Presstitutes’ Darling

It is for some time now that the International Crisis Group has featured prominently in agency reports and newspaper articles, especially when dealing with the Balkans. If just one "expert" is quoted in any report, odds are it will be someone from the ICG. With more...

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Abuse of Govt Power

Bravo, Senator Daschle! I'm also tired of the the Bush Administration's attacks on those who criticize them! Read today's Floor Statement by Senator Daschle, on the Abuse of Government Power.

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Conditions for Rice testimony

Here's the letter setting forth the conditions under which the White House agreed to let Condoleezza Rice testify publicly, under oath to the 9/11 commission. A couple of interesting passages: It starts off with a little joke to break the ice, "The president has...

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What’s my line?

"He is very good at denial and deception. I am not sure he even knows what the truth is anymore," Goss said. "I think he's been surrounded by yes-men and sycophants." House Intelligence Chairman Porter Goss, R-Fla Guess who Goss is talking about before you click the...

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A Reporter Apologizes!

No, it wasn't Judith "Kneepads" Miller, receptacle for the likes of Chalabi the crook and Mylroie the crank who owes us all an apology that we're apparently not going to get. This is a real journalist.

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History Repeating

Interesting quote on C-Span last night (from memory):In 1964, we had a peace candidate who wasn't really a peace candidate.That was a young John Kerry on the Dick Cavett Show, June 1971.

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Parsing Rice

Rice, in a prime-time television interview, reiterated the White House argument that the president's top advisers should not be forced to testify in public. In other words, testifying in public, Rice says that the president's top advisers should not be forced to...

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