Why Tom Davis Shouldn't Be Obama's Cyberczar
Reportedly, Obama is considering former GOP Congressman Tom Davis to be his new cyberczar. It strikes me as the height of stupidity to put a guy with a history of politicizing email in charge of the nation's cybersecurity.
Meddling
People are debating whether we ought to meddle in Iran or not. But we already have.
Trash Talk - The Hitched and The (Potentially) Unhitched Edition
First off, we're gonna be moving a little fast here, because it is a classic Circus weekend; the lads are in Silverstone this weekend for the British Grand Prix. I'll return to that in a minute, but there is also the issue of the continued existence of F1. There is a potential divorce in the making. There is also a beautiful wedding.
CIA Stalling on the IG Report
The CIA is stalling on the release of the IG report. More offensive, they actually suggest there might not be anything new they can release!!
Did the Ensign Confrontation over His Affair Take Place at a "Family" Gathering?
Tom Coburn and John Ensign both at least used to live at a home owned by the secretive "Family" organization. Is that where the confrontation about Ensign's affair last year took place?
Fox's Non-Denial Denial
Fox News says they didn't receive the letter from John Ensign's cuckold. By that, they mean they didn't get it in the mail, they got it attached to an email.
Ensign's Senate Colleagues Confronted Him about His Affair in February 2008
The Las Vegas Sun has posted the letter John Ensign's cuckold, Doug Hampton, sent them not long before Ensign admitted his affair. In it, he reveals there was a confrontation over the affair in February 2008 that Tom Coburn attended.
The unethical behavior and immoral choice of Senator Ensign has been confronted by me and others on a number of occasions over this past year.
Ibn Sheikh al-Libi IDs Others
Andy Worthington reports more details of Ibn Sheikh al-Libi's movement as a detainee. He also considers the reports that al-Libi was forced to personally ID other detainees. Was he one of the people who IDed Hassan Ghul?
Judge Sullivan: Steven Bradbury Not Qualified to Withhold Cheney's Plame Materials
We might yet get to see Cheney's interview in the CIA Leak case.
Froomkin's Sins of the Village
It looks like Froomkin committed the Sin of the Village of making principled criticisms of the President.
Fitzgerald Subpoenas and Server Crashes
Surprise surprise. Microsoft was having problems reconstructing emails just as the White House was replying to Fitzgerald's first batch of subpoenas in February 2004.
In April 2003, after Waterboarding Him 183 Times, the CIA Admitted KSM Was Lying to Them
The CIA wrote an analysis piece three days after the close of the month in which they waterboarded KSM 183 times. In it, they admitted KSM was lying to them.
Holder Refuses to Stand By Statements Saying Violating FISA Breaks the Law
Russ Feingold asked Holder whether he stands by his statements on Bush's illegal wiretap program last year. And Holder squirmed. Visibly.
CIA Now Reviewing OPR Report on Yoo, Bybee, and Bradbury
Eric Holder doesn't think it problematic to give John Rizzo--and others at the CIA who made representations on which OLC wrote opinions authorizing torture--a chance to review the OPR report on those OLC memos.
Dennis Blair's Spokesperson: The Domestic Surveillance Program Violates the Fourth Amendment
The FISCR has said that classified procedures are the only thing that keeps the warrantless wiretap program legal under the Fourth Amendment. But DNI Dennis Blair's spokesperson says those procedures don't work.
Eric Holder Demagogues Hate Crimes
Eric Holder can't seem to do squat for transparency, privacy, accountability or a plethora of other ills carried over from the Bush/Cheney Administration, but he is concerned that we need more hate crimes laws. This is wrong and he should be paying attention to more important goals.
Tenet: "No Papers, No Opinions, No Program"
More details on the CIA IG report--due out, probably in heavily redacted form, on Friday.
Illegal Wiretapping ... Still; Bill Clinton's Email Accessed
Lichtblau and Risen have their quarterly report about how our government is illegal surveilling Americans.
Rove Has a Date with HJC--He Just Doesn't Want to Tell Fox News That
Karl Rove does too have a date with HJC.
