run-off vote.

Biden to Stump For Special Election Candidate (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:19 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will campaign Monday with Democratic candidate Bill Owens, who enjoys a narrow lead in the closely watched special election in upstate New York. Biden will join Owens at a rally Monday morning in Watertown, N.Y. seeking to energize Democrats and turn out the vote for Tuesday's election.

Stimulus saved or created 640,239 jobs: White House (Reuters) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:17 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama White House on Friday said the $787 billion economic stimulus plan approved early this year had saved or created 640,329 jobs so far.

McCain talks health care, spending at town hall (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 03:04 PM PDT AP - Sen. John McCain says Americans are in the toughest times he can remember and that President Barack Obama hasn't brought the change in Washington that he promised.

Senate, White House agree on reporter protections (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:29 PM PDT AP - The White House, key senators and media representatives have reached a compromise on legislation to protect reporters from being forced to disclose their confidential sources in federal court.

Review defends spending on small border stations (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:19 PM PDT AP - An internal review of the Obama administration's own plan to spend tens of millions of dollars upgrading little-used border checkpoints ahead of busier ones justified its choices, but a senior Democratic senator said he will ask congressional investigators for a separate audit.

Obama won't 'micromanage' generals in Afghanistan: Clinton (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2009 02:09 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama will lay out broad strategic guidelines for Afghanistan after November 7 runoff elections there but will not "micromanage" the generals fighting the war, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday.

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