Today's statement from Sibel Edmonds:For over two years the Attorney General, John Ashcroft, has been relentlessly engaged in actions geared towards covering up my reports and investigations into my allegations. His actions against my case include gagging the United...
Froomkin on the torture memo
Michael Froomkin parses the OLC's Aug. 1, 2002 Torture Memo ("the Bybee Memo".) This is a very helpful post to read especially if you're becoming confused by the sheer number of various torture memo leaks bombarding us daily. After explaining what the OLC is ( Justice...
Do the Republicans have a presidential candidate?
In light of the information breaking in the White House's torture scandal, along with the legal complications of their thousands of detainees in Iraq as well as the fact that the Iraqi insurgents are clearly winning, I'm wondering who the Republicans are going to run...
Video of Robert Jacob killing
Video Shows Murder And Slaughter Of American Robert Jacob, In Riyadh Click link above for video link on Information Clearinghouse. Chanting glorifying Jihad, or holy war, is heard in the background on the tape as two men are seen chasing a Western-dressed man who...
Iraqi “intelligence” was disinfo
Remember when Al-Douri was the focus of a manhunt in Iraq because the US was convinced that he was a leader of the insurgency? Here's a Sydney Morning Herald article from December, 2003:With the capture of Saddam Hussein, US forces are focusing more attention on Izzat...
American kidnapped in Riyadh
A photo of U.S. engineer Paul M. Johnson is posted on a Web site yesterday along with a claim by Al Qaeda to have kidnapped him. Saudis described as Al Qaeda militants have kidnapped one American and claim to have killed another in the same operation. In a statement...
American killed in Riyadh
Another American has been gunned down in Riyadh. No details yet. The last one like this was Tuesday. Last Sunday, a BBC cameraman was shot and his reporter colleague critically wounded. That's just this week. One might wonder if there is a pattern developing.
Saturday Blog Tour
Sadly, No! makes fun of the warbots at the Corner and InstaStatist by highlighting their now-embarrassing excitement over the State Department's 2003 report on terrorism that turned out to be a lie grossly wrong. Oops! Rahul Mahajan also has some apropriately...
Take That, Victor Davis Hanson
Classicist Peter Jones imagines how Pericles would have responded to 9/11:Had Pericles been George Bush on 9/11, he might well have reasoned as follows: ‘If my policy is to ensure that America is never attacked like this again (and it is), and if one of the root...
Erratum
If any of you read Alan Bock's column this morning and thought something was missing, well, you were right: the beginning. Please check it again. You'll be glad you did.


