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being kept quiet

Big Oil to sign Iraq deals soon Big Oil’s big dreams are close to coming true as Iraq’s Oil Ministry prepares deals for the country’s largest oil fields with terms that aren’t necessarily what companies were hoping for but considered a foot in the door of the world’s most promising oil sector. Iraq’s proven oil [...]

from old time religion [before it went crazy]…

Emmylou Harris and Robert Duvall

the talking point machine…

Iran Curveball This latest intelligence fiasco is Mr. Bush’s fault. President Bush has been scrambling to rescue his Iran policy after this week’s intelligence switcheroo, but the fact that the White House has had to spin so furiously is a sign of how badly it has bungled this episode. In sum, Mr. Bush and his [...]

larry’s wisdom…

Schooling NeoCons on Intelligence Analysis Listening to the howls and foot stomping tantrums from Newt Gingrich and John Bolton this past week as they reacted to the latest National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s nuclear weapons program, one would think that communist jihadists bent on raping Mother Teresa on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier arrived [...]

key points…

Swopa writing for FDL calls our attention to this article: Plame takes on Bush policies in speech Valerie Plame Wilson, whose cover as a covert CIA agent was famously blown by top Bush administration officials, told a Brown University audience last night she is pleased that the U.S. intelligence community has released an assessment concluding [...]