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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
The Bush Economy
/in Economics/by emptywheelTweety Blames McCain
/in 2008 Presidential Election, Economics/by emptywheelAnd why not? After all, McCain said he was responsible this morning.
One thing that works in our favor for the CW (in assigning the blame for this to the Republicans) is that most TV pundits are so solidly members of the village, they can’t imagine sacrificing Wall Street to the fates of the free market.
McCain Says He’s Responsible
/in 2008 Presidential Election, Economics/by emptywheelFrom ThinkProgress:
“[T]his bill would not have been agreed to had it not been for John McCain. … But, you know, this is a bipartisan accomplishment, a bipartisan success. And if people want to get something done in Washington, they just watch John McCain.” — Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, 9/29/08
“Earlier in the week, when Senator McCain
Bailout Fails: Where Do We Go From Here?
/in Economics/by emptywheelThe bailout bill in the House just failed, 206-227. Last I counted, the Republicans had fallen short of even delivering the 70 yes votes they promised.
The stockmarket is bouncing up and down like a basketball–down 700, then down 400, and now down 600, now 450.
Which is as good an indication as anything else that no one knows what happens now.
Foggo Gets a Plea Deal
/in emptywheel/by emptywheelHuh. I guess Dusty Foggo won his greymail fight.
A former executive director of the CIA has pleaded guilty to wire fraud as part of a plea bargain.
Kyle “Dusty” Foggo was the number three man in the CIA from 2004 to 2006. At a hearing Monday in federal court in Alexandria, he pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud, admitting that he helped his best friend obtain contracts with