And we finally get Phase 2 of the Iraqi pre-war intelligence report. This is the phase Republicans held up in 2004, because “it would effect the outcome of the presidential election”. Would it? Hell yes it would. Here are some of the key findings: * Statements and implications by the President and Secretary of State […]
If there weren’t grounds for impeachment of Dick Cheney, there certainly are now: The Oversight Committee has learned that over the objections of the National Archives, Vice President Cheney exempted his office from the presidential order that establishes government-wide procedures for safeguarding classified national security information. The Vice President asserts that his office is not […]
(And let’s not get into jokes about pickles being in Libby after he arrives at the big house!) Last night the subject of pardoning Scooter Libby was brought up at the GOP debate. All the conservatives said they would. Sam Brownback went as far as to say that Clinton only had his law license revoked […]
Another Wingnut myth busted: An unclassified summary of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame’s employment history at the spy agency, disclosed for the first time today in a court filing by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, indicates that Plame was “covert” when her name became public in July 2003. The summary is part of an attachment to […]
Pleosi has released the following statement: Today’s guilty verdicts are not solely about the acts of one individual. This trial provided a troubling picture of the inner workings of the Bush Administration. The testimony unmistakably revealed – at the highest levels of the Bush Administration – a callous disregard in handling sensitive national security information […]
MissLaura pointed out this interesting paragraph from a Washington Post article: Vice President Cheney today repeated his charge that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s approach toward the Iraq war would benefit al-Qaeda, saying that he was not trying to impugn the speaker’s patriotism but instead hold her accountable for the consequences of her policies. O.K. I’ll […]
First we got the Military Times Group, who is responsible for publishing the Army Times and all the other main military magazines, publishing a rare joint editorial on Monday. That editorial is saying “Rumsfeld must go”: “So long as our government requires the backing of an aroused and informed public opinion … it is necessary […]
Here is the Sunday morning line up: This Week with George Stephanopoulos: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on brewing tension in the Middle East Fmr. Secretary of State Madeline Albright on Middle East tensions ROUNDTABLE: Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts, Fareed Zakaria, and George Will VOICES SUNDAY: Olympic gymnist Kerri Strug fights crime in Washington Meet […]
The little whores that are the Republican leadership have bowed down yet again: Phone company executives won’t be grilled by a Senate panel anytime soon about their roles in the Bush administration’s eavesdropping program. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said Tuesday he will hold off subpoenaing the telecommunications chiefs while he works with […]
Hey Drudge followers, I heard there is a big sale on tin-foil hats right now so you better get a buyin’. Earlier tonight, CNN accidentally cut into the Oval Office as Bush was rehearsing his speech. It aired for about 16 seconds before CNN realized the error and went back to the situation room. You […]