One Day, One Resignation
Gosh, if we get a resignation a day while I'm gone we might finally improve this damned Bush Administration.
Wherein emptywheel Gets Shrill
emptywheel's appearance on Off the Record.
John "Century" McCain Reduces the RNC to Babbling
The GOP would like to pretend they've got grounds to complain about the DNC ad airing McCain's 100 years comment. But apparently the ad has reduced them to utter unintelligibility.
Is Isikoff Laundering Information for Karl Rove Again?
Once again, Michael Isikoff appears to be going out of his way to make sure his BFF Karl Rove stays out of jail.
Syriana
If there's one thing I've learned over the course of this Administration, it's that if Dana Perino one day announces that the sky is blue, I will be forced to assume that an alien invasion has commenced with the total ionization of Earth's upper atmosphere.With that in mind, there's an awful lot of cognitive dissonance for me in analyzing the evidence on the purported Syrian nuclear reactor site.
"It's Not that Yoo Engaged in Really Bad Lawyering, Really It's Not"
David Rivkind and Lee Casey want you to believe that we're all beating up John Yoo because we don't agree with his interpretation of the proper role of international law. It's a shiny object, of course, designed to distract the WSJ's readers from the real reasons many are calling for Yoo to face consequences for his actions. My question is why they're making such a case.
More Informative than Ari, Scottie, Tony, and "Pig Missile" Have Ever Been
A YouTube of a hard-hitting White House briefing session.
Kyl Agrees to IG Reform--but Sustains DOJ Lawyer's Protection
The Administration--with the help of John Kyl--continues to fight efforts to give DOJ's IG the authority to investigate DOJ's lawyers.
The Sugar Momma Express
In addition to riding around on a bus full of lobbyists, John McCain has also been flying around on his Sugar Momma, Cindy McCain's jet, without paying what he ought to for it.
EW's Famous Football Trash Talk* - What The Puck Edition
Are you ready for some football? Hot damn, I am. And guess what, there really is football to talk about. And lots of other things too, but let's start off with the gridiron. Trash talks are fairly infrequent these days, so go to town on any and all sports, and any other trashin you got on your mind.
The Rent-A-Generals Attempt to Head Skelton Off at the Pass
Did the Pentagon halt its Rent-A-General program and claim it would conduct a review in hopes of preventing Ike Skelton from looking further into the Rent-A-General program?
Solomon's Baby
emptywheel's solution to the Clusterfuck.
If You Keep Getting Stopped at Airports, That's Not a Secret
A judge has rejected the government's claim that it cannot tell people whether they are on the terrorist watch list because, if they do, then they will alter their behavior accordingly.
Which Master Do These Rent-A-Generals Serve?
Ike Skelton asks which master the Pentagon's Rent-A-Generals serve. Let's do what we can to encourage Skelton--and his counterpart Carl Levin--to pursue the question further.
Dean: Is McCain a Puppet ... or a Racist?
Golly. John McCain couldn't convince the NC GOP not to run a racist ad attacking Obama. Dean calls McCain on this cheap stunt.
Elliott Abrams Gave the Israelis a Hall Pass
Did Elliott Abrams agree--on his own--to trade the Israelis new settlements in exchange for a Gaza withdrawal?
Article I v. State Secrets
It looks like the al-Haramain suit in CA will really pit Congress' power against the President's ability to invoke State Secrets.
CIA And Bushco Have A Rather Large Criminal Obstruction Problem: The Torture Tapes Come Home To Roost
By now, the story of the CIA's destruction of the "torture tapes" is well known. However, yesterday, an insufficiently noticed page A-16 story by Dan Eggen in the Washington Post, appears to put the lie to the defenses the Administration has posited to date and raise serious issues in relation to intentional, malicious destruction of evidence and obstruction of justice.
Fitz v. Rove, Part VI
The news that Bob Kjellander was trying to get Rove to fire Patrick Fitzgerald is not new. But introducing it in the Rezko trial certainly fits with Fitz' MO of introducing helping evidence via indirect channels.
Torture Tape Investigation in HPSCI
HPSCI is reportedly making progress on its Torture Tape investigation.