Lieberman-Graham torture photo ban will be added to ‘every piece of legislation that comes down the pike’ Think Progress 06/09/2009 by Ryan Powers Yesterday, Jane Hamsher reported that the detainee photo amendment sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was stripped from the war supplemental in committee. The amendment would have allowed […]
Gorbachev calls for Perestroika in West AFP June 7, 2009 Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev called for a perestroika, or top-to-bottom reform, in the West, arguing that its current economic model was "unsustainable" and needed replacement. Commenting on the current global economic crisis, the ex-Soviet president who presided over the collapse of his country, said […]
Leon Panetta Kisses His Credibility Goodbye By: emptywheel June 8, 2009 Well, that didn’t take long, for a Director of Central Intelligence to totally lose his credibility in the servitude of the institution… I’ll have more to say about Panetta’s declaration in the ACLU FOIA case tomorrow. But for now, a little unsolicited advice for […]
Tiller Suspect: More Violence Possible CBS News June 7, 2009 The man charged in the shooting death of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller warned Sunday that more violence is possible. Scott Roeder, being held on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated assault in Tiller’s killing one week ago, called The Associated Press from the Sedgwick […]
Palin: Socialism "is where we are headed" Salon by Joan Walsh June 8, 2009 Matt Drudge is headlining an excerpt from Sarah Palin’s interview/lovefest with Sean Hannity, scheduled for tonight at 9 p.m. EDT. No real surprises: Palin still sounds a bit befuddled when she talks about big issues. We’re borrowing more to spend more […]
Vice: The Dispiriting Legacy of Dick Cheney By Stephen Holmes The Nation. May 27, 2009 published in the June 15th issue Gellman lavishes most of his attention on the fabrications Cheney used to enable the executive branch to circumvent constitutional checks and balances. One of the boldest involved the Bush administration’s ongoing program for intercepting […]
Right-Wingers To Boycott GM? TPM By Eric Kleefeld June 8, 2009 The Detroit Bureau reports that an idea seems to be picking up some cachet on the right-wing blogs and in talk radio: Fighting the "Government Motors" bailout by boycotting the company. Most of it so far is limited to relatively little-known writers, but two […]
I’m trying to stop obsessing about the NY Times article [U.S. Lawyers Agreed on Legality of Brutal Tactic] that read James Comey’s leaked emails as saying he approved of Torture [or, at least, didn’t disapprove of it]. I’m just going to set that point aside. If you read the seven pages, his feelings about this […]
The NYT’s Continuing Slide On Torture Atlantic By Andrew Sullivan 07 Jun 2009 …The best summaries of the latest piece of Bush administration stenography are from Marcy Wheeler and Glenn Greenwald. Read them both in full. The gist: if you actually read the leaked memos, and absorb the details of the NYT piece, you find […]