After yesterday’s back and forth of rather or not Jane Harman got the New York Times to hold the wiretapping story in 2004, it is now confirmed. She in fact did: Congresswoman Harman spoke to Washington Bureau Chief Phil Taubman in late October or early November, 2004, apparently at the request of General Hayden. She […]
Joe Lieberman won more than just the vote to stay in the caucus and keep his chairmanship today. He is now the focus of attention of all the blogs on this side of the blogosphere. For an attention whore like Lieberman, that is orgasmic. People need to just forget about Joe and move on. We […]
The Answer – committees that John McCain does not sit on. Chris Dodd, who chairs one of those committees, told Rachael Maddow tonight that Obama has been in constant with him to check on the progress and offer ideas. McCain has not been in touch at all. Just yesterday McCain told reporters he hadn’t looked […]
Here’s John McCain yesterday saying that “in the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations”. Interesting comment. I thought we invaded Iraq and Afghanistan in the 21st century. I guess it could be another senior moment. Speaking of senior moments, here’s a pop quiz. Who is President of the United States? Apparently McCain thinks he […]
This is a serious question that must be investigated: Executives at the two biggest phone companies contributed more than $42,000 in political donations to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV this year while seeking his support for legal immunity for businesses participating in National Security Agency eavesdropping. The surge in contributions came from a Who’s Who […]
From the Muckraker: “I was glad to meet Mr. Fielding and I welcome the fact that these issues have his full attention. “I don’t accept his offer. It is not constructive and it is not helpful to be telling the Senate how to do our investigation, or to prejudge its outcome. “Instead of freely and […]
Since Bob Ney pleaded guilty Friday, we now have a felon sitting on the United States House of Representatives. Now he has said he will resign in the future and the Republicans have vowed to vote him out, but that will not happen until after their recess, which means Ney will continue to draw a […]
This weekend amazed me. During all the talk shows hardly a word was mention about the resignation of Susan Ralston. Instead all focus was on the Foley scandal yet again. Ralston’s resignation is equally, if not more, important than Foleygate. Ralston was Karl Rove’s top aide. You could say she was to Karl Rove what […]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) — A former NSA employee said Tuesday there is another ongoing top-secret surveillance program that might have violated millions of Americans’ Constitutional rights. Russell D. Tice told the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations he has concerns about a “special access” electronic surveillance program that […]
Two weeks ago tomorrow was when Democrats shut down senate in order to get answers about the intelligence committees phase two report. That is the second part of the report that looks into the intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq. During that closed session, it was agreed upon that a committee be formed […]