CIA Now Reviewing OPR Report on Yoo, Bybee, and Bradbury By emptywheel June 17, 2009 Sheldon Whitehouse revealed during today’s Department of Justice oversight hearing that the CIA is now reviewing the results of the Office of Professional Responsibility report on John Yoo, Jay Bybee, and Steven Bradbury’s role in authorizing torture. Whitehouse: CIA was […]
Senator John Ensign [R-NV] quotes are coming fast and furious [Nope – that’s his wife, Darlene]: Washington Post, 1999: Christian politicians and evangelical leaders commonly follow an unspoken rule not to meet behind closed doors with women staff members or travel alone with them. The Rev. Billy Graham, for example, has famously refused to be […]
The blogosphere has created a term [or at least that’s where I heard it first] – "shiny object." It means to dangle something in front of people to attract their attention and divert it from the real issue [which they wish to keep hidden]. So, Cheney’s defense of Torture is designed to draw our attention […]
CIA Fights Full Release Of Detainee Report White House Urged to Maintain Secrecy By R. Jeffrey Smith and Joby Warrick Washington Post June 17, 2009 … After the report was issued, then-CIA director George J. Tenet demanded that the Justice Department and the White House reaffirm their support for the agency’s harsh interrogation methods, even […]
Remember them? They’re the ones that Dick Cheney and John Bolton kept wanting us to bomb…
We all recall the mass resignations at the DoJ during the U.S. Attorney firings scandal in early 2007. And we’re vaguely aware that there were threats of a massive walk-out in March 2004 when Jim Comey refused to sign the N.S.A. Domestic Spying renewal [the Ashcroft hospital room incident]. But I’m not sure we remember […]
Stay the Course New York Times By PAUL KRUGMAN June 14, 2009 The debate over economic policy has taken a predictable yet ominous turn: the crisis seems to be easing, and a chorus of critics is already demanding that the Federal Reserve and the Obama administration abandon their rescue efforts. For those who know their […]
Paul Krugman on the State of the Recession the left coaster by Mary June 15, 2009 Will Hutton of The Guardian has an interesting interview with Dr. Krugman about the current state of the global economy and his fear that the world could face stagnation. One thing that comes back to me again and again […]
A New Financial Foundation Washington Post By Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers June 15, 2009 Over the past two years, we have faced the most severe financial crisis since the Great Depression. The financial system failed to perform its function as a reducer and distributor of risk. Instead, it magnified risks, precipitating an economic contraction […]