Two people who were on the government payroll and have been exposed as prostitutes. One left to be a tenured Professor at a large Law School. The other is to be dishonorably discharged from the Navy.
Cheney on the Warpath Again? By Dan Froomkin Vice President Cheney went on right-wing talk radio yesterday with a dramatic new argument for preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons, casting the Iranian leadership as apocalyptic zealots who yearn for a nuclear conflagration. Cheney also notably refused to comment about any recent conversations he may have […]
now… Bush defends interrogation practices: ‘We do not torture’ USA TODAY November 7, 2005 President Bush strongly defended U.S. interrogation practices for detainees held in the war on terrorism Monday, insisting, "We do not torture." then… Branding Rite Laid to Yale University New York Times Nov. 8, 1967 NEW HAVEN, Nov. 7 – A Yale […]
Berkeley Dean Defends Law Professor The law professor who wrote one of the seminal "torture memos" that cleared the way for harsh and what critics call abusive and illegal interrogation techniques is safe in his job, the dean of the school says. University of California-Berkeley School of Law Dean Christopher Edley Jr. took sharp exception […]
Cheney Yesterday, Vice President Cheney appeared on Sean Hannity’s radio show and fear-mongered about the consequences of withdrawing from Iraq. He told Hannity that al Qaeda may take over Iraq’s oil reserves: HANNITY: If we pull out too early, what do you believe the consequences would be? […] CHENEY: For us to walk away from […]
Once upon a time, there was a place called "the 50’s." Lots of things happened there, mainly a collective sigh of relief from part of that place called "the suburbs" about the end of World War II. There were rumblings then that suggested that it wasn’t the final place for all times, but you wouldn’t […]
Dems invoke Watergate in contempt trial Bush’s Executive Privilege Claims Most Expansive Since Watergate, House Committee Says President Bush’s refusal to let two confidants provide information to Congress about fired federal prosecutors represents the most expansive view of executive privilege since Watergate, the House Judiciary Committee told a federal judge Thursday. Lawyers for the Democratic-led […]
Karl Rove’s Awkward Moment Former White House chief strategist Karl Rove wasn’t clapping when Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo was given the "Blogger of the Year" award (in absentia) at The Week magazine’s Opinion Awards dinner at the Four Seasons hotel Tuesday night. Marshall won the award for his relentless coverage of the U.S. […]
The sleuths are loose! ABC News reported yesterday on the National Security Council’s Principals Committee meetings in which torture techniques were discussed in detail and approved. While none of us were surprised, thje surprise is that we found out about it. From the article: Highly placed sources said a handful of top advisers signed off […]
So we’re in a position of having to deal with a messy situation. On the one hand, we cannot refute the argument that the President and the National Security Council’s Principals Committee were in a unique situation dealing with very bad actors. We can understand their bending rules in a frantic attempt to prevent further […]