Second Working Thread on DOJ OIG Torture Report
A second working thread for the DOJ OIG report on torture–now with a searchable text!
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On the Serendipity of Mis-Readings
Oops. Someone mis-read my post and asked Dana “Pig Missile” Perino whether Scottie McC really had said Bush authorized the leak of Plame’s identity.
But oddly, Pig Missile doesn’t deny that Bush authorized the leak. She only denies (correctly) that Scottie McC said it.
George Bush Authorized the Leak of Valerie Wilson’s Identity
Scottie McC explains (in his book and on the Today Show) that Bush confirmed he had authorized the leak of the classified information that Cheney ordered Libby to leak to Judy Miller: the NIE, sure, but also Valerie Wilson’s identity.
Did MI’s April 19 District Conventions Just Become a Clusterf^#k Too?
Things go bad to worse in the world of MI’s Clusterfuck. It now looks like the only way to assign MI’s uncommitted delegates to Obama is to re-do the Conventions. You know–the ones where a bunch of activists beat out candidates hand-selected by the party to be delegates to the Convention.
Will McCain Turn Over Requested Documents to the Renzi Prosecutors?
Not only did the FBI interview some of McCain’s staffers on the land deal that got Rick Renzi indicted, as of last month, McCain had not turned over some of the documents they were looking for. Since McCain has a history of involvement in this kind of land swaps for friends, don’t you think he ought to be more forthcoming?
The CIA OIG Made Five Criminal Referrals During Its Investigation of CIA Interrogation Techniques
Over the course of the 17-month long CIA OIG investigation into interrogation techniques, it made five referrals to DOJ’s Criminal Division. That sure suggests that when the CIA destroyed evidence the CIA OIG had reviewed over the course of their investigation, they had reason to believe that evidence was evidence of a federal crime.
Now This IS Interesting Scottie McClellan News
Scottie McClellan thinks Rove and Libby were fixing their stories in 2005, after it was revealed that Rove was Cooper’s source.
Working Thread: DOJ IG Report on Torture
Use this as a working thread on the DOJ IG report on torture.
Mukasey’s Troubling Historical Argument
Mukasey’s defense of John Yoo in his commencement address at Boston College Law School has drawn a lot of attention. But it’s the logic behind his defense, and not the defense per se, that really concerns me.
Rove Once Again Saying Things on Teevee He Claims He Can’t Say to Congress
Rove’s excuses for why he doesn’t have to testify to the House Judiciary Committee are getting increasingly ridiculous.
