[image: Slate Magazine]<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/6PPM/YT/h><http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/UDDG/YT/h><http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/VYY6/YT/h>Now playing: *Slate V*, a video-only site from the world's leading online magazine. Visit *Slate V* at www.slatev.com<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/Q44H/YT/h> .today's papers Fidel's Foggy Bottom Spy Ring By Ben Whitford Posted Saturday, June 6, 2009, at 6:36 AM ET
The *New York Times*<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/CBBQ/YT/h>leads on word that the Obama administration may allow Guantanamo detainees to plead guilty on capital charges without facing a full trial<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/DGGS/YT/h>? a move that would potentially sidestep the complex legal questions raised by the harsh interrogation techniques used against the suspects, but that might also risk further damaging the hearings' credibility. The *Washington Post* <http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/XEEA/YT/h>leads on claims that a former State Department analyst and his wife were on Fidel Castro's payroll<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/CBBJ/YT/h>for nearly 30 years, using a shortwave radio and furtive meetings in DC grocery stores to pass government secrets back to their handlers in Havana. The alleged spooks, arrested this week after an FBI sting, apparently received little financial compensation for their work. "We think they did it because they love Cuba," said an investigator. The *Los Angeles Times*<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/P556/YT/h>leads on President Obama's European tour; visiting Germany, the President called for action to end 60 years of conflict in the Middle East. "The moment is now," he declared, announcing that he would send his Mideast envoy<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/ICCL/YT/h>to the region this weekend to maintain the diplomatic push. The *Wall Street Journal*<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/Z99W/YT/h>reports on the freshly-forged alliance between Chrysler and Fiat, picking through internal emails<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/K22G/YT/h>highlighting tensions between Treasury officials and auto-company executives. *To continue reading, click here<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/YQQX/YT/h> .* *Ben Whitford*<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/811F/YT/h> * writes for the *Guardian, Mother Jones* and *Newsweek*.* Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/F66H/YT/h>| READ MESSAGES <http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/RWWM/YT/h> *Also In Slate* ------------------------------ * *The New Dave Eggers Movie: A Disappointing Work of Staggering Quirkiness<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/E88B/YT/h> * *Greenspan's Advice Is Now Worse Than Ever<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/SXXW/YT/h> * *Why Powerful Women Love To Watch *Law & Order*<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/9LLL/YT/h> Advertisement <http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/P554/YT/h> *Manage your newsletters on Slate* Unsubscribe<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/OMMY/YT/h?a=link.email.slate.com&b=7CWBQQ&c=34K8&d=QFYUGN&e=WZWJ&f=YnJ1Y2UubWFqb3JzQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ==>| Newsletter Center <http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/1JJL/YT/h> | Advertising Information<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/DGGZ/YT/h> Please do not reply to this message since this is an unmonitored e-mail address. If you have questions about newsletters, please go here<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/XEEU/YT/h>. Ideas on how to make something better? Send an e-mail to * [email protected]*. Copyright 2008 Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Co. LLC | Privacy Policy<http://link.email.slate.com/r/7CWBQQ/34K8/QFYUGN/WZWJ/9LL2/YT/h> Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive | c/o E-mail Customer Care |1515 N. Courthouse Rd. | Arlington, VA 22201 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
