Entries by emptywheel

The New Journalism

Sometimes tectonic shifts are underfoot and society fails to recognize the acts and effects. Such is the case with journalism and its daily outlets, newspapers and television. Newspapers are dying left and right, but it is not just their financial viability that is in freefall, it is their content. The new journalists, like Marcy Wheeler, are filling the void.

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Rice and Goss Turn on Cheney

People close to Condi Rice and Porter Goss appear to be significant sources for a NYT article adding new data points to the torture narrative. They’re self-serving. But if Condi and Goss want to turn on Cheney, I’ll take it.

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Zelikow’s Dissent and Rockefeller’s Question

Yesterday, I showed how Steven Bradbury’s May 30 Memo was a failed response to Congress’ insistence that the Administration consider whether its torture program complied with the 8th Amendment. Well, that’s precisely what Philip Zelikow’s dissent was about.

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Addington’s Multiple Choice Torture Memos

When asked about his role in the Bybee One memo at the HJC hearing last year, Addington repeatedly made it clear he was answering the question ONLY as it pertained to Bybee One. I would bet the answers would be far different if he were asked about Bybee Two.

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