I have to say that worrying about Jane Hamsher’s phone and the WiFi in the Media room at the Libby Trial was a lot more satisfying than watching the news tonight. Cheney went to Pakistan today to chide Pakistan for not being tough enough on al Qaeda! Pakistan? We’ve been ignoring al Qaeda for four […]
LIBBY TRIAL: Bush Admin Targeted Wilson’s Wife Long Before Wilson’s Article Published Trial testimony and evidence show the Administration already gunning for Plame/Wilson well prior to her husband’s editorial. The prosecution isn’t allowed to say so, very directly, because it would be too prejudicial, but here is the timeline of the pre-op-ed activities: May 29, […]
The day began with a big bruhaha. A juror, a seventy year old Art Curator [the one who didn’t wear a Valentine’s Day tee-shirt last week] either exposed herself to or was exposed to information about the case over the weekend. She was excused [been there, done that, no tee-shirt]. The issue became plodding ahead […]
"My country, right or wrong." It’s often quoted, but that’s not right, at least that’s not what the author of the quote said. It originated with Stephen Decatur, an early American hero, the commander at "the shores of Tripoli." In 1816, he gave a toast at a dinner in Norfolk Virginia in his honor. What […]
Rice decries congressional efforts to restrict war Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke out Sunday against efforts in Congress to limit the role of U.S. forces in Iraq, saying President Bush would not allow himself to be constrained by such a "micromanagement of military affairs." Asked whether Bush would abide by a binding resolution, now […]
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For some, the weekend crossword puzzle or a Sudoku is a good way to spend a morning. But not for Marcy Wheeler [emptywheel of FDL Libby Trial live-blogging fame and author of Anatomy of Deceit]. She offered up one of the Libby Trial documents instead – an annotated Maureen Dowd piece from July 13th, 2003, […]
General Plays Down Value Of Capturing Bin Laden The Army’s highest-ranking officer said Friday that he was unsure whether the U.S. military would capture or kill Osama bin Laden, adding, "I don’t know that it’s all that important, frankly." "So we get him, and then what?" asked Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, the outgoing Army chief […]
When we look back on it and wonder where Cheney’s fall began, it’s probably going to go back to a time about four years ago right before we invaded Iraq. That’s when he had a chance to abort the mission. He was the only one around who’d been involved with a war before, albeit short […]
Little Rock Schools Freed From Court Little Rock’s school district has been freed from federal supervision, a half-century after a defiant governor’s refusal to allow nine black students into an all-white Central High sparked one of the biggest crises of the civil rights era. U.S. District Judge William R. Wilson Jr. issued a ruling Friday […]