Just received a breaking news alert from the Washington Post regarding this: The FBI illegally collected more than 2,000 U.S. telephone call records between 2002 and 2006 by invoking terrorism emergencies that did not exist or simply persuading phone companies to provide records, according to internal bureau memos and interviews. FBI officials issued approvals after […]
Instead of debating Iraq, they choose to go after a political ad. A political ad has never killed anyone. Iraq has killed thousands. Now there is even more evidence that they should have done their job on debating Iraq. Today’s Washington Post has a front page article on how Petraeus did cook the books. He […]
The decision by the Department of Homeland Security to cut anti-terrorism funding to the two cities attacked on 9/11 has started having major fallout. The New York Daily News has a front page article titled “Feds to city: drop dead” (h/t Raw Story) The city was stunned yesterday to find that its share of federal […]
It sounds like the deal between Jack Abramoff and prosecutors has been struck and the paperwork could be done over this holiday weekend with the official announcement on Tuesday: Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff consulted briefly Friday with a federal judge in Miami as they put the finishing touches on a […]
A front page article in today’sNew York Times shows that Jack Abramoff’s dirty hands reached around the world. According to the article, in 2003 Abramoff lobbied President Omar Bongo of Gabon, a small African Nation, for $9 million in order to set up a meeting with President Bush. Ten months later that meeting happened. The […]
Crooks and Liars has an excellent video from Inside Politics today. Seems since the Washington Post came out with a front page article today verifying that Valerie Plame’s identity was indeed being kept secret, the RNC is going to have to review and possibly change their first talking point about the entire situation. The RNC […]