Dog N Pony Too
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has actually gotten through some of the pro-war spin, and to some real resolutions that may move us closer to ending this infernal war.
Conyers to Yoo: If You'll Talk to Esquire, Come Talk to Me
Conyers would like to have a chat with John Yoo.
Dog N Pony
Thoughts from the morning testimony of Petraeus and Crocker.3
"We Don't Have Time to Respond to Congressional Requests..."
The poor DOJ. It's terribly over-burdened answering five questions a day from lawmakers. And when you add in all the time it takes to stonewall on those five questions, it's a wonder it can get anything else done.
Haynes, Armed Services, Perjury?
Scott Horton has more details on what Jim Haynes might face before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Haul Karl's Ass into Congress
Karl Rove says he'll testify in the Governor Siegelman case.
Cheney's Lawyer Now Defending Haynes
Surprise surprise. After Dick Cheney's personal lawyer succeeded in preventing the NH Phone-jamming scandal from tainting the White House, he appears to be back in the business of collectively defending the White House and--most of all--Dick Cheney. Michael Isikoff reports that Terry O'Donnell is now representing the former Counsel for DOD, William Haynes.
A Trollop and a C$#T
The news that McCain called his wife Cindy a "trollop" and a "cunt" raises a number of questions for me.
AP Calls BushCo on Its Spin
The AP does what the press should have been doing 7 years ago--pointing to the Administration's desperate efforts to spin the press.
Bush: Let Colombia Kill Union Organizers--Or Hugo Chavez Wins
Is the McCain-Bush campaign intent on making Venezuela an issue in the Presidential?
Torquemadas in Single Needle Suits
Pat Lang comments on the "Torquemadas in single needle suits" that rescinded our Fourth Amendment.
The Banality of Enhanced Interrogation
Not only did the Green Light article appear at the same time as the Torture Memo, but it also appeared at the same time as some profiles of the Abu Ghraib figures convicted for abuse.
The Uninvited Guest
Vladimir Putin sure knows how to crash a party.
Warrantless Wiretap Memos Timeline
This timeline includes the documents noted in Steven Bradbury's declaration of all documents pertaining to the illegal wiretap program.
Was the October 23, 2001 OLC Opinion the Basis for the Illegal Wiretap Program?
This post considers whether the October 23, 2001 OLC opinion abolishing the 4th amendment was part of the Administration's justification for the illegal wiretap program.
The Joint Inquiry and Mukasey's Call
In a Muksey/McConnell letter to Harry Reid, they refer to something that MIGHT be the phone call that Mukasey mentioned in his weepy speech of a week ago. If it is, then it appears that the facts surrounding the call don't support the argument Mukasey is making about that call.
Another Possibility with Mukasey's 9/11 Story
While we're talking about Mukasey's claim that Bush could have prevent 9/11 and didn't, I want to raise one more possibility. Mukasey's story, remember, is that the US had noted a phone call from an Afghan safe house to somewhere in the US--but the US couldn't track the call because didn't know where the phone call went.
And before 9/11, that's the call that we didn't know about.
Snowball
Not surprisingly, John Conyers wants more details about how the Bush Administration ignored warnings of 9/11 and, after 9/11 happened, then killed the 4th Amendment.
Surely They'll Resort to Pixie Dust on This
Bill Leonard confirms that the classification and declassification surrounding the Yoo Torture Memo is very irregular. Once again, the Administration won't even abide by its own Executive Order on classification and declassification. But never mind--a little pixie dust can fix that!!