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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.
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Leahy Wants Truth Commission

By Marc Ambinder

Feb 9 2009, 3:27 PM ET Comment

  1. According to the Wall Street Journal, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Pat Leahy wants to set up a Truth Commission to explore wiretapping, warrentless surveillance and other Bush Administration era activities. The commission would have subpeona power, but witnesses wouldn't be at risk for perjury. risk for charges other than perjury. An important distinction!


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