This will be the dominating news story for the next week: The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has been summoned to Washington to explain his controversial comments about colleagues in a recent interview, an Obama administration official said Tuesday. The official says Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who has since issued an apology for his comments, has […]
But we can hold off on Bush. John Dean said there could very well be grounds for Congress to impeach members of the administration. Bob Fertik at Democrats.com wants to start with Gonzales, but I have my eyes on someone else. Last year Bob Woodward gave us a chilling look into the administration. In his […]
Via Think Progress: “Why should I care about North Korea?”In State of Denial, Bob Woodward recounts a conversation between then-Gov. George W. Bush and then-Saudi ambassador to the U.S. Prince Bandar, in which Bush wonders why he should care about North Korea. “I get these briefings on all parts of the world,” Bush said, “and […]
This sure isn’t a way to defend the claims in Woodward’s new book: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she cannot recall then-CIA chief George Tenet warning her of an impending al-Qaida attack in the United States, as a new book claims he did two months before the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. “What I […]
Untitled documentThe NYTimes got an advanced copy of Woodward’s new book, and the review of it shows serious problems in the Bush administration. The review talks about sections that discuss how warnings were given to Rumsfeld in 2003 about the growing threat of the insurgency and the need for more troops and Rumsfeld choose to […]
The White House took issue on Thursday with a claim by syndicated columnist Robert Novak that President George W. Bush knows who the source is who leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. “I don’t know what he’s basing it on,” said White House spokesman Scott McClellan, declining to comment further. Novak said Tuesday […]
The noose seems to be tightening around NSA Stephen Hadley. Earlier this week, Raw Story reported that they had learned through lawyers and sources close to the leak investigation that Hadley was Bob Woodward’s source. Since then there has been limited denial from Hadley and his office. As matter of fact it is so limited […]
Reuters has confirmed that Patrick Fitzgerald will be taking new develops before another grand jury in order to try and get indictments against White House officials. Fitzgerald sees new grand jury proceedings By Adam Entous Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said in court filings that the ongoing CIA leak investigation will involve proceedings before a new […]
On Wednesday, Raw Story learned from sources that Bob Woodward’s source on Valerie Plame’s identity was Steven Hadley (view article here). Today, Hadley was asked about this by reporters and, well read it for yourself: Hadley Won’t Say if He’s Woodward’s Source National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley won’t say if he was the source who […]