Panetta’s Threats
Yet more rumors that Panetta is on his way out.
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Reposted: The CIA IG Report’s “Other” Contents
In preparation of today’s IG Report release, I’m re-posting two of my earlier posts describing what we already know is in the report.
Reposted: The CIA IG Report on the Inefficacy of Torture
A re-post of my June post describing what we already know the CIA IG Report says about the inefficacy of torture.
Better than Clearing Brush … Getting HELP from Kennedy?
Politico says it’s not going to happen. But if Obama were to meet with Kennedy, it would provide a great opportunity for Kennedy to kick Obama’s ass. And for Obama to pivot strategies and embrace the public option he has been promising all along.
Is DOJ Withholding the OPR Report Tomorrow to Frame a White-Wash Investigation?
Why isn’t the OPR report on the list of documents to be released tomorrow?
Jello Jay Gets Into the Act
Following up on Henry Waxman’s attempt to gather information, Jello Jay has started seeking info on the insurance industry as well.
Will the Release of SpecialOps Detainee Names to ICRC End our Policy of Disappearances?
DOD has changed their policies on detainees, which at least on paper means detainees can be kept in Special Operations camps for just two weeks before they will be identified to the Red Cross.
Republicans Are Really Good at Clearing Brush
If you follow me on twitter, you know that I’ve been anticipating the Republican attack on the Obama vacation by pointing out what Bush was doing 8 years ago (ignoring the PDB) or Cheney was doing 7 (claiming Iraq was close to having nukes). So I want to give Andrea Mitchell kudos for–as I hoped reporters would do yesterday–calling out this bogus attack.
Waxman’s Methods
While Rahm has been loudly flailing in his attempts to push through health care, Henry Waxman has been preparing for battle.
Marc Ambinder’s Cave
I was going to leave well enough alone–to take Marc Ambinder’s limited apology for labeling DFHs who believed the threat level system to be politicized as “gut haters,” accept that he is at least thinking about these things, and move on. But given Ambinder’s follow-up, I’d like to use it to make a point of Village journalism methods.
But there are a couple of passages from his post that really embody the things that–as I said before-make his take on the threat levels an excellent example of what I
