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The Antiwar Rallying Point Two things are now abundantly clear about the future of U.S. policy toward Iraq. First, majorities in both houses of Congress have lost faith in President Bush’s approach to the war. Second, the president will do all he can to resist changing his strategy by trying to split his critics into […]
Trial Spotlights Cheney’s Power as an Infighter The trial against Mr. Libby has centered on a narrow case of perjury, with days of sparring between the defense and prosecution lawyers over the numbing details of three-year-old conversations between White House officials and journalists. But a close reading of the testimony and evidence in the case […]
As I commented below, the New York Times withheld an article from the front page today – an article critical of Vice President Cheney. Raw story now reports: Excerpts from Times article "A picture that has emerged from hours of testimony and reams of documents in the trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. has shattered […]
Haggard’s former church holds ‘day of hope’ Numerous individuals reported knowledge of New Life Church founder Ted Haggard’s struggle with a "dark side," leading to his departure from the mega-church, a member of the church’s board of overseers told parishioners Sunday. Haggard resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals in November after former […]
George Bush marks George Washington’s birthday "Today, we’re fighting a new war to defend our liberty and our people and our way of life," he said. "And as we work to advance the cause of freedom around the world we remember that the father of our country believed that the freedoms we secured in our […]
McCain: Roe v. Wade should be overturned Republican presidential candidate John McCain, looking to improve his standing with the party’s conservative voters, said Sunday the court decision that legalized abortion should be overturned. "I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned," the Arizona senator told about 800 people in South Carolina, one […]
FDL Book Salon: Anatomy of Deceit on the NIE As I show below, Libby has testified that he asked Addington about declassifying the NIE. I argue that his claim that he asked about the NIE (as opposed to, say, Plame’s identity) makes no sense. And most importantly, I will show that at the same meeting […]
Times: What we learned from Libby trial about the secretive operation of Vice President Dick Cheney (Editor’s note at bottom: Times puts ‘hold’ on Cheney story) Monday’s New York Times contains an article which will tie together some of the revelations that resulted from testimony at the trial for former White House aide I. Lewis […]
Libby Live: Novak One Ted Wells: Week of July 7 2003. Robert Novak: Change of counterterrorism aide, Ms. Townsend, and several small stories ran in item, working on Amb Joe Wilson’s mission to Niger which he had written about. Ted Wells: How did you come to be working on Wilson column Robert Novak: Previous Sunday, […]