This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. T.S.Eliot, Hollow Men 1925 In the Libby Trial, Jill Abramson, Managing Editor for the New York Times Washington Bureau said: Jeffress: Did you have "working relationship" with […]
feuil·le·ton (fy-tô) n. 1. a. The part of a European newspaper devoted to light fiction, reviews, and articles of general entertainment. b. An article appearing in such a section. 2. a. A novel published in installments. b. A light, popular work of fiction. 3. A short literary essay or sketch. [French, from feuillet, sheet of […]
Senator Ahab In a reasonable world, Douglas Feith would have received an apology late last week from Senator Carl Levin. But the obsessive Democrat won’t let go of his story that the Bush Administration "politicized" pre-war Iraq intelligence no matter how many times the facts disprove it. Senator Ahab is now going even further and […]
Ex-Agent Ties Firing to CIA Pressure on WMD By Chitra Ragavan Posted 2/9/07 A federal judge has ruled that a CIA agent identified only as "Doe," allegedly fired after he gathered prewar intelligence showing that Iraq was not developing weapons of mass destruction, can proceed with his lawsuit against the CIA. The judge has ordered […]
We’ve heard from more reporters. From Glenn Kessler [Washington Post], we learned that he has three children, that he is a Pulitzer Prize winner, that he talked to Scooter Libby from the Elephant House in the Washington Zoo on June 12, 2003 about something other than Valerie Plame, and that he occasionally yells at children. […]
Well, the Libby Trial this morning is only of interest for people who get off on legal harangues. What can be asked of Andrea Mitchell? Can Libby have evidence introduced for a memory defense [the "too busy to recall the truth" defense] if he doesn’t testify at all? They say they haven’t decided if he’s […]
Bloggers have somewhat subspecialized these days. emptywheel is the Plamologist. eriposte is the Niger Forgery expert. Arianna is Russert’s shadow. And Swopa is obsessed with the famous 1X2X6 issue. What is 1X2X6? It’s from a September 28, 2003 article in the Washington Post by Mike Allen and Dana Priest. Bush Administration Is Focus of Inquiry […]
Don’t we wish some of our politicians had followed their example?
Just a word or two before we get lost in the Libby Trial, the IG Report on Feith, and the Administration’s Iran build-up [insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results]. When it’s all said and done, everything right now is about the Niger Forgeries. Libby’s on trial for covering up […]