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...

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Do They Know It’s Fitzmastime at All?

After prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's indictment of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Congress needs to wake up and smell the phony prewar "intelligence." Here's a link where you can write to express your concerns to your representative and senators. It helps to be polite and...

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But Is It “Resistance”?

Yes, there is a video game that simulates the overthrow of governments through protests and propaganda (see story in Wired, on the news page this morning) but to bill this as "resistance," or even "non-violent" is misdirection at the very least. There is a mountain of...

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Fitzgerald press conference – 2 PM

CNN just reported that Patrick Fitzgerald will hold a press conference at 2 PM Eastern time. "Scooter's" indictment UPDATE: USDOJ Office of Special Council Media Advisory UPDATE: MSNBC reporting that at noon, there will be a release of documents.(via ReddHedd at...

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New Iraqi political alliance

This should make the next Iraqi elections interesting. You could almost call it an anti-Iranian, anti-occupation coalition. Undoubtedly the Americans will back the pro-Iranian Shiite slate. More at Lenin's Tomb

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More fake war propaganda

More fake "documents" used to push Bush's war on Iraq, Newsweek reports:The new report is only the latest chink in the armor of the alleged Saddam-Al Qaeda connection. Last year, the September 11 Commission found there was no "collaborative" relationship between the...

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Not a Creature Was Stirring, Not Even a Miers

Now that the soporific Harriet Miers flap is at an end, I hope (and the White House fears) that we can all focus on the real reason for the season: indictments. I also hope this laughter reported by the NY Daily News was of a "Bwahahahaha" nature:While White House...

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La Repubblica – UK Niger “intelligence”

Henry Farrell at Crooked Timber has translated part of today's La Repubblica piece:La Repubblica has another story today on the role of Italian intelligence in feeding bogus evidence on Niger to Hadley and others in the US and elsewhere. There’s one key piece of new...

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Fitzgerald investigation news

I'm not sure exactly what the provenance of this Richard Sale (intelligence correspondent for UPI) article is, but it's posted by Pat Lang on his blog, Sic Semper Tyrannis and referred to here by Larry Johnson and here by Patrick Doherty of Tom Paine.com. Some...

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