Entries by emptywheel

Torture Telltale Timing

McClatchy reports that yet another torture bombshell–DOJ IG’s report on FBI complaints about the torture at Gitmo–is soon to be published. All of this seems to be happening in pretty quick succession, don’t you think?

Okay, Lamont Didn’t Crash the Servers. But What Did Lieberman Do with His $387,000 Slush Fund?

The Stanford Advocate reported today something we’ve known for years: Lieberman campaign incompetence–and not any malfeasance from the Lamont campaign–was the cause of Lierberman’s website crash on primary day in 2006. But that doesn’t close the legal questions behind the primary. We still have heard nothing about the FEC complaint Lamont’s campaign filed in response to Lieberman’s $367,000 petty cash fund.

For What?

Wexler asks the questions we’ve all been asking: For what has all the blood and money been for? And what will victory look like?

Dog N Pony Too

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has actually gotten through some of the pro-war spin, and to some real resolutions that may move us closer to ending this infernal war.

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