The USA Purge: DOJ’s IG Punts
The long-awaited DOJ IG investigation appears to be a punt.
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About emptywheel
Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties. She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including Vice, Motherboard, the Nation, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and appears frequently on television and radio. She is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the CIA leak investigation, and liveblogged the Scooter Libby trial.
Marcy has a PhD from the University of Michigan, where she researched the “feuilleton,” a short conversational newspaper form that has proven important in times of heightened censorship. Before and after her time in academics, Marcy provided documentation consulting for corporations in the auto, tech, and energy industries. She lives with her spouse in Grand Rapids, MI.
Entries by emptywheel
Trash Talk, Failed Pundit Edition
/in Trash Talk/by emptywheelSay, did any of you notice how badly I did with predictions last week?
So here are my predictions for the week: Carolina will beat a beat up Vikings team. The fifth-round college backup coached by BillBel will notch another win.
And about that 0-3 of the title? On paper, by all reasoning, the Chargers should beat the Jets.
Playing Pakistan
/in 2008 Presidential Election, Foreign Policy/by emptywheelSeveral of McCain’s mistakes last night–such as his inability to pronounce Ahmedinejad–are excusable. But I think McCain’s two gaffes on Paksitan deserve far more attantion.
Rationalizing the Hospital Visit
/in FISA/by emptywheelMurray Waas reports that DOJ investigators are trying to figure out whether Alberto Gonzales fictionalized notes of the March 10, 2004 Gang of Eight briefing to provide a rationale for Bush reauthorizing the warrantless wiretap program without Comey’s approval. But it appears that Gonzales did so, as well, to invent a reason why he and Andy Card went to the hospital later that day.
The Debate
/in 2008 Presidential Election/by emptywheelGreat format–kudos to Jim Lehrer.
And seeing an entire airport full of people rapt, watching this debate–we might yet get democracy back
The March 10, 2004 Hospital Confrontation, A Timeline
/in FISA, Timeline/by emptywheelThis timeline is incomplete. But since these events have been in the news again, I thought I’d throw it up.
Time to Revisit McCain’s Love of Craps
/in 2008 Presidential Election/by emptywheelI guess McCain’s staffers ultimately failed in their attempts to keep McCain away from the craps table through the whole election season, huh?
I Guess Keeping Haley Barbour Happy…
/in 2008 Presidential Election/by emptywheelI think John McCain bagged on this threat to blow off the debate tonight because he thought risking Haley Barbour’s ire was more dangerous than total economic collapse.
McCain Out-Hoovers Hoover
/in 2008 Presidential Election, Economics/by emptywheelHerbert Hoover, as President fucked up a response to a financial crisis. McCain’s done him one better: fucked up a response to a financial crisis even before he became President.
Bush’s Speech Fails with Most Important Audience
/in Economics/by emptywheelI think we’re entering into the phase where the federal government starts printing wheelbarrows full of cash.