Panetta’s Parsings
Royce Lamberth really smacked down Leon Panetta’s declaration in the Horn v. Huddle case. That probably going to make it a lot easier for other plaintiffs to question his good faith going forward.
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CIA: A Different Kind of Derivative Trading
The CIA explains away its Vaughn Index sampling gaps by claiming documents listed on its index as cables are derivative, not original reporting on the torture.
The Changing Story on Past Torture Investigations
It’s funny how numbers have a way of changing as the need for different spin arises.
California’s Detroit
We need to get beyond looking at individual communities and start solving our big economic problems as a nation.
The Use of Photographs as Propaganda
The government is complaining that the Taliban is using a video of a captured soldier as propaganda. Unfortunately, the last Administration not only did the same, but bragged of it.
Bill Leonard: Congress Is Responsible for CIA Not Informing Them
Leonard points out that Congress needs to amend the National Security Act if it wants to get serious about forcing the executive to inform Congress of covert activities.
One Former Official Ready to Bust Others for Torture
Remember how I said that if you went after the torturers, they would implicate the architects of the torture? Here’s an example.
The Real Reason They’re Hiding Cheney’s Interview?
Ostensibly, DOJ is trying to withhold Dick Cheney’s interview materials for the following three reasons (in order of their centrality to the argument):Law enforcement privilege: If DOJ turns over Cheney’s interview, it will make future Vice Presidents unwilling to cooperate in investigations. This argument fails given the evidence that it has long been routine to release interview materials from high ranking White House figures, going back to the era of Cheney’s
Im-me-di-ate: adjective (DOJ) 1. More Than 2 Years
Among other stupid claims DOJ made in its latest effort to hide Dick Cheney’s interview report was that, in spite of CREW’s list proving that the public release of investigation materials has always been routine, if a high level White House official thinks it will be routine, he won’t cooperate.
Meet the Press STILL Lets Guests “Control the Message”
Tim Russert may be gone. But his craven ways have not ended at Meet the Press. Like Russert, David Gregory allows his guests to control the show when they appear.
