They have reduced restrictions on the Baath Party “The law has been passed. We see it as a very good sign of progress and it will greatly benefit Baathists. It was passed smoothly and opposition was small,” said Rasheed al-Azzawi, a Sunni member of the committee which helped modify some of the language of the […]
If there weren’t grounds for impeachment of Dick Cheney, there certainly are now: The Oversight Committee has learned that over the objections of the National Archives, Vice President Cheney exempted his office from the presidential order that establishes government-wide procedures for safeguarding classified national security information. The Vice President asserts that his office is not […]
Leahy is not buying the White House line for one minute that the emails used on GOP accounts have been deleted and are “lost for ever” and neither do I (Think Progress has the video of Leahy’s speech). As someone who has worked on data retrieval, there is a great chance the data is still […]
MissLaura pointed out this interesting paragraph from a Washington Post article: Vice President Cheney today repeated his charge that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s approach toward the Iraq war would benefit al-Qaeda, saying that he was not trying to impugn the speaker’s patriotism but instead hold her accountable for the consequences of her policies. O.K. I’ll […]
Stories like this are just way to common anymore: Thieves took sensitive personal information on 26.5 million U.S. veterans, including Social Security numbers and birth dates, after a Veterans Affairs employee improperly brought the material home, the government said Monday. The information involved mainly those veterans who served and have been discharged since 1975, said […]
What a day. We have heard that the President is going to deliver this major speech today about progress in Iraq and lay out a plan for ending this war. Instead we got the same old rhetoric of “more of the same”. The White House has released a new guide entitled “National Strategy for Victory […]
President Bush’s speech last night appears to be nothing more than that, just a speech. He talked about a plan to rebuild the Gulf Coast and restore normalcy to the lives of those affected. He gave a speech that some have compared to a “FDR speechâ€ÂÂ. A real question lies now in the sincerity of […]
Today is the fourth anniversary of September 11. The day when America watched in shock and awe as the icons of the New York skyline quickly crumbled to the ground. It is the one day where we can finger the actual change in America’s goals and defenses. Since 9-11 America has focused on one threat. […]
Via Truthout White House Attacks the Messenger By Joseph Wilson / t r u t h o u t Statement by Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson The Bush White House and its right wing allies are responding to Cindy Sheehan and the military families’ vigil in Central Texas in the same way that they always respond […]
The President this week said he would fire anyone in his administration that broke the law. Prior to that he said he would fire anyone involved in the leaking of classified information. He also said he has instructed everyone in his staff to fully cooperate with investigators. Bloomberg News reported yesterday that the investigation may […]