Well, well, well, isn't this interesting. Mary McCarthy “categorically denies” being the source of Dana Priest's article on black sites, according to Andrea Mitchell and Newsweek. Glenn Greenwald and Crooks and Liars are all over it, which is only fitting because this scuttles one of the issues going against Ms. McCarthy. See, if you leak [...]
The Leaker in Chief’s Double Standard
The Leaker in Chief's Double Standard (cross-posted at firedoglake) The Leaker in Chief can declassify at will, for political purposes, using national security for his own presidential aims, but when a whistleblower releases information that the U.S. government is sanctioning, not only the rendition of prisoners to private horror palaces, but doing so for purposes [...]
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The Fight for Internet Freedom
The Fight for Internet Freedom –updated– (cross-posted at firedoglake) UPDATE II: More important Matt Stoller posts on the subject, here and here. UPDATE: A couple of important links I want to add, check here and here, also here. The big ISPs want to control the Internet. The battle is over “net neutrality.” As soon as [...]
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Six Months of Do or Die
Six Months of Do or Die (cross-posted at firedoglake) They’ve got an idea and it’s just got to work. There are six months to get it done, with no other way out. Because if George W. Bush loses Congress to the Democrats his presidency is beyond collapsed, it’s finished, kaput, Karl bar the door. It [...]
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The President’s Purge
The President's Purge It's not like Richard Clarke, General Shinseki, Paul O'Neil and the rest of the give 'em hell crowd didn't cause us pause. The list of the ousted for speaking truth to presidential power goes on and on. David Corn, Kevin Drum and Josh Marshall are in agreement on something that really makes [...]
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The Radio Republicans: Got Emotion?
The Radio Republicans: Got Emotion? (Cross-posted at firedoglake, where the comment discussion is a critically important part of this post.) Via Glenn Greenwald we get a fascinating flurry of traitorous tall tales. But let’s focus on Ken doll Sean Hannity’s cabin boy, Mark Levin, for a minute. If you’re not familiar with Mr. Levin, he’s [...]
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The Leaker in Chief’s Dangerous Game
The Leaker in Chief's Dangerous Game (cross-posted at firedoglake) Juan Cole has discovered a new game. I think we should join in. It’s called “All Right, Not All Right.” The facts of the game are something we started talking about yesterday. It began with the Leaker in Chief being able to leak classified information for [...]
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Iraq War Brings Rise in Terrorist Attacks
Iraq War Brings Rise in Terrorist Attacks (cross-posted at firedoglake) Well, so much for making us safer and forget about “mission accomplished.” Oh, I guess what President Bush meant to say is that he didn't care about the rest of the world, including the Iraqis, as long as the bombs were blazing “over there.” How [...]
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Sunday Morning Talking Head Thread
Sunday Morning Talking Heads I've talked about it so long it's getting ridiculous. But again, count the number of women invited on the Sunday political shows today. You'll only need a couple of fingers. Somebody really should do something about it one of the these days, especially since women producers are in charge of a [...]
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From the Elephant’s Mouth
From the Elephant's Mouth (cross-posted at firedoglake) Yesterday I asked for quotes of Republicans who were swiftboating the generals, brave men who recently came out and asked for Rumsfeld’s resignation. I’ve compiled a short list, more of which can be added to in the comments section below. Think Progress has some quotes, with more here. [...]
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Oil tops $75 a barrel
Oil tops $75 a barrel –updated– (cross-posted at firedoglake) There’s not much else to be said, is there? Except maybe what are we going to do about it, continue spending hundreds of billions per day in Iraq, or start The U.S.A. Energy Project to get us out of this mess? Crude-oil prices broke through $75 [...]
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The Whistleblower Gets Whacked
The Whistleblower Gets Whacked –updated– (cross-posted at firedoglake) Okay, let me get this straight. The Leaker in Chief, George W. Bush, can leak information to Lewis Libby, with no repercussions whatsoever. Deadeye can do the same. But a whistleblower, a member of the CIA’s Inspector General’s office, leaks the existence of illegal black sites to [...]
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IRAQ: Jaafari Gets His Man
UPDATE: Maliki: militias must play nice with other Iraqis or else. Half empty or half full?Whatever, just don't drink it. Come on, what did you expect? It's the case of we can't win. We shouldn't have preemptively invaded and bombed Iraq, but we did so we're stuck. It wasn't my idea. But now that we're [...]
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China’s Hu Comes to America
China\’s Hu Comes to America (cross-posted on firedoglake) President Bush\’s approval rating hit a new low according to a new Fox poll, 33%. Baby, if Bush is into his base, even on Fox, can the news get any worse? Of course, especially with our president bumbling the visit of China\’s President Hu. It doesn\’t get [...]
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Republicans Who Swiftboat the Generals
Republicans Who Swiftboat the Generals (cross-posted on firedoglake) This is the guy running the Republican strategery on Iran? A vice president who needs a nap before talking about nukes? It’s frightening that we’ve got an early bird special vice president running the show. One wonders if this five deferment draft dodger is also running the [...]
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Democrat Harry Reid Steps Out to Lead
Democrat Harry Reid Steps Out to Lead (cross-posted on firedoglake) Update: FDL reader smiley reminded me of an important post Kevin Drum did yesterday. Drum compiled multiple tracks and sources on the opportunities Bush had for diplomacy on Iran, none of which were taken. Read it. WHERE ARE THE REST OF THE DEMOCRATS? If you [...]
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Sierra Club Backs Lincoln Chafee
I heard the news late yesterday. Jane over at FDL covered it this morning. I returned not long ago, after being out this afternoon, to find a post from Jane with more news. The Sierra Club is attempting to defend their abysmal decision to back Lincoln Chafee and a political party that could care less [...]
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Scott Ritter’s Overdue I Told You So
Scott Ritter’s Overdue I Told You So (cross-posted on firedoglake) UPDATE: Crooks and Liars has a video where Ritter debunks the Iran theory, which was put forth by the LATimes back in March. Ritter’s comments are important on this, so make sure you check it out. UPDATE II: Also see this piece by Ritter on [...]
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White House Shake Up? Not So Much
White House Shake Up? Not So Much (cross-posted at firedoglake) What shake up? As Josh Marshall said very early this morning, “where are the new faces?” Matt Stoller talks about the fake shake-up, with Jesse Berney adding his take too. The bottom line is that all this talk about White House changes so far is [...]
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Christian Right Fight Heating Up
Christian Right Fight Heating Up (cross-posted on firedoglake) In this corner we have John McCain and Jerry Falwell. McCain, formerly known as the “straight talker” now commonly referred to as Senator Suck Up around here, has moved into lock step with George W. Bush. This has happened over many months, as Senator Suck Up has [...]
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