Since the death of Bin Laden, the torture supporters have been in chest thumping mode, saying that it was the harsh interrogation torture of detainees that lead to the intel: Finally, in May 2005, al-Libi was captured. Under CIA interrogation, al-Libi admitted that when he was promoted to succeed Mohammed, he received the word through […]
You can tell an election is just right around the corner by this summation Greg did: * Are Senate Dems going wobbly? It appears that Senate Dems may abandon the idea of holding a vote on extending the middle class tax cuts. Incredibly, the thinking is that a vote is unnecesesary because the lines on […]
It amazes me how disappointed the Republicans are that the NIE put a damper on their wet dream of a war with Iran: Some Republicans in Congress are second-guessing a government intelligence report that Iran has abandoned its nuclear weapons program. They want a second opinion. The National Intelligence Estimate, released last week, concludes Iran […]
Watching Bush’s press conference and it’s obvious he is on edge, but still he lies like crazy. Yesterday we found out he has been lying to this country and the world about Iran’s nuclear weapons program. He is saying that this changes nothing in his assertions because they had a program. Catch that – they […]
John Kerry has cancelled all his campaign appearences today in the wake of his botched joke: ABC news is reporting that Senator John Kerry has cancelled all appearances today – including a campaign stop in Philadelphia with Pennsylvania U.s. Senate candidate Bob Casey. President Bush and other Republicans have been demanding Kerry make an apology […]
So where is Scooter’s defense trying to go? This could give us some insight: A federal judge dealt a setback to I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s defense in the CIA leak case yesterday, telling the former vice presidential aide’s attorneys that he is likely to deny their request for a vast trove of government documents. At […]
July 30, 2003 – In a Rose Garden press conference, the President answered the following: Q Mr. President, you often speak about the need for accountability in many areas. I wonder then, why is Dr. Condoleezza Rice not being held accountable for the statement that your own White House has acknowledged was a mistake in […]
Remember back to the summer of 2003? We could not find those WMDs the administration swore Saddam had stockpiles of. Slowly the reasoning of our invasion turned from WMD to freeing the people from the rule of an evil tyrant. We heard stories of rape rooms and people being tortured by different means that made […]
Its the first of the month and we will start getting glimpses into how the public thinks of our President. The first look is not so good for him. CBS has released their latest poll that goes into the leak investigation and the approval of the President. His approval has dropped even more and more […]
Judy Miller finally released her account today of her ordeal surrounding the Valerie Plame leak (full New York Times articlehere). I have not read the entire article in full, but have read an interesting diagnosis into it done by Editor and Publisher magazine. For the first time this clearly, Miller, in today’s article, admits, “WMD–I […]