Need To Read: January 6, 2010

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Today’s must reads:

Obama: Undiebomber Could Have Been Stopped (NYT)
DC Circuit: Pretty much anyone can be detained without charge (SCOTUSBlog)
Home Sales Down; Everyone Panics (NYT)
21 Experts Seek Meeting with WaPost Chair Don Graham Over Possible Ethics Problems With “Fiscal Post” Collaboration (OurFuture.org)
Ford Sales Up (WaPo)
Iceland Leader Vetoes Plan to Pay Equivalent of $13 Trillion To Foreigners Who Had Saved Money in Iceland’s Failed Banks (NYT)
Glenn Greenwald slams Politico for not challenging Cheney’s statements on Obama administration’s terror policies (Salon)
The Case Against Allowing C-SPAN Cameras Into Health Reform Negotiations (Wonk Room)
Andy Kroll on the curse that seems to have settled on the “Cape Wind” project (MoJo)
Did TSA post honeypot tweet to catch security directive leaker, using blogger’s account? (BoingBoing)

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