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 administrations defense for “rendition” has taken another strong hit. This morning’s New York Times gives us proof of that: WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 – The Bush administration based a crucial prewar assertion about ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda on detailed statements made by a prisoner while in Egyptian custody who later said he had […]
When oil executives took to Capital Hill last month to testify before Senate about their profits, Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was outraged that Democrats would want them sworn in. What did he know? As it turns out, these executives lied when asked if they ever met with Cheney about energy policy. In fact they did […]
President Bush has calmed down his attacks against war opponents today: BEIJING – After fiercely defending his Iraq policy across Asia, President Bush abruptly toned down his attack on war critics Sunday and said there was nothing unpatriotic about opposing his strategy. “People should feel comfortable about expressing their opinions about Iraq,” Bush said, three […]
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 […]
According to the latest Wall Street Journal poll, 69% of Americans hold Cheney responsible for the CIA leak. Also 54% of Americans now hold the President responsible for the leak and 60% of conservatives say other aides besides Libby may have acted illegally. The poll also reveals that 60%, including 43%, feel there should be […]
According to today’s New York Daily News, the relationship between George Bush and Dick Cheney is very bad. WASHINGTON – The CIA leak scandal has peeled back the veil on the most closely held White House secret of all: the subtle but unmistakable erosion in the bond between President Bush and Vice President Cheney. Multiple […]
This in via Reuters: Five US soldiers charged with abuse: military Five U.S. soldiers in Iraq have been charged with abusing detainees whom it is claimed they had punched and kicked, the U.S. military said on Monday. “The allegations stemmed from an incident on September 7 in which three detainees were allegedly punched and kicked […]
Now that phase two of the investigation into the intelligence failures leading up to the Iraq war is to be completed, we are starting to see some documents come out that were classified before. One document in particular has been obtained by the New York Times and will appear in Sunday’s edition. Thankfully it is […]
Tuesday during the Senate shut down that Harry Reid caused, the Situation Room had James Carville on talking about the leak investigation. During his statements they were discussing the need for the vice-President to come clean on his involvement in the leak. I thought it was interesting when Carville said “we need the President to […]