Will Miguel Estrada Represent John Yoo Before Sonia Sotomayor at SCOTUS?
Will Miguel Estrada face Sonia Sotomayor in one of her early cases on SCOTUS, as Estrada tries to defend John Yoo's crappy lawyering?
Chuck Todd's Law
Aside from MSNBC's squeamishness about blowjobs (but not about the murder of teenagers or slobbering racism), here's why, according to Chuck Todd, we cannot have an investigation of the crimes Dick Cheney committed because the media is incapable of learning the facts on a story well enough to present it as anything but a partisan fight, and because of that, any investigation would be a show trial of ideology rather than facts.
"C" Is for Cheater
If I were the wife of one of the boys shacking up at C Street who had not yet admitted an extramarital affair, I'd be getting nervous about now.
Former Congressman and C Street resident Chip Pickering's estranged wife has filed a lawsuit against Pickering's alleged mistress. Leisha Pickering is suing Elizabeth Creekmore-Byrd for alienation of affection.
John Yoo: Al Qaeda Uses Telephones But KGB Spies Don't
John Yoo says high tech communication is THE BEST WAY to find al Qaeda operatives.
Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Day 4, Witnesses
Soon to come, Frank Ricci.
Questions and Answers about Beginning of Domestic Spying Program
The circumstances surrounding the start date and initial approval date of the domestic spying program are getting more and more confusing.
Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Day 3, Part V
Feingold: Caperton v. Massey.
Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Day 3, Part IV
Sotomayor back, Leahy reading a letter of some sort. There was some confusion bc Leahy's mike didn't work. Franken let Leahy use his. I think it was Sessions who joked it was the fastest rise of a Senator ever, suggesting Franken was taking over as Chair.
The "Other Intelligence Activities"
We've know what the "Other Intelligence Activities" referenced in the IG Report were for years. What the IG Report confirms, however, is that these aspects of the program were the ones that disturbed Comey and Goldsmith.
Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Day 3, Part III
We'll have four Dems in a row: Klobuchar, Kaufman, Specter, and Senator Al Franken (!).
Bacon, Boobs & A Blowjob: All Star Trash Talk
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bmazWhat the hell, somebody had to write a post with this title, why not me? And fear not fearless readers, I intend to deliver on all elements promised.
Feingold Asks Sotomayor about Executive Power
I'm worried about the way that Sotomayor answered a question on "unreasonable search and seizure." But I'm heartened by her answer to a Korematsu question.
Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Day 2, Part III
Picking up from Christy's earlier posts (Part I and Part II).
The US Government Owns Abu-Zubaida's Thoughts
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bmazI just found an interesting article by Walter Pincus tucked away in the lower half of the website. It contains no new or breaking news, but is an interesting description of just how far the government has run amok in their over-classification and demand to control information flow to the American people and the world.
Ceci Connolly's Pay2Play Puff Piece
It probably wasn't a good idea for Ceci Connolly to write a puff piece relying heavily on her Pay2Play invites.
Yoo Lawyers Up for a Shot at the 9th
John Yoo appeals Padilla's lawsuit against him.
Joe Lockhart Wanted to Say Blow Job
I was on a panel in 2007 with Joe Lockhart and Todd Purdam to talk about political news. We talked a lot about how the press' insistence on covering the Lewinsky scandal--when the bulk of the country was pretty happy with the President regardless of who had given him a blow job--led to the crisis of legitimacy that let blogs arise.
Hellerstein: Accelerate the Production of the IG Report
The ACLU just submitted a letter in the CIA IG case--pointing out that Judge Hellerstein had given the government until August 31 to produce the rest of the documents in the FOIA request with the implicit assumption that it produce the IG Report by June 19 June 26 July 1.
The key part of the letter, however, is the note Judge Hellerstein wrote by hand on the ACLU letter, saying:
The Court will
Marcy On MSNBC To Explain Secret Program Background
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bmazATTENTION all Wheelhouse and FDL members, Ms. Marcy Wheeler will be on MSNBC TeeVee with David Shuster during the 3:00-4:00 pm Eastern time hour. She is at the studio now and will be helping to explain details behind the much discussed "secret program". For more background, see these recent posts here and, to a lesser extent, here.Watch along with us and comment away!