The trial today was beyond tedious. I’ll leave it to the ladies of the night to recap it. It was just too legal for the likes of me. Libby’s Attorney, Ted Wells, is annoying and persistent. One suspects that he wins by boring people to destraction with endless whining, and that people “give in” for [...]
The Spring 2003 Iran Proposal: The Story is Not Yet Complete or Correct
I have been digging deeper and deeper into various aspects of the alleged Spring 2003 Iran proposal.
I may have just stumbled across some huge part of the story — and it could be shocking to nearly every commentator who has [...]
A Prewar Slide Show Cast Iraq in Rosy Hues
When Gen. Tommy R. Franks and his top officers gathered in August 2002 to review an invasion plan for Iraq, it reflected a decidedly upbeat vision of what the country would look like four years after Saddam Hussein was ousted from power.
Libby Is Guilty
Libby is guilty. And he’s going to be found guilty. The jury might not convict him on all counts, but he has no chance of surviving the perjury count that was proved beyond a reasonable doubt with Tim Russert’s testimony.
The multi-million dollar defense, which provided [...]
INTELLIGENCE LEAKS Cheney’s Call
By Murray Waas, National Journal Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007
Some writers just can’t be summarized. Instead of leading with an explanatory opening paragraph [like my high school newspaper teacher forced us to do], they write more like novelists - taking us through the story [...]
The Way Forward in Afghanistan
In an address hosted by AEI, President George W. Bush discussed progress in the War on Terror, focusing on the front in Afghanistan. He announced a five-point plan to help the young democracy grow and become more stable: increasing the size and capability of the Afghan Security Forces, strengthening [...]
Candor Chasma on Mars
We are indeed proud of the job the emissaries from Firedoglake did both with the trial and for the cause, but frankly, I’d have preferred "for brigade of patriotic bloggers, the Libby Trial is fun and fodder." I’d have settled for "for brigade of bloggers, the Libby Trial is fun and fodder." Maybe [...]
Levin’s Pursuit of Douglas Feith
by Robert Scheer
Someday, you are going to read a whole lot about the shenanigans of one Douglas J. Feith and an elaborate scheme to get the United States to invade Iraq. That is because Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., has been determined to get to the bottom of [...]
The commentators are all buzzing about the Libby Trial, and there’s plenty to buzz about. The advent of "live blogging" by the people at Firedoglake.com provides a ready-transcript to pore over and think about. The legal haranging part was a mammoth pain, requiring a legal correspondant to explain what in the hell they we’re talking [...]