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been following with a mix of fascination and shame for the last week and a half. over the last decade, two trends conspired to reduce our privacy. first, theres technology. social media allowed us to share every detail of our lives intentionally and unintensely. the photo tagged on facebook, the wayward strike to reply to all button. you get the picture. we now leave a digital trail traced by anyone who buys access to it. this week, the obama campaign knew what tv shows the targeted vo...

calling for the creation of separate arab and jewish states. fighting broke out between the two groups and israel declared independence in may 1948. the next day, israel was invaded by jordan, egypt, lebanon, syria and iraq. but the fledgling country survived. the u.n. passed resolution 194 in december 1948 which allowed ref are geez who wished to live peacefully the right to return home at the earliest practical date. nearly 20 years later in 1967, israel pre em tifl struck egyptian f...

a leading conservative now seems to be opening the door. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." intriguing new twists and turns in the scandal thats gripping washington, indeed the nation and much of the world. the affair that led general dividend petraeus to resign as director of the central intelligence agency. were finding out that at least one lawmaker here in washington may have learned of it ahead of the president and there are questions about the investigation that le...

it is important breaking news this hour. the shocking resignation of the cia director germ david petraeus, stepping down because of an extramarital affair. heres part of the message he sent to employees this afternoon. after being married for over 37 years, i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extramarital affair. such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours. this afternoon, the president graciously accepted my resigna...

0 before the storm in north carolina. i was surprised, you know, that it ended as quickly as it did. but thats the way it goes. people decide elections. and so my job as an elected official is to move forward after that. im not going to spend a lot of time looking in my rearview mirror. it doesnt make sense. its not productive for the people who have elected me. >> all righty, then. good morning. its thursday, november 9th. a snowy day on the east coast. youre looking at danbury, connecticut. ca...

14th amendment rights, including the right to property, to a fertilized human egg. who cares about the woman. 12 days to go and none of the right wing men are getting off. but the big question is how many women want to stay aboard this clown car for the next four or years and how funny will it be when these characters are actually in charge? our guests are alex wagner, star of msnbcs "now" each day at noon eastern, and terry oneill, president of the national organization for women. tha...

>> i think the question you ask has to be answered yes. there are gradations between the different neocannes but i think ultimately they want to paint the president, whoever it is, into a corner to say all options are on the table, including the military option, and then milk out all the other options, no diplomacy, no solution, and then have to use the military. i can see it, its the same sheet of music, the same sheet of music. >> i know. they didnt tell saddam he had a way out. tom ricks, tha...

Want to know where romney is going to be going with foreign policy, look to the people around him. what you see is a lot of people who are the neoconservatives who did advise going into iraq. so hes saying effectively if you like the war in iraq, romney is your guy. >> it just seems -- without being in any way comical about, because its going to laugh about, people die in wars, theres always a war that the neocons are looking forward to. theyre always pushing -- they never settle down and say le...

An exquisite sense of timing, chris, and i wont pretend to speak for him but i thought he was bowl, i thought he was forththright, i thought he summed it up well. the president inhaired a catastrophic situation, banks failing, automobile industry collapsing, housing market tubing and he steadied the ship, he needs another term to do more. theres a lot to be done yet. unemployment is still too high but he needs a second term to improve on the improvements hes already perfected. >> the great thing...

0 we have a person who is an expert on this topic. thanks for coming on for the national organization for women. it is for women. >> it is for women. >> not just of women but it is for women. lets all talk about the cause. you get a guy like todd akin come along and said that rape is not really rape because you cant trust a woman. why would a woman claim rape? why would you do this anyway? number two, because only unless you outlaw abortion except in case of rape would it ever come up. only in h...