The Push to Publish the OPR Report
Michael Isikoff adds more details to Brad DeLong's hints yesterday that Yoo and Bradbury are in trouble.
Burris Did Not Reveal Contacts with Blagojevich
It turns out Roland Burris wasn't completely forthcoming about the extent of his conversations with the Blago camp about the Senate seat.
House Judiciary Cuffs Joe Arpaio, The Most Abusive Sheriff In America
You have probably heard of the shamelessly self professed "Toughest Sheriff in America", Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. For years he has been making a PR spectacle of himself all the while running an unconstitutionally deplorable jail system, letting inmates die under tortuous conditions, and violating the civil rights and liberties of everybody in sight, especially minorities. The House Judiciary Committee has just issued a letter calling on Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to investigate allegations of misconduct by Arpaio. There are a lot of grounds for the action sought by HJC, lets look at them.
Obama Again Supports Bush's Bogus Stance on al-Haramain, But Partly Punts on State Secrets
By my reading, the latest filing in the al-Haramain case supports the Bush stance, without refreshing Bush's invocation of State Secrets.
"Very Harsh Conclusions" about Yoo and Bradbury
Remember that Office of Public Responsibility investigation that Congress requested, Bush squelched (by refusing the investigators clearance to do the investigation), but that, under Mukasey got reinstated? Apparently it came to the same conclusion everyone else already had--that the lawyering that went into Bush and Cheney's justification of torture and warrantless wiretap was crap. The question is, did Michael Mukasey and Mark Filip succeed in their efforts to squelch the report?
Rove's Rather Uncooperative Cooperation
Remember how Bob Luskin claimed to Murray that Rove had gotten all cooperative? Well, that was apparently a lie.
Will We Finally See the John Kerry Who Investigated BCCI Again?
John Kerry has hired the guy who claims that Kerry went easy on the BCCI investigation. Does this signal a return to Kerry's more courageous stance of his youth?
Anyone Wondering Whether Gregg Just Didn't Want Scrutiny of His Office's Favors for Abramoff?
Judd Gregg cites irreconcilable differences as his explanation for withdrawing from the Commerce position.
But do you think maybe he just realized that his reputation wasn't going to withstand the scrutiny of Senate appointment?
Susan Collins: I Stand With Crazy Pete the Twit-Leaker in Opposing Intelligence Whistleblowers
Like her fellow Republican (and now famed Twit-leaker) Pete Hoekstra, Susan Collins doesn't want our nation's intelligence professionals to be able to report fraud and wrong-doing.
Why do Republicans work so hard to protect fraud and wrong-doing?
People Might LIKE Haggis, But They Don't Want to Eat It
People in PA generally approve of the job that Arlen "Scottish Haggis" Specter is doing. But they don't exactly want him to keep doing it--particularly not the Independents his mushy centrism is supposed to attract.
Judge Walker Busts A Move: The Legal Foundation For It
Immediately below, Marcy described Judge Vaughn Walker's new homework assignment to the parties in the consolidated litigation in NDCA. In this post, I want to delve into the legal underpinnings of Walker's Order, and where he is going with it.
Vaughn Walker: Okay Mr. Holder, I'd Like to See YOUR Work Now
Vaughn Walker wants more homework from Eric Holder on retroactive immunity. And he's demanding that Holder do his own work this time.
Domenici Gets a Subpoena
Nora Dannehy's grand jury just subpoenaed Pete Domenici.
The Senate State Secrets Bill
The protectors of the Constitution in the Senate also introduced a State Secrets Bill today.
The State Secret Protection Act
A number of Congressmen have submitted the State Secret Protection Act, modeled on CIPA, in an attempt to rein in the use of State Secrets to avoid criminal prosecution.
CEO's Eating Their Own Toxic Products
The Peanut CEO's response to being invited to eat his own toxic product was invoking his Fifth Amendment Rights. But the bank CEOs? No one has yet asked them to eat their own toxic products.
Maybe We've Got Each Other By the Nuts...
Is Geithner trying to recruit "private investors" in the form of Sovereign Wealth Funds by threatening to devalue their significant stash of dollars with inflation?
Senate Stimulus: Steal from the Poor to Give to the Affluent
ProPublica has done a comparison of the House and Senate stimulus packages which shows in stark fashion the degree to which the Senate bill steals from the poor to give to the affluent. The Senate bill gives more in tax cuts to the upper middle class--in the form of the AMT patch and the house flipping subsidy--than they give in all the programs targeted to the poor.
Foul Balls: The Legal Fixation On Athletes
The Washington DC juggernaut is at it again with the persecution/prosecution of athletes. Today it is announced that charges have been filed against Houston Astros, and former Baltimore Orioles and Oakland Athletics, shortstop Miguel Tejada. Funny that they have time for this rinky-dink stuff, but not to go after Alberto Gonzales and other serious malfeasants.
Leahy: Congress Will Do Truth Commission with or without POTUS
Patrick Leahy says Congress will do a Truth Commission with or without the Obama Administration.
