CIA, NSA, spies —
Democrats’ fury grows over destroyed CIA tapes
Democrats in control of Congress charged cover-up and demanded investigations into the CIA’s destruction of videotapes showing terrorism suspects being subjected to severe interrogation techniques.
The United States has been widely criticized by European allies and human rights groups for methods like “waterboarding” in which prisoners are made to fear […]
Libby sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prisons
Former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation.
Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President
Dick Cheney, stood calmly before a packed courtroom as a federal judge said the evidence overwhelmingly […]
Bush Dodges Comey’s Accusations That He Personally Arranged Ashcroft Hospital Visit
NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell pressed Bush on this point. “Sir, did you send your then Chief of Staff and White House Counsel to the bedside of John Ashcroft while he was ill to get him to approve that program,” …
Bush twice dodged the question entirely. “Kelly, […]
Attention, readers: Do not attempt to adjust your tin foil hats while reading this post.
I certainly yawned over the NSA wiretapping brouhaha. “Oh, come on, they wouldn’t do that to us, ” I said.
Hullabaloo
Many of us were told to pipe down when we complained that the Justice Department and the NSA had been involved in […]
Hot Air: Sky News exposes China’s mobile execution buses
Watch the video clip. The second guy, Chin, was accused of murder or rape. The Chinese interrogators wouldn’t let him sleep, they beat him, and they tied him to a chair. And he “confessed.”
Those fucking Chinese.
Allah reminds me of the difference between us and the Chinese:
We’ve […]
… the John Cole way, who says
Since the Foley issue is a big deal, and people want answers to these serious questions, I have a modest proposal. Let’s waterboard Foley, Hastert, Boehner, Reynolds, and all of their aides, as well as anyone else in the GOP leadership. After all, they all voted for it, it […]
Declassified NIE Key Judgments.pdf (pdf file)
Bush promised to release the National Intelligence Estimate. Here’s the intro:
Declassified Key Judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate Trends in Global Terrorism:
Implications for the United States dated April 2006
United States-led counterterrorism efforts have seriously damaged the leadership of al-Qa’ida and disrupted its operations; however, we judge that al-Qa’ida will continue […]
Fitzgerald given way out of Libby leak case
The judge in the CIA leak case ruled Thursday that if Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald feels that admitting certain classified documents at the upcoming trial of I Lewis “Scooter” Libby can jeopardize national security, Fitzgerald can then move to dismiss the perjury charges against Libby.
Judge Reggie Walton cannot […]
Bush, GOP rebels agree on detainee bill
The White House and rebellious Senate Republicans announced agreement Thursday on rules for the interrogation and trial of suspects in the war on terror. President Bush urged Congress to put it into law before adjourning for the midterm elections.
“I’m pleased to say that this agreement preserves the single most […]
I didn’t understand the Arar case when it was reported yesterday. Why would we “render” him to Syria, one of our main antagonists in the Mideast? As I understand it, our rendition program sends terrorist suspects to other countries for *cough cough* their humane interrogation procedures when our equally humane interrogation procedures aren’t adequate. Not […]
Canadians Fault U.S. for Its Role in Torture Case
A [Canadian] government commission on Monday exonerated a Canadian computer engineer of any ties to terrorism and issued a scathing report that faulted Canada and the United States for his deportation four years ago to Syria, where he was imprisoned and tortured.
The report on the engineer, Maher […]
Bush Says G.O.P. Rebels Are Putting Nation at Risk
Asked about [Colin Powell’s] analysis, Mr. Bush said, “If there’s any comparison between the compassion and decency of the American people and the terrorist tactics of extremists, it’s flawed logic.”
I haven’t written much about Bush’s proposed rules for the interrogation and prosecution of terrorism suspects. But, whatever […]
Armitage Says He Was the Source in C.I.A. Leak - New York Times
The confirmation of Mr. Armitage’s role, long the subject of media speculation, shows that the initial disclosure of Ms. Wilson’s identify did not originate from the White House as part of a concerted political attack, but was divulged by a senior State Department […]
Right Wing Nut House » THE NARRATIVE IS THE THING
Two stories. One about a TV docudrama. One about the putative end to a scandal that was to have brought down (at various times), the President, the Vice President, Karl Rove, and the Republican party.
What they have in common is that both are part of the […]
WaPo: End of an Affair
Nevertheless, it now appears that the person most responsible for the end of Ms. Plame’s CIA career is Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson chose to go public with an explosive charge, claiming — falsely, as it turned out — that he had debunked reports of Iraqi uranium-shopping in Niger and that his […]
