Torture Tapes and Briefings
Michael Isikoff suggests that John Durham may be focusing on the Moussaoui requests for testimony from Abu Zubaydah and others. That may put CIA knowledge and intent to destroy the tapes much earlier.
Zelikow's Dissent and Rockefeller's Question
Yesterday, I showed how Steven Bradbury's May 30 Memo was a failed response to Congress' insistence that the Administration consider whether its torture program complied with the 8th Amendment. Well, that's precisely what Philip Zelikow's dissent was about.
Addington's Multiple Choice Torture Memos
When asked about his role in the Bybee One memo at the HJC hearing last year, Addington repeatedly made it clear he was answering the question ONLY as it pertained to Bybee One. I would bet the answers would be far different if he were asked about Bybee Two.
The Next Anti-Union Myth: Obama Gave Them Chrysler
The finance press is started a new meme--that Obama gave the union Chrysler and hurt some poor little hedge funds in the process.
Exclusive!! Pro-Torture Spooks Continue to Play Journalists for Chumps!!
It's the Moonie Times' Eli Lake and Bill Gertz's turn to do the pro-torture spooks' bidding again. Pity they misrepresent a letter Silvestre Reyes writes, let Hoekstra continue to lie about briefings, and show no awareness of the appropriations process.
Bradbury's Bellybutton
Here's the quality of Bradbury's legal work. He argues we can waterboard people because, under torture, they confess to things that prove they're very important and scary people so we can then point to them to argue it's okay to waterboard.
Judge Bybee, Can You Say Panic?
Judge Bybee doesn't seem to know what to do to respond to Pat Leahy's invitation to come chat.
What Did BushCo Hide By Not Revealing Surveillance Activities?
EPIC reports that Bush didn't keep up with its required reporting on certain kinds of surveillance activities. Sort of makes you wonder what they're hiding, huh?
The Gestation of Bradbury's Torture Memos
One of the reasons Jay Rockefeller wrote a narrative of the OLC memo process tied to torture was to document just how little the Administration gave a shit about what Congress had to say about the program--particularly it's demand that the torture program comply with the Convention Against Torture.
When Did John Yoo Start the Bybee Memo?
When did John Yoo start writing the Bybee Memo? In March, 2002, after Abu Zubaydah was captured? Or just a few months after 9/11?
Condi's "Position of Responsibility"
These two YouTubes ought to be watched in tandem. Together, they give a whole new meaning to the term "position of responsibility."
Obama and State Secrets
Obama says he's interested in fixing state secrets. I think he's just trying to get ahead of a bus that is already moving.
JP MorganThe Banks Forces Chrysler into Bankruptcy
The UAW was willing to negotiate, but the banksters weren't. So Chrysler will now enter bankruptcy.
The Obama administration will announce at noon today that it will take Chrysler LLC into a historic bankruptcy to force a cut in debt key to a partnership with Fiat S.p.A. after three firms refused a sweetened offer.
With the UAW late Wednesday ratifying cost cuts in its contract and cuts in the money due its retiree
Condi: If It Smells Like Nixon, It's Criminal
Condi channels Nixon to defend torture.
A Bush EO on Torture?
Did Bush "pixie dust" the EO on intelligence to allow for torture?
Obama on Torture
You and I are not the audience for Obama's answer to this question. The audience for this answer is those who idolize Churchill, conservatives who place national security above all. The audience for this answer is a group of Republicans who can be persuaded on this point.
Ultimately, though, to the question "Did the Bush Administration sanction torture," is, "Whatever legal rationales were used, it was a mistake."
Leahy to Bybee: Here's Your Chance to Chat
Pat Leahy has invited Jay Bybee to come clean before the SJC.
Politico: Still Stumbling Over Obvious Crimes to Cover a He-Said-She-Said Story
Glenn Thrush once again shows more interest in a stupid beltway dispute then the evidence of criminality.
Obama's 100 Days of Auto Bailout
Overall, I'd rank Obama's treatment of the auto bailout with an A-.
Jay Bybee Speaks Quavers
Jay Bybee issues a legalistic statement that attempts to contest stories of his own doubts about the torture memos.
