If you ever had any doubt that one reason for going to war in Iraq was to help boot Halliburton then this story from the Post Chronicle might change your mind: Pentagon Spied on Houston Anti-Halliburton Activists by Houston Global Awareness Jan 24, 2006 A Houston-based anti-Halliburton group was spied on by a top-secret Pentagon […]
It seems like every time we hear someone say the insurgency is fizzling out then they prove to us they are still alive and well. Last week we heard this claim: Washington — Insurgents in Iraq are showing little capacity to keep up numerous and persistent attacks, a senior U.S. general in Baghdad says. At […]
Leave it to the awesome reporting of the Nation to remind us of historical facts we may have forgotten about: For the generations who came of age after the mid-1970s, it is worth recalling why warrantless domestic surveillance so shocks the political system. It needs to be repeated that the same arguments cited by Bush–inherent […]
Everything we have fought against as a nation over history is being destroyed as we speak. At the head of the destruction is George Bush. Fortunately members of Congress are starting to awaken from their slumber and realize the dreadful road Bush is leading us down and coming out against it. In his press conference […]
14 hours later and Matt Drudge finally got the story straight about the mysterious X over Cheney’s face. CNN has reported on it and called it a “computer glitch”. They even said they had one White House offical voice concern over the X: “Is someone in Atlanta trying to tell us something?” Sorry right wing […]
A new poll by Survey USA shows that most people believe that Libby was told to lie during his testimony. The question and results are as follows: Based on what you know now, which of the following statements about Lewis “Scooter” Libby do you think is true? Lied because he was told to 34% Lied […]
It appears as though the White House is not the ideal place to be employed right now. A scathing new report in the New York Daily News paints a dark and grim picture of a work atmosphere that would make the most dedicated employee consider calling in sick. Here are a few of the quotes […]
Raw Story has done it again. They are breaking news on a second aide in Cheney’s office now cooperating with Patrick Fitzgerald on the leak investigation. The second aide is Cheney’s Middle East advisor David Wurmser. According to the article Wurmser has agreed to provide evidence to the prosecution that Cheney’s office did in fact […]
Raw Story is reporting that sources close to Fitzgerald are now looking into exactly what Cheney’s involvement in the leak was, or more specifically if he ordered the leak. The focus of the investigation has turned now to the White House Iraq Group, which was formed in 2002 to help publicize the reasons for war. […]
Raw Story is working on this report. I will have more as soon as it becomes available.