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Haynes: How our country deals with this unprecedented threat. This is as it should be. The end of this can only come with history's judgment of how our Administration served in protecting America. We know that America's enemies are relentless. I look forward to watching our nation's leaders to advancing our nation's security and freedom. [Alright, Levin, just like you did to Ickes.] Levin:

Here are the documents released by the committee. Are here are some links to Spencer Ackerman's work on this: here, here, here, and here. McCaskill: We disrespect men and women who serve if we don't have this hearing. Did you review Beaver opinion? Shiffin:No McCaskill: If you came across phrase, "immnuity in advance," would it cause you pause? Shiffrin:

Well, it looks like Henry Waxman isn't going to wait around for HJC to follow my suggestions on getting the Bush and Cheney transcripts. From the Oversight Committee: Oversight Committee Subpoenas Justice Department for Plame Documents Today, the Oversight Committee issued a subpoena to Attorney General Mukasey compelling the production of FBI interview reports of Vice President Cheney and President Bush and other documents regarding the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie

Hello everyone. I'm blogging from Flint, MI, where Obama will hold a town hall starting at 12EST. The town hall will be a big unity event--with some of our Congressional delegation and other top officials joining Obama to unify the Democratic Party. This follows our State Central Committee meeting--which was held Saturday--at which the same message of unity was emphasized.

John Dean is pointing fingers at the wrong entity for going soft on this Administration. The fault has been with Congress, not the Special Counsel.

I'm sorry Tim Russert passed away. But I'd like to see the media give the same kind of eulogy for all the men and women who have died in George Bush's war as they're giving Russert.

Matt Apuzzo gets cranky in good cause. And DOD and DOJ pout.

Apparently, Anthony Kennedy understands a few things about the Constitution that many seem to have forgotten. The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times. Which means the detainees in Gitmo and elsewhere will have their day in a real court, not the Show Trials put together at Gitmo. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to

My posts on Scottie McC's book have, thus far, treated issues closely connected to the CIA Leak investigation (well, except for the post in which he calls cracking down on deadbeat dads "trivial"). In this post, I want to look at how he deals with the underlying issue--the Niger intelligence and the White House's response to it.

The desperate push on FISA by the Bush Administration, complicit and subservient Republican Congressional leaders, and their telco partners is about to explode onto the forefront again. We are either a nation of laws that protects citizens and their right to seek redress for being wronged by their government and it's agents, or we are a nation of self serving men like George Bush and Dick Cheney that can do, and get away with, whatever illegal and immoral acts they desire. Barack Obama could put an end to this today if he wanted. It is time for a Profile In Courage.