But What about Congressional Oversight?
Sy Hersh seems intent on pushing Democrats to start withholding funding from Cheney's illegal war-mongering in Iran.
The Barnacle Branch Still Evading Oversight
Once again, Dick Cheney is playing games to avoid oversight. Once again, what he's doing without oversight seems to be backfiring, making Iran stronger.
Are Cheney and Bush in a Lover's Quarrel?
Cheney and Bush seem to be squabbling more lately. Let's hope the squabbles get serious and they take each other out.
$5.8 Million for Hatfill. $0 for Valerie Wilson.
Steven Hatfill will no longer have to complain that he can't get a job anymore because he was once the leading suspect to be the anthrax terrorist. The government just signed a $5.8 million settlement with him, which includes a cash payment now and then $150,000 annual payments for the next 20 years.
Mukasey's Subpoena
Conyers just sent Mukasey a laundry list of a subpoena.
David Addington and The Barnacle Branch Exhibits
Remember how, in lieu of an opening statement, David Addington entered a bunch of "exhibits" into the record yesterday? Well, it looks like he entered them into the record to prepare for yet another pissing contest over the Barnacle Branch.
Confirmed: Final FISA Votes on July 8
Russ Feingold and Christopher Dodd managed to win us a 12 day reprieve on FISA.
HJC Testimony: Mr. Unitary Executive and Mr. Yoo, Two
Torture architects David Addington and John Yoo visit their buddies in Congress.
HJC Testimony: Mr. Unitary Executive and Mr. Yoo
Here's a post I did on David Addington's testimony at the Libby trial.
Here is John Yoo's prepared testimony.
Note this hearing is a Subcommittee Hearing--so it's Jerrold Nadler's baby, not Conyers'. That means a subset of HJC's better questioners will appear today: Nadler, Davis, Wasserman Schultz, Ellison, Conyers, Scott, Watt, and Cohen, with Franks, Pence, Issa, King, and Jordan for the bad guys.
Nadler:
Immunity Provision Invites Phone Companies to Cooperate with Illegal Government Programs
Feingold refutes the notion that somehow the telecoms got fooled into cooperating with Bush's illegal wiretapping program.
Why Does Senator Ensign Hate Foreclosed Homeowners ... and Veterans ... and Seniors ... and Telecoms?
I've got a call into John Ensign's Communications Director for confirmation now, but it sounds like John Ensign is the one Senator referenced in Harry Reid's statement last night and Dodd's statement a few minutes ago on the Senate floor. That is, because John Ensign has refused to a unanimous consent agreement on the housing bill, he is holding up everything the Senate is doing right now.
That means Ensign is preventing
About Reid's Potential Delay
As someone who badly wants a win or a delay in the FISA stampede, I caution against getting too excited by Harry Reid's suggestion that the FISA bill might be delayed until after the July 4 recess.
Trading our Constitution Away Based on the Word of Alberto Gonzales
The FISA bill is so bad, it treats Alberto Gonzales' assertion of legality as something worthwhile!
McCain: The Presidency Is All in My Head
John McCain's chief domestic policy, it seems, is to fool Americans with a bunch of "psychological" boosts that do diddly to help the economy.
What Should We Call the Telecoms?
What do you call corporations that Congress and the President have decided should escape all consequences for their law-breaking?
Is Mark Schauer a Better Cook than Cindy McCain?
Which would you rather be served? Bad beer from Cindy McCain? Or homemade pasty from one of MI's future congressmen?
The Ghorbanifar Timeline, Two
The Ghorbanifar meetings appear to coincide with periods of debate within the US about whether or not to establish closer relations with Iran. As such, they look like attempts--on the part of OVP--to undercut attempts to establish such relations.
Mourning The Loss Of A Giant Recently Passed - Sunset Musings II
Despite the wall to wall coverage, not just on NBC and MSNBC, but all the networks, the hand wringing, the eulogizing, the lionization, the body lying in state at the Kennedy Center, and the funeral worthy of royalty, not enough has been said about the recent passing of a giant. Probably because all that bleating was about Saint Tim of Russert. I am talking about a different giant. A giant in my own family has passed. Granpa Pricky.
The Ghorbanifar Meetings Timeline
The SSCI report on the Rome meeting says that Larry Franklin's guilty plea has nothing to do with the Rome meeting. Perhaps. Except that the goal of both activities--and some of the people--are the same.
