As many times as we hear the story of Comey and Goldsmith standing up to the Administration, there always a few new twists and turns. Recall that we didn’t even know there was such a program until December 2005 when the New York Times reported it [having held the story for 13 months]. After the […]
No link for you Charlie Krauthammer. We’ve had enough. We’ll be following Dan Froomkin to the Huffington Post and struggling to get our News from the New York Times or CNN. Your columns are an afront. It’s okay to have a bias or a slant, but all you’ve got is venom. How about EB or […]
It’s not like Governor Sanford has anything to do, since South Carolina is bringing up the rear on employment [who needs Stimulus Funds anyway?]
Well, the IG-Report on the Domestic Surveillance Program is out today. Here are some snippets. This one is about the late night attempt to get Ashcroft to sign the authorization. Notice AG Alberto Gonzales saying that Ashcroft was "not in any condition to sign a renewal" [the very renewal he tried to get Ashcroft to […]
The Family, a book by Jeff Sharlet, is available on Google Books [Jeff Sharlet is the guy being interviewed by Rachel Maddow].
If you liked the Doug Hampton interview yesterday on Vegas TV, don’t miss today’s version…
The Stimulus Trap New York Times By PAUL KRUGMAN July 9, 2009 As soon as the Obama administration-in-waiting announced its stimulus plan — this was before Inauguration Day — some of us worried that the plan would prove inadequate. And we also worried that it might be hard, as a political matter, to come back […]
I’ll admit that I’m not particularly interested in what makes Sarah Palin tick. All I really care about is that she show up on Entertainment Tonight rather that The Nightly News. But my daughter sent me this article from The Alaska Dispatch, and it turned out to be the best thing I’ve read about her. […]
Was The CIA Hiding Cheney’s "Executive Assassination Ring"? Huffington Post by Sam Stein 07- 9-09 The revelation from seven Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee that they were misled about a critical CIA program has sparked a debate that touches on the most sensitive areas of national security policy. What program, exactly, was being kept […]
Coburn blasts ‘untruths’ from Ensign mistress’ husband Politico By MANU RAJU 7/9/09 Hampton suggested that Coburn urged Ensign to write a February 2008 letter apologizing to Hampton’s wife, Cindy, a campaign aide to Ensign. But on Thursday, Coburn said: “He is in error, and he’s manipulating the situation and you are all buying it.” “I […]