Entries by emptywheel

Everything Leaks

I wonder whether when Dick said, “everything leaks” in a recent interview with Politico he knew the CIA was desperately trying to manage the leak of the news that they had destroyed videos of Al Qaeda torture sessions?

John Bolton and the IC’s New Sourcing Rules

John Bolton says the NIE is wrong because it was written by those at State who tried to correct his delusions about Iraq. But it seems they’ve brought some sound sourcing requirements that were precisely the kind of thing Bolton tried to avoid when he drummed up the war in Iraq.

Scruggs Update: Balducci Did Flip

Balducci’s plea agreement tells us what we all suspected about the Dickie Scruggs case: Balducci, the guy who originally offered the bribe, did flip on the other alleged co-conspirators.

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