[see TPM MUCKRAKER and emptywheel I and II] Addington puts on quite a show Just as an aside, I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen any government official express the kind of contempt for Congress as I’ve seen from Addington today. Every response to every question is soaked in pure revulsion. I keep expecting […]
While waiting for the [utterly infuriating] House Hearings on the Torture Memos, I watched President Bush and Steven Hadley discussing their very successful negotiations with North Korea concerning their nuclear program. Tough negotiations, well executed, strongly monitered. It’s a beautiful example of a strong country throwing its weight around in the world for the benefit […]
10:49 AM David Addington is an amazingly arrogant person. Amazing Arrogance! We’ll learn nothing here. That’s clear… 10:56 AM John Yoo is not so arrogant. Rather than Mr. Addington’s legalistic and intimidating persona, he takes more the detail oriented legal position – ignoring the meaning of what he was opining. In the end, he bagged […]
Who Is Esther Slater McDonald? Only two people were tagged in the DOJ Inspector General’s report (pdf) released yesterday for having violated federal law and department policy by screening applicants for career positions based on "political or ideological" factors. One, Michael Elston, the former chief of staff for the deputy attorney general, we’ve already heard […]
For starters, current law already provides immunity from lawsuits for companies that cooperate with the government’s request for assistance, as long as they receive either a court order or a certification from the Attorney General that no court order is needed and the request meets all statutory requirements. But if requests are not properly documented, […]
Coming tomorrow to CSPAN3 at 10:00 AM! John Yoo and David Addington meet the House. Guantanamo Bay and Interrogation RulesJudiciary, Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil LibertiesWashington, District of Columbia (United States) ID: 206186 – 06/26/2008 – 2:00 – No Sale Nadler, Jerrold U.S. Representative, D-NY Schroeder, Christopher H. Acting Assistant Attorney Gen. (1996-1997), Department of […]
Rove Rips NYT For Outing CIA Agent’s Identity And ‘Putting Our Country At Risk’ On Sunday, the New York Times published an extensive article examining the CIA’s interrogation of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad. The article identified the name of the CIA agent who interrogated KSM, Deuce Martinez. Yesterday, on The O’Reilly Factor, Karl Rove […]
So we’re coming down to the wire. Two months of this preConvention bickering and posturing. Two months of nail biting while they’re campaigning. The election. Then two plus months to bite our nails again wondering what the righteous Bush/Cheney team will try to pull off before the inauguration [like bombing Iran]. Rising gas prices, loan […]
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Along the same line as my last post about the great Continental Divide in the United States right now, there’s this poll about torture. While only 13% of Americans support the general use of torture, another 31% support torture of terrorists to save innocent lives. Obviously, the argument that torture will save innocent lives is […]