Why Did Terry O’Donnell Tell Michael Isikoff What Cheney Refused to Tell Fitzgerald?
Why was Cheney willing to leak stuff to Mike Isikoff but not state it to Pat Fitzgerald?
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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 Email Question
/21 Comments/in CIA Leak Case/by emptywheelSurprise surprise. Fitzgerald asked Cheney whether he used email, too.
Bush’s July 7, 2003 Discussion about Wilson
/32 Comments/in CIA Leak Case/by emptywheelCheney revealed a meeting with Bush at which Wilson was discussed. And right after that, Rove talked at the senior staff meeting about hitting back at Wilson.
The Taxpayers Paid Dick Cheney’s Personal Defense Attorney to Obstruct Any Inquiries Into His Crimes
/95 Comments/in CIA Leak Case/by emptywheelDid you know that you and I paid one of Dick Cheney’s personal defense lawyers for the last two years of the Bush Administration?
Cheney Refused to Release the Journalists
/30 Comments/in CIA Leak Case/by emptywheelThere is a lot in Cheney’s interview report–we’ll have a busy weekend. But for the moment, let’s start with this bit: After the Vice President again mentioned that he was pressed for time, two separate requests were made to Vice President Cheney in an effort to assist the DOJ/FBI investigation into this matter. First, an […]
Cheney Interview Materials
/45 Comments/in CIA Leak Case/by emptywheelI guess there ARE limits to which Obama won’t stoop to protect Dick Cheney. As I predicted, DOJ released his interview materials. Here they are: Interview Summary Notes 1 Notes 2 Seeing as how I just walked in the door, I’ll be reading them along with you. I’ll update with my thoughts. Interesting: Cheney was […]
Torture Tape Destruction Accountability: How It Is Done
/31 Comments/in Intelligence, Law, Obama Administration, Torture, Torture Tape/by emptywheelWhen the government possesses videotape evidence of the torture of subjects under its dominion and control, there is only one reason to destroy the tapes. That reason is not because they possess no evidentiary value; in fact it is the direct opposite, it is because they are smoking guns. Videotapes are definitive for one of […]
Metadata Goes Public
/5 Comments/in Intelligence/by emptywheelIn AZ at least, metadata now is legally considered part of public records.
Rachel Needs to Start a “Hall of Afraid”
/59 Comments/in emptywheel/by emptywheelRachel Maddow needs to start a Hall of Afraid of all the big talkers who talk a big show on Fox and elsewhere, but are afraid to go debate Rachel. Last week, Liz Cheney challenged Keith Olbermann to a duel, but refused to show up to debate Rachel. And now Joe Lieberman is hiding from […]
Leo Gerard: I’m Tired of Hearing about Stimulus
/11 Comments/in Economics/by emptywheelLeo Gerard calls for a plan, not a one-time stimulus.