Wonder what the heck is going on in Paris, with all the rioting? Skip the bigots and read lenin. Micah Holmquist sends us linkage for the NYT bogus intelligence story: "You can read the actual document provided to the New York Times via Carl Levin's webpage." Micah on...
al-Libi and the Cheney/Bush Torture Regime
Douglas Jehl's revelations in the New York Times today:A top member of Al Qaeda in American custody was identified as a likely fabricator months before the Bush administration began to use his statements as the foundation for its claims that Iraq trained Al Qaeda...
Warbloggers in Pajamas hacktacular
Wolcott (here and here) is all over David Corn for agreeing to join the editorial board of the odious Pajamas Media, future web home for war hacks not yet indicted. Like Michael Ledeen. Corn's response makes it clear that he has no idea what he's getting into: "I look...
Chalabi – The neocons’ bad penny
Chalabi returns to the scene of the crime? What's up with that?Though his personal electoral base is limited he has forged links with fellow Shi'ite groups, including nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, and there is speculation he will put himself forward as prime...
Senate forced into rare closed session
US Senate goes into closed session: AMERICAblog: CNN just said that by invoking Rule 21, Reid just shut down the Senate, all 100 Senators are called to the Senate floor, they have to turn over their cell phones, blackberries, etc Talking Points Memo: I'm told Sen....
Republicans + Indictments = civil libertarians
Special Counsel Fitzgerald's investigation and ongoing legal proceedings are serious, and now the proceedings -- the process moves into a new phase. In our system, each individual is presumed innocent and entitled to due process and a fair trial.....George W. Bush In...
Death and Chaos in Iraq
U.S. aircraft bombed a house near the Syrian border before dawn on Monday in what the military said was a precision strike on an al Qaeda leader. A local hospital doctor in the Iraqi town of Qaim said 40 people were killed and 20 wounded, many of them women and...
Cheney replaces Scooter
From Josh Marshall:The Vice President today appointed David S. Addington of Virginia to be the chief of staff to the Vice President. The Vice President also appointed John P. Hannah of the District of Columbia as the Assistant to the Vice President for National...
Republican Hissy Fits
Tom Knapp on the Republican "Hissy" fit over Scooter Libby's indictment. Also, Mark Kleiman is prescient here on why the Martha Stewart Comparison ("Look at Martha Stewart, for instance, where they couldn't find a crime and they indict on something that she said about...
Best Post-Indictment observation
Larry Johnson:A careful reading of the indictment shows beyond a reasonable doubt that there was an organized effort in the White House to go after Joe and Valerie Wilson. At a minimum, Vice President Cheney was witting of this effort. Too bad these guys did not work...
