emptywheel, Plamologist Extraordinaire, has taken on the close reading of Scott McClellan’s book What Happened. In a rapid fire series of posts, she takes us back to those days when the Investigation of the C.I.A. Leak got underway in September 2003 [linked below from early to recent]: Waxman Closing in on Dick Cheney for Outing […]
Here we go again. The map in the upper left is one of the many we’ll see attempting to predict the outcome of the Presidential election in November. It shows the Democratic States in blue, Republican States in red, and potential "Swing" States in purple. Our somewhat anachronoistic Electoral College system that makes States winner-take-all […]
Researchers Fail to Reveal Full Drug Pay A world-renowned Harvard child psychiatrist whose work has helped fuel an explosion in the use of powerful antipsychotic medicines in children earned at least $1.6 million in consulting fees from drug makers from 2000 to 2007 but for years did not report much of this income to university […]
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Iraq Lawmakers Want U.S. Forces Out as Part Of Deal A majority of the Iraqi parliament has written to Congress rejecting a long-term security deal with Washington if it is not linked to a requirement that U.S. forces leave, a U.S. lawmaker said on Wednesday. Rep. William Delahunt, a Massachusetts Democrat and Iraq war opponent, […]
Looking at the various analyses of the Democratic Primary Race leaves me a little cold. Most of the pundits point to tactical errors on Clinton’s part – too much focus on Iowa, too little attention to caucus states, Bill Clinton’s mouth, emphasizing experience over change. On the other hand, simply saying that Obama is more […]
US issues threat to Iraq’s $50bn foreign reserves in military deal The US is holding hostage some $50 billion of Iraq’s money in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to pressure the Iraqi government into signing an agreement seen by many Iraqis as prolonging the US occupation indefinitely, according to information leaked to The […]
"and the truth shall set us free" Published on Sunday, June 6, 2008 by the New York Times Bush Overstated Evidence on Iraq, Senators Report [Report Text (pdf): Intelligence Activities | Public Statements] A long-delayed Senate committee report endorsed by Democrats and some Republicans concluded that President Bush and his aides built the public case […]
Bush’s Secret Iraq Deal Despite opposition from both the Iraqi and American people, President Bush appears to be forging ahead on a multi-year security agreement with the Iraqi government that would lock in the occupation status quo. A British newspaper reports new details about the ongoing secret negotiations: Bush wants to retain the use […]
It says what you think it says and actually already know to be true. The Bush Administration dramatically misrepresented the Intelligence just like you thought they were doing at the time. The Republican Senate held up this report and investigation for four years – just never got around to doing it. I read it because […]