Given the way NPR writes the story, you’d think the word of a Democratic Senator — who we’re told is a “meticulous note taker” — is dispositive. See? That settles that! The question then becomes, just how much juice do the current Dems have, with respect to keeping the CIA in check? Note that Graham criticizes the Bush CIA, which — much like the Bush military tribunals — he paints

From the Washington Examiner: As things now stand, according to the trustees, Medicare’s Part A will run out of money for reimbursing hospitals for elderly care in 2017, while the Social Security shelf goes bare in 2037. Spending on the two programs exceeded $1 trillion last year and is now increasing at an annual rate that will double it in 2050. With Barack Obama determined to add trillions in new