EFF FOIA Working Thread, Two
A second working thread on the EFF documents.
KSM to Be Tried in NYC, al-Nashiri to Be Tried in Military Commission, Abu Zubaydah to ?
KSM will be moved to NY for trial.
The EFF FOIA Working Thread
Update: Here's the Vaughn Index so you can see what DOJ claimed it was handing over.
I'm just now getting to reading the documents from the EFF FOIA.
The two sets of documents are:
Draft legislation to amend FISA
Correspondence about amendinng…
Liberate the OPR Report
Remember the OPR Report--the one that was due done about 8 months ago? The one that showed how John Yoo's bad lawyer contributed to torture?
Whatever happened to that?
The Alliance for Justice and Credo are doing a petition today to pressure…
DOJ Circumvents Judge Walker; Attempts To Further Correct Previous Falsities
In what can only be described as a curious filing, the US Government, through the DOJ has submitted a pleading to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the previously terminated appeal originally filed in 2006. The filing seeks to correct false statements previously made by the government in claiming state secrets dismissal of the al-Haramain case.
Priming the Pump
Our war machine--being sent to war to protect oil supplies--keeps using those oil supplies at an increasing rate.
Crazy Pete Hoekstra Is a Big Fat* Demogoging Liar
A short collection of Crazy Pete Hoekstra's most egregious lies shows that his demagoging of the Fort Hood attack fits into his larger pattern--and ought to warn journalists about treating anything he says seriously.
Nidal Hasan's Dots
Mark Ambinder and I had a productive disagreement on Twitter today about what the appropriate focus of the investigation into Nidal Hasan should be. My overall point is that, at least given what we know now, our focus ought not to be on the…
It's Not Yoo, It's the History
Miguel Estrada has one thing he wants you to know about John Yoo: 9/11.
Mika Brzezinski and her 7% Husband
Mika Brzezinski says it's harder to find a husband than find a job. I think she needs to do some
Mueller ALREADY Reviewing Shortcomings of Hasan Investigation
Robert Mueller's immediate offer to review the FBI's earlier investigation of Nidal Hasan shows how unjustified is his refusal to review the FBI's anthrax investigation.
Holder Signals Approval (Preference?) for SJC Bill
Eric Holder's letter to Pat Leahy and DiFi appears to be an attempt to signal his preference for the Senate bill.
The Average Clunker Traded in for C4C Was 15 Years Old
The government has released final Cash for Clunkers numbers--so far I've glanced through the summary and additional statistics. And one stat I did not know was that the average age for the Clunkers turned in was almost 15 years, and the average…
Is Crazy Pete Hoekstra Lying and Demagoging Again?
Is Pete Hoekstra lying to the press to gin up fear again?
Mukasey's Hunting for a "Lone Wolf," Too
Michael Mukasey is sure--presumably relying on the same inaccurate news reports I'm reading--that Nidal Hasan is a member of a leaderless jihad--or a Lone Wolf.
Maybe We Can Have Prayer Treatments Instead of Reproductive Care?
Orrin Hatch and John Kerry have provided for "health care" for scientologists. I wonder how that's going to be excused if and when health care reform refuses to provide for care opposed by the Roman Catholic Church?
Lieberman's Hunt for a Lone Wolf?
In addition to worries that Jim White raises, I'm worried that Joe Lierberman's promise to hold hearings on the Fort Hood attack serves an attempt to expand--rather than sunset--the Lone Wolf provision of the PATRIOT Act.
DC's Newest Reality Show
Now that John Ensign has moved out of C Street, I propose a reality show to decide which moralizing hypocrite is best suited to replace him.
Thomas Fingar on the Politics of NIE/NIAs
Thomas Fingar gives some background on the 2002 Iraq NIE, the 2007 Climate Change NIA, and the 2007 Iran NIE.
Bart Stupak's C-Street Sepsis
As you reflect on the horrible vote that traded reproductive choice for health care, remember that the champion of that vote is one of C Street's top Democratic members.