Rove Issues Non-Denial Of Role In Seigelman Case: ‘I Read About It In The Newspaper’ Last week, the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed former White House aide Karl Rove to determine his knowledge and role in the decision to prosecute former Democratic governor of Alabama Don Siegelman. ABC’s This Week host George Stephanopolous asked Rove if […]
A number of commentaries and blogs label pieces with the moniker, MUST READ. This piece in the New Yorker is certainly in that category. It’s a thoughtful history of the Conservative Movement with lots of details about how the "movement" rose to prominance, the characters involved, and where things are headed [down]: The Fall of […]
This is Fred Fielding’s letter to Senators Laehy and Specter from the last time Karl Rove was subpoenaed to testify in Congress – presumabely the same argument will apply to John Conyers’ recent subpoena. The logic is simple and straightforward – Fielding states that because Karl Rove was a Presidential advisor, he is immune from […]
HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE APPROVES FUNDING FOR INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS AND CRITICAL OVERSIGHT Two provisions of H.R. 5959 will enhance reporting to the full Intelligence Committee on intelligence activities. First, the bill would make certain portions of the covert action budget contingent upon full reporting by intelligence agencies to the whole Committee, on all active covert action […]
What Hillary Wants By Eugene Robinson Commentators trying to discern Hillary Clinton’s endgame strategy have posited any number of wheels-within-wheels scenarios worthy of a spy novel. The simple truth has nothing to do with logic and everything to do with instinct: Keep moving forward until you drop. It’s not that she’s making a calculated play […]
It’s been a long wait. This story appeared about this time three years ago: It’s Rove… Posted July 2, 2005 By: Lawrence O’Donnell I revealed in yesterday’s taping of the McLaughlin Group that Time magazine’s emails will reveal that Karl Rove was Matt Cooper’s source. I have known this for months but didn’t want to […]
Interrogation Tactics Were Challenged at White House Bruce C. Swartz, a criminal division deputy in charge of international issues, repeatedly questioned the effectiveness of harsh interrogation tactics at White House meetings of a special group formed to decide detainee matters, with representatives present from the Pentagon, the State Department and the CIA. Swartz warned that […]
The Yoo “Exclusivity” Opinion: More Outrageous Hackery By: emptywheel After significant efforts, Senator Whitehouse has finally gotten the Administration to declassify the fourth of the four outrageous opinions John Yoo wrote to justify the warrantless wiretap program (the other three Pixie Dust provisions basically allow the President to write his own laws). This one pertains […]
Cheney: War will not drag on indefinitely Vice President Dick Cheney told newly minted Coast Guard officers Wednesday that the war on terror would be won on their watch and dismissed fears that fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan would drag on indefinitely. Cheney, sporting a 10-gallon hat, said the troop surge in Iraq "has succeeded […]