Blago Begins His Rahm Play
Blago has asked for FBI interview materials on Rahm, Obama, Valerie Jarrett, and the SEIU officials named in documentation.
Correction: Bad Nelson and Holy Joe Think Up a New Excuse
The press, other members of Congress, everyone have to stop reporting over and over again that the Bad Nelson and Holy Joe "oppose" some aspect of health care reform.
Two key senators criticized the most recent healthcare compromise Sunday,…
Grading the Economy
Nate Silver asks why Democrats aren't cheering the Administration's accomplishments on the economy more loudly. Here's why I'm not doing so.
We're All BCCI Now
The news that drug and gang money kept our finance system afloat last year supports my contention that Citi, in this day and age, is not all that different from what BCCI was in its day.
Maybe We'll Learn How All the CIA Leak Cover-Up Emails Disappeared?
MoJo reports that CREW and the White House may be close to a settlement on the missing White House email.
Trash Talk: Patriots Have A Strange Kind Of Mascot
Sports mascots are ubiquitous. College mascots are a tradition I suppose, irrespective of redeeming value, but pro mascots - with the exception of the San Diego Chicken, the Phoenix Suns Gorilla and, maybe, the Philly Phanatic are totally lame.…
Tony Blair: We Invaded Iraq to Change the Region
Tony Blair explains he had to get rid of Saddam to change the region.
Baucus' Girlfriend Helped Arrange His Separation
Max Baucus' then State Director and now girlfriend, Melodee Hanes, helped arrange Baucus' separation from his then-wife in 2007.
The Truth about Harry Reid's Lifetime Cap Loophole
Harry Reid is fooling you when he says he had to eliminate lifetime caps to keep premiums down. What he meant is that--having gutted the public option and taxed health care--he needs another means to keep premiums low.
ABC Returns the Blackwater Focus to Pakistan
ABC has now caught up to Jeremy Scahill. In this Blackwater installment, they describe sketchy details of two Blackwater operations in Afghanistan/Pakistan, one in 2003, and one in 2006.
CIA officials acknowledge that two private contractors…
We're Still Following Germ Boy's Biodefense Strategy
Holdovers from the Bush Administration appear to be in control of defining our biodefense strategy.
Blackwater, the Next Installment
James Risen has the next installment of slowly leaked details about Blackwater's involvement in all things illegal.
What the Government Claims Didn't Get Videotaped
Did the government not produce a videotape of the al-Adahi hearing because the detainee argued so much more effectively than the government?
Brandon Mayfield Gets Hosed By The 9th Circuit
As Fatster noticed, the Ninth Circuit has ruled against Brandon Mayfield on his attempt to hold the PATRIOT Act declared unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.
Mayfield was a former suspect in the 2004 Madrid train bombings. After the…
In Honor of Obama's Nobel "Peace Through War" Prize, Donate to the ACLU
I was going to make this pitch somewhat differently. But as the jist of Obama's "Peace through War" speech has sunk in today, I've just gotten more and more frustrated.
First some background. As Glenn points out, the ACLU is in a whole bunch…
Obama Administration Held in Contempt for Hiding Gitmo Testimony
Yesterday, I pointed to this language from the Government's amicus brief in the Mohawk case.
The Executive cannot be expected to persist in withholding information that a court has ordered to be disclosed; to suggest otherwise would be to invite…
ACLU: "No Prohibition against Monstrous Conduct" without Ajudication of Torture
Obama talked a lot about consequences today. But as the ACLU pointed out in a conference call, the Administration is doing everything it can to prevent any consequences for those who tortured in the name of the United States.
Eric Schmidt: PATRIOT Means You Have No Privacy
Eric Schmidt implies that all your searches are available to the Feds.
Arpaio And Thomas: The Most Unethical Sheriff And Prosecutor In America Conspire To Abuse Power And Obstruct Justice
Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas use and abuse their positions of authority and public trust to pursue personal and political desires and, if questioned or challenged, use their offices to attack and cripple their enemies, whether they be private individuals or elected officials and judges. Today, in just such an egregious display, they have done so again by wrongfully charging a Presiding Maricopa County Judge with criminal charges in an attempt to obstruct and intimidate the rule of law.
Sotomayor Refuses to Give Government Privilege for Me But Not for Thee
The government tried to use a case reviewed this year to get SCOTUS to buy off on their larger claims of privilege. Thankfully, Justice Sotomayor declined to do that.