Media Matters Daily Summary

Here are today's news items from Media Matters for America, click on the title or 'read more' to read the entirety of each story. Huckabee falsely claimed Obama "toying with ... criminal prosecutions" for CIA interrogators Mike Huckabee falsely claimed President Obama is "toying with the ridiculous notion of allowing criminal prosecutions" of CIA officials "for carrying out orders to combat terrorism." In fact, the Obama administration has repeatedly said it would not prosecute CIA interrogators who followed Justice Department guidelines. Read More National Journal's Taylor latest to advance debunked Library Tower claim In his National Journal column, Stuart Taylor wrote that, according to the CIA, the harsh interrogations of Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed "averted a planned attack" on the Library Tower. But according to the Bush administration, the plot was thwarted at least a month before Zubaydah's capture and more than a year before Mohammed's. Read More You can help support our work; become a volunteer media monitor, or donate to Media Matters for America.