Pelosi Appoints Dusty Foggo and Jose Rodriguez’ Buddy to Ethics Committee
Nancy Pelosi just appointed one of the most ethically impaired Congressmen this side of the Abramoff mob to be in charge of Congress’ Ethics Review Board.
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When Did the US Postal Inspectors Replace Our Courts?
According to information revealed by Artur Davis yesterday, it seems our antagonistic Courts system secretly got replaced with postal inspectors. And no one seems to care.
Sanchez v. Mukasey on “Executive Privilege”
I wanted to look closely at the exchange between Congresswoman Sanchez and Attorney General Mukasey to see if it gets us any closer to determining whether DOJ reviewed Bush’s invocation of absolute immunity for Rove–and specifically whether he bought off on the claim that the matters in question pertained to Rove’s “official duties.” I can’t tell. But I can tell you that Mukasey schooled Sanchez in the exchange.
A Timeline of Lamar Smith’s Pathetic Attempt to Save Karl Rove
Funny. Lamar Smith’s attempt to save Karl Rove’s ass was not an attempt to gather information for the Subcommittee. Rather, it appears to have been an attempt to be able to say to Attorney General Muaksey that Rove had been nice and compliant, just in time for Mukasey’s appearance before the Committee today.
Rove All-But Confirms He DID Talk to Non-DOJ People About Siegelman
Lamar Smith tried to let Karl Rove off easy on questions about his involvement in the Don Siegelman affair. But all he managed to do, it seems, is to make it clear that he was talking to people in Alabama about the prosecution.
HJC Testimony: Michael Mukasey, Three
Michael Mukasey chats to HJC.
HJC Testimony: Michael Mukasey, Two
Mukasey chats with HJC.
HJC Testimony: Michael Mukasey
Mukasey chats with HJC.
Church Committee, The Bush II Version?
Tim Shorrock describes the possibility of a second Church Committee to investigate the abuses of the Bush–and Reagan and Clinton–Administrations.
Once a Predictable Tool, Always a Predictable Tool
Did Novak’s old friends in the Off the Record Club set Novak up as a tool?
