Need to Read, August 12, 2009

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Some must-reads from around the web:

Surprise, surprise: Judiciary Committee document dump reveals that Karl Rove was more involved in the US Attorney firings than has previously been acknowledged.

US general says Bagram needs less Popeyes, more cultural outreach.

Are the tea-baggers ripping a page from the Saul Alinsky playbook?

Extreme makeovers, Wall Street Journal style.

America’s last late-term abortion doctor.

The families of three hikers detained by Iran, one of whom is Mother Jones contributor Shane Bauer, issued a statement on Tuesday. Here is Bauer’s new MoJo piece, an investigation of the Pentagon’s “make-a-sheikh” program; editors-in-chief Clara Jeffrey and Monika Bauerlein provide further context here.

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