Shorter Google:
Shorter Google: "Don't eliminate the competitive advantage I gained by trying to protect Americans' privacy."
Mixed Telecom Signals
The Democrats definitely seem to be sending mixed signals on FISA reform.
Bush Administration Tries to Reverse A1 Cut-Out Declassification
The Bush Administration is trying to prevent documents leaked to expose their belligerence sixteen years ago from becoming public.
The Incredible Disappearing PFIAB
Bush revamps PFIAB to make it harder to punish the government for abusing your privacy.
Mukasey Wasn't Bluffing
Mukasey refused to refer the contempt citation to Jeff Taylor, so now the House will proceed with a civil suit.
Rove Looking for an Underground Railroad, Again
Scott Horton reveals how the AL GOP is trying to force Dana Jill Simpson to reveal her evidence; Horton argues that they are doing so to help Rove prepare for testimony. I agree. It's the same approach Rove took to successfully beating the Plame-related perjury charges.
More on the Show Trials
Mukasey visits the gulag and other updates on the Gitmo show trials.
Pelosi to Mukasey: Tag. You're It.
Finally, the House tries to hold Bush responsible for flipping Congress off.
It's All About $$$
The poor Republicans don't understand why the telecoms aren't paying them more to gut the Constitution.
George Will Sums Up McCain's "Unattractive Righteousness"
George Will, voicing the position of those (like Mitch McConnell) who don't like getting attacked for things their attacker has done, captures the state of McCain's attempts to hypocritically avoid the rules he himself wrote.
First, the Times muddied, with unsubstantiated sexual innuendo about a female lobbyist, a story about McCain's flights on jets owned by corporations with business before the Senate Commerce Committee, and his meeting with a broadcaster (McCain
Meet Our New Sovereign Wealth Fund Overlord
The NYT tries to shed some light on the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
January 23, 2006
Is it a coincidence that Fitzgerald revealed the missing emails to Libby's lawyers the day before SIS "discovered" the missing email?
SIS has "filled in" the blanks
It looks like Steven McNevitt's colleagues in CIO are rather skeptical that the White House was able to restore all the missing OVP emails.
Enron Accounting at the NRCC
The Politico fleshes out the NRCC accounting story--and it sure looks like they had a scheme ripe for money laundering.
McCain Hearts Renzi
John McCain doesn't mind so much that one of his state co-chairs was just indicted for screwing (figuratively) his constituents.
What They Didn't Want McDevitt To Talk About...
The White House tried to cover up their missing email problem from the Archives.
Fitzgerald Testifies Before HJC
Fitzgerald before HJC on Special Counsels.
No Wonder Fitzgerald Never Officially Closed His Investigation
Today's hearing on the missing emails included a number of revelations. Most of all, though, I think it revealed several reasons why Fitzgerald may not have officially closed the CIA Leak investigation.
Waxman Hearing on White House Emails
Already a sqabble over whether the interrogatories from McDevitt, the guy who said 473 days of email were missing, should be entered into the record.
Gitmo Fixer Resigns
William Haynes, the guy who insisted that "we can't have acquittals" resigned today. You think that has anything to do with Colonel Morris Davis' announcement on Thursday that he would testify for the defense of Salim Ahmed Hamdan?
