Operation Check: behind the freeing of 15 Farc hostages, without a single shot fired. Very keen.

Dana Milbank on the buildup to Iran.

THURSDAY NEWS:
* So the administration quietly OK'ed Hunt Oil making an oil deal with the Kurdish government, even while they publicly said that was a bad idea. Good work guys.
* DHS investigates two of the many deaths of immigrants under its care. Just two.
* Always a good read: LiveOnline transcript with Dan Froomkin.
* A generational change on college campuses.
* Write your own punchline: waterboarding Christopher Hitchens.
* The PC industry no longer bottoms out on the list of customer satisfaction.
* Neat! New Braille silver dollar. Hey, why aren't all our coins in Braille?

Remaking The Prisoner with some big stars.

New G.I.Joe cartoon miniseries written by... Warren Ellis?