The IP Treaty Is Secret Too?!?!?

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emptywheel
Apparently, we're not allowed to know what's in the IP treaty Bush negotiated last fall.

Obama's Signing Statement Disappears Whistleblowers

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Obama followed up his memo of the other day--promising not to use signing statements like Bush did--with a signing statement used like Bush did. Most troubling, he used it to counteract efforts to make it easier for whistleblowers to report problems and wrong-doing to Congress.
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Call for the Senate to Vote for Process at OLC--and Dawn Johnsen

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emptywheel
Dawn Johnsen is being considered in SJC today. When the Republicans start making incendiary claims about her, call them and remind them that, unlike John Yoo, she has promised to use a non-politicized method to put respect for the law back in OLC memos.

Sam Zell Chats with Fitz

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emptywheel
Sam Zell chatted with Fitz--back in January. I'm guessing this is coming out now to pre-empt whatever news will show up in an imminent Blago indictment.

Cheney's Assassination Squads

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emptywheel
Sy Hersh reveals that Cheney had an assassination squad reporting directly to him.

Mike Allen's Punditry Ether

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emptywheel
If a disgraced Bush hack shits in the punditry ether and Mike Allen's not there to record it, does the hack really make a sound?

The Latest Prop from Gitmo

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emptywheel
The circumstances surround the production of KSM's latest diatribe from Gitmo sure suggest it was released for propaganda purposes.

The Statute of Limitations on Bush's March 11, 2004 Illegal Wiretapping Expires Today

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emptywheel
The statute of limitations on the allegedly criminal wiretapping of Wendell Belew on March 11, 2004 expire today.

The FDIC Takes Over a Bank

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emptywheel
60 Minutes shows you what a bank takeover looks like.
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Unemployed Bush Lawyers and the OPR Report

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emptywheel
Is it a coincidence that David Addington and Alberto Gonzales--the White House lawyers who authorized torture even before John Yoo's memos on the subject--are also the two who can't get a job?

Tell Us How the Signing Statements Were Used

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emptywheel
Obama promises he won't use signing statements ... too much. But he doesn't offer any way for us to know how much damage signing statements have already done.

John Yoo's Wrestling Match with the First Amendment

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emptywheel
Read with the close attention with which John Yoo refuses to read our Constitution, Yoo's latest attempt at self-defense is even more pathetic.
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The Diplomatic Bridge To Somewhere In The Middle East

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emptywheel
Ten days after the election, I wrote what turned out to be, at the time, a somewhat controversial piece on the meaning of the hints by Obama that Hillary Clinton might be his Secretary of State, opining that it might portend a serious and affirmative play on middle east peace by the incoming Obama Administration. It is still in its infancy, but it appears that is proving true.
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Getting Their Kicks: The American-Saudi Go Around Come-Around

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Despite a decent amount of negativity roiling around the socio-political scene lately, on a fine Saturday night right here in the ole USA, this gives me a lot of heart somehow:Then, with a scream of revving engines, it begins: a yellow Corvette and a red Mitsubishi go head to head, racing down the road at terrifying speeds, just inches apart.

The Northeast Takes Over Freedom and Commerce in Georgia

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All because Bush screwed up the economy so badly that another bank failed. (And yes--it's Saturday night. So let me have my stupid fun.)
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They Picked a Bad Week to Stop Sniffing Glue

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emptywheel
The Judge deciding whether or not to dismiss the Jose Padilla lawsuit against John Yoo, having read the memos released earlier this week, doesn't seem inclined to dismiss the suit.

Not Seeing Storm Troopers, Not Scratching My Head

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emptywheel
People still seem to be missing the forest for the trees on last week's al-Haramain activities.

Burris' Partner Fred Lebed Spoke of Favors for Blagojevich

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emptywheel
It seems that Fred Lebed, Roland Burris' partner, may have been thinking of favors he could do to support Burris' candidate to be Senator.
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