Just when I get discouraged that the real history of the Bush Administration’s misbehavior and deceit will be lost in the fog [absent…], there’s a break in the clouds. Abu Zubaydah was the first "high value" detainee captured in the Afghanistan War. He was the one that all the Torture Memos were specifically written for. [...]
Vatican Official Defends Pope’s Handling of Case New York Times By RACHEL DONADIO March 31, 2010
ROME — The head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office sought Wednesday to rebut criticism that top Vatican officials, including the man who would become Pope Benedict XVI, had mishandled the case of [...]
RNC rejects joint ‘civility’ statement POLITICO By ANDY BARR 3/26/10
The Republican National Committee has rejected a proposal from its Democratic counterpart to sign a joint “civility” statement, POLITICO has learned…
Republicans see the statement as an attempt to force them to either [...]
David Corn is a Washington columnist formerly with The Nation, then Mother Jones and Politics Daily among others. I first heard of him as the person who figured out that outing Valerie Plame might have been a crime. Later he coauthored Hubris with Michael Isikoff - a gold mine of information when it was published [...]
Militia Charged With Plotting to Murder Officers New York Times By NICK BUNKLEY and CHARLIE SAVAGE March 29, 2010
CLAYTON, Mich. — David B. Stone [...]
Punks and Plutocrats New York Times By PAUL KRUGMAN March 29, 2010
… The only question now is whether the financial industry will pay a price for this privilege, whether Wall Street will be obliged to behave responsibly in return for government backing. And [...]
Remembering the Goldwater Campaign Yglesias by Matthew Yglesias March 27, 2010
Edmund [...]
Pope dismisses ‘petty gossip’ of sexual abuse allegations In Palm Sunday address pope says faith in God leads ‘towards the courage of not allowing oneself to be intimidated’ guardian.co.uk [...]
In case you’re either wondering why I keep reprinting emptywheel’s posts on torture, or, for that matter, why she keeps writing them, it’s because some really awful, unlawful things happened back then that both allowed cruel torture and murder but it also then said it was actually fine. If you kill someone, but I can’t [...]
With Scrutiny, Vatican Faces Test of ‘Moral Credibility’ New York Times By RACHEL DONADIO March 27, 2010
ROME — As Pope Benedict XVI faces growing pressure to address his role in the handling of sexual abuse cases over the years, [...]