Back in the Fall of 2005 when Judith Miller got out of jail and showed up in court, some really wierd things happened. She testified, then the next day she testified again having located a notebook in a sack under her desk that reminded her of yet another meeting with Scooter Libby, that just wasn’t […]
The actual crime in the C.I.A. Leak case was the willful exposure of the identity of Valerie Plame who was an undercover C.I.A. Agent. No one was charged with that crime because it cannot yet be proved that any of the people who leaked her identity knew that she was undercover. Leaked/Confirmed Valerie Plame’s Identity […]
from Jane Hamsher: … He was a very thoughtful guy who said the jury was very serious and took their responsibility very seriously, and that there were many tears at the end. … He said that this was true and that the first thing they did was fill out 34 or so of the huge […]
This weekend, I went on a fifteen hundred mile road trip to meet with a group of people who share an interest in, of all things, old trees. We call them Indian Trail Trees, though their origin remains scientifically unproven. We had a grand time, sharing pictures and thoughts about the trees, clomping around in […]
Former ACLU Chapter President Arrested for Child Pornography Federal agents arrested Charles Rust-Tierney, the former president of the Virginia chapter of the ACLU, Friday in Arlington for allegedly possessing child pornography. According to a criminal complaint obtained by ABC News, Rust-Tierney allegedly used his e-mail address and credit card to subscribe to and access a […]
Although it’s been four years since we invaded Iraq, our actual motives remain shrouded in mystery. Certainly, the 911 attack on the Twin Trade Towers in New York as an essential ingredient. Without the resulting outrage, there would never have been sufficient support to mount this war. We now know that the Administration that was […]
The House Judiciary Committee released the following statement: House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers today issued subpoenas against certain former U.S. Attorneys who were recently fired by the Bush Administration. The subpoenas were authorized by the Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law (CAL), chaired by Congresswoman Linda Sánchez. The subpoenas require former U.S. Attorneys David C. […]