The Evidence Against Zazi
A list of evidence the FBI has collected on Najibullah Zazi.
Nino Scalia Reinvents The Wheel
From the man conservatives and Federalist Society adherents routinely praise as an eloquent and transformational legal genius and gold standard for their idea of a Supreme Court Justice, comes this precious nugget courtesy of Ashby Jones at the WSJ Law Blog: Scalia wants lawyers to become auto workers.
What Judge Sullivan's Opinion Means
Judge Sullivan's ruling means we'll get about 15 of the 28 pages in Cheney's interview.
Judge Sullivan Rejects DOJ's Expansive Claims to Protect Cheney Interview
Judge Sullivan has rejected DOJ's most expansive claims they used to try to protect Dick Cheney's CIA Leak case interview.
I am reading this now for more detail, but the key graph is this one.
For the reasons stated above, the Court concludes that the agency has met its burden of demonstrating that certain limited information was appropriately withheld from disclosure to protect the well-recognized deliberative process and presidential communications privileges under Exemption
Buy Beauty Products? You Might Be a Terrorism Suspect.
I'm making a wildarsed guess that the federal government is investigating everyone who buys large amounts of certain kinds of beauty products.
Liveblog of SJC Reauthorization of PATRIOT Act
DiFi and Leahy revamped the bill last night, and in doing so took out some oversight of Section 215.
Feingold's Opening Statement on PATRIOT Reauthorization
Feingold reminds the Senate Judiciary Committee that Harry Reid said we should not wait to fix FISA.
DiFi: Zazi Investigation Biggest Since 9/11
I'm watching the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the PATRIOT Reauthorization. DiFi and Pat Leahy apparently revamped the bill last night.
She started by saying that the ongoing investigation into Najibullah Zazi is the biggest domestic terror investigation since 9/11.
An interesting claim...
Jay Rock Demands 90%
This is delectible politics. Fresh off a meeting with Ob-Rahma, Jay Rock has come back to the Senate and demanded 90% loss ratio for any coverage the subsidies pay for. That means the insurance companies can't steal 20% of our tax dollars to pay for executive salaries. They get 10%.
They're peeing their pants right now.
Thing is, this amendment will never ever pass.
As Predicted, the Administration Folds on Horn State Secrets Claims
As predicted, the Administration just settled the state secrets case that was really going to hurt their attempts to preserve the privilege.
George Steph Wrings His Hands
George Stephanopoulos, clutching his pearls, wants to know why it was necessary for Alan Grayson to call out Republicans on the floor of the House for their stubborn defense of the status quo.Why Is This Necessary? I'll tell him why.
On PATRIOTs and JUSTICE: Feingold Aims for Justice
One of the things Leahy's PATRIOT reauthorization does is incorporate and/or undercut Feingold's efforts supporting a more sweeping reform of domestic counterterrorism efforts.
The Senator Henceforth to Be Known as Jay Rock
I've been threatening to do this for a while: ditching the moniker "Jello Jay." And while I was going to hold out until we actually got a public option through the Senate, I gotta say that nothing seems to have gotten under MaxTax Baucus' skin so much as Jay Rock picking apart, detail by detail, the many ways in which the MaxTax is a big giveaway to the health care industry.
The Lack of Discipline Is Spelled R-A-H-M
Is Obama still trying to figure out why his Administration turned into a leaky sieve overnight after picking Rahm Emanuel as his Chief of Staff?
On PATRIOTS and JUSTICE: What We Don't Know
Russ Feingold says we need more information about how the PATRIOT Act actually works before we renew the PATRIOT Act.
On PATRIOTs and JUSTICE: Leahy's PATRIOT Renewal
Mark-up for the reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act will being on Thursday.
Chris Christie's Death Panels for "Exceptions"
Chris Christie thinks I'm an exception to whom insurance companies should not be required to offer mammogram coverage.
Chuck Schumer to Bloggers: "Fuck You"
Chuck Schumer is working to ensure that bloggers--or even free-lance journalists--will not count as journalists before the proposed medial shield law.
DOJ's DOD Advice for CIA
Why are a number of OLC's opinions on torture for DOD included in CIA's torture Vaughn Index?
WaPo Tries to Silence Its Twits
The WaPo is trying to silence its reporters who use Twitter.