The technology behind the list that prevents so many innocent people from flying is a nightmare according to a Congressional investigation: In a letter to the inspector general at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence last week, Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) complained that the National Counterterrorism Center’s “Railhead” initiative, designed to upgrade the […]
While New Orleans still sits in ruins, we now find out that George W. Bush rejected almost all international aide: As the winds and water of Hurricane Katrina were receding, presidential confidante Karen Hughes sent a cable from her State Department office to U.S. ambassadors worldwide. Titled “Echo-Chamber Message” — a public relations term for […]
After yesterday’s press briefing about Pat Tillman’s death, there were still many questions that lurked. It smelled of a cover-up, and apparently the Tillman family feels the same way: The family of Cpl. Pat Tillman said Monday the Army investigation into the former NFL player’s death by friendly fire in Afghanistan suggests a “conspiracy” and […]
This is how incompetent the Republicans in Senate are: When angry Democrats briefly shut down the Senate last year to protest the slow pace of a congressional investigation into prewar intelligence on Iraq, Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) claimed a rare victory. Republicans called it a stunt but promised to quickly wrap up […]
This will be in tomorrows New York Times: Republican Who Oversees N.S.A. Calls for Wiretap Inquiry By ERIC LICHTBLAU WASHINGTON, Feb. 7  A House Republican whose subcommittee oversees the National Security Agency broke ranks with the White House on Tuesday and called for a full Congressional inquiry into the Bush administration’s domestic eavesdropping program. […]
How can we trust the President when he constantly lies to us? Last month he told the people of this country that Congress had access to the same intelligence about Iraq that he did. That was proven a lie a couple weeks ago when a nonpartisan congressional investigation group released a report stating the President […]