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ThinkProgress got the email that Mitch McConnell's staffer claimed he had not sent out. Seen the latest blogswarm? Apparently, there’s more to the story on thekid (Graeme Frost) that did the Dems’ radio response on SCHIP. Bloggershave done a little digging and turned up that the Dad owns his ownbusiness (and the building it’s in), seems to have some commercialrental income and Graeme and a sister go to a private school that,according

Josh asks "why State?" of all departments, has such a fondness for contractors in general and Blackwater in particular. I've got two suggestions, one based on reality and one on my tinfoil hat. First, if you look back at the battle between DOD and State in 2003--in which Bush had officially sided with Colin Powell on the approach to reconstruct Iraq, but in which DOD and OVP managed to at least undermine

Or at least that's one thing we might surmise from the news that Gonzales hired George Terwilliger to represent him just after he resigned (h/t bmaz). No sooner did Alberto Gonzales resign as attorney general last monththan he retained a high-powered Washington criminal-defense lawyer torepresent him in continuing inquiries by Congress and the JusticeDepartment. [snip] The top concern for Gonzales, and now Terwilliger, is the expandinginvestigation by Glenn Fine, the Justice Department’s fiercelyindependent inspector

Remember when Dick Cheney shot an old man in the face and then attempted to cover it up by reporting it through the local press? Well, Dan Bartlett wants you to know that that whole cover-up was Dick's idea demand. Then there was the time Cheney shot his pal during a hunting accident in Texas."We couldn't get hold of him for quite a bit of time," Bartlett said."They were strategizing on their

In his post on the latest Bush exposure of counter-terrorism resources, Noah Schachtman links to this long profile on the woman and firm exposed by BushCo. Two things stick out from the article: Taking two staff members from the Investigative Project, Katz set upher own office. She got by on small government contracts.

I happen to be reading Stonewall right now. And I gotta say, I've already said what Bernstein said several times. Watergate would not have played out the same way today because Congressno longer performs its oversight role, said Carl Bernstein, one of thejournalists famous for uncovering the story. “The difference with today is that the system did its job.

I'll withhold judgment until I see the text of the bill, but from this story, it appears the Progressive Caucus made some progress--though not on all counts--in their efforts to ensure the permanent FISA amendment safeguards privacy and civil liberties. House Democrats plan to introduce a bill this week that would let asecret court issue one-year "umbrella" warrants to allow the governmentto intercept e-mails and phone calls of foreign targets and would

A lot of folks have noted Tweety's latest chirping. Chris Matthews had barely finished praising hiscolleagues at the 10th anniversary party for his “Hardball” showThursday night in Washington, D.C. when his remarks turned politicaland pointed, even suggesting that the Bush administration had "finallybeen caught in their criminality." In front of an audience that included such notables as Alan Greenspan, Rep.

As some of you might remember way back, I first got sucked into the Plame investigation when Judy Miller was heading to jail. I found her appeal to a non-existent reporter's privilege a farce, given that her relationship with the Bush Administration had long dropped any pretense of journalism. So it may surprise you that I think Patrick Fitzgerald uses the wrong approach in his editorial lobbying against the shield law

Larry Craig, that's who. Shortly after a state judge denied his request to withdraw the Augustplea admitting to disorderly conduct, Mr. Craig said he had reversedhis previously announced decision to leave the Senate if he could notget the plea thrown out and would instead serve out his third term,which expires at the end of 2008.