Well we get another report blasting the White House on Katrina: A chastised Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff sparred with senators of both parties on Wednesday as he acknowledged “many lapses” in his agency’s response to Hurricane Katrina. Chertoff told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs that he would do things differently […]
With all the talk recently about Cheney ordering Libby to disclose the identity of Valerie Plame, the timing of this story is very relevant. The unmasking of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson by White House officials in 2003 caused significant damage to U.S. national security and its ability to counter nuclear proliferation abroad, RAW […]
Harry Reid is still on top of the effort by Republicans to prevent the next phase of the pre-war intelligence report to be completed. Today hereleased a statement about the situation: Washington, DC – On the eve of the two-year anniversary of the start of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s investigation into prewar intelligence, […]
This is too funny to pass up: Latest Bush administration leak comes from … Bush CAMBRIDGE, Md. The source of the latest leak from the Bush administration is: President Bush himself. Thanks to an error by a White House technician, the sound of what were supposed to be private remarks to G-O-P House members was […]
Think Progress blew the story wide open on the emails between Abramoff and Bush. Of course the mainstream media seems to be ignoring the fact that it was a blogger who cracked the lid on this huge story but the fact remains none the less that it was a blog. They have numerous stories from […]
So Bush is back on the lead by fear campaign. This should come as no shock to anyone but the details seem to have come to a shock for L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush’s announcement of new details on a purported 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown […]
OK. I was going to do this for the contest Al Franken was running but entries are closed. It is better suited here anyways.
This is the framing for an interesting battle Key White House tax proposals would cost the U.S. government tens of billions of dollars in lost revenue, the Treasury Department said on Monday, although the administration says they will help boost revenues in the long run. Making permanent expiring tax breaks for dividends and capital gains, […]
The domestic spying debate is no stranger to Washington. As matter of fact, the same argument took place thirty years ago: An intense debate erupted during the Ford administration over the president’s powers to eavesdrop without warrants to gather foreign intelligence, according to newly disclosed government documents. George H.W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney […]
According to Rumsfeld the war on terror will be a long war that could stretch a generation, akin to the cold war. The article, which appears in today’s Washington Post, says what we have been saying all along – the war on terror will be very long. Of course Rumsfeld doesn’t admit to the simple […]