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New Cut from Jackson Browne CD “Just Say Yeah”
Sarah Palin’s Troopergate Vs. Bill Clinton’s Troopergate
Dahlia Lithwack at Slate has this hilarious comparison of Sarah Palin’s Troopergate and Bll Clinton’s Toopergate. For me the so-called latest Troopergate scandal, saga, or whatever one might consider it, just brings back post-traumatic stress memories of covering the first … Continue reading
Bush Administration Keeps Secret Damaging NIE on Afghanistan
The Bush administration is refusing to declassify a damaging National Intelligence Estimate on Afghanistan. Compare that to the White House’s efforts to declassify the erroneous NIE saying that Iraq had WMD during the run-up to the war with Iraq. Brian … Continue reading
More on Executive Privilege
I have a new story on Huffington Post this morning about the Bush administration’s assertion of executive privilege to prevent Karl Rove and others from testifying about the firing of U.S. attorneys. An excerpt below: The Justice Department filed papers … Continue reading
Vice Presidential thoughts
Hillary Rodham Clinton is not going to be the vice presidential nominee. (The only glimmer of possibility that that could ever be the case is because this blog just said it wasn’t.) So why is the NYT devoting so many … Continue reading
Sunday Night Reads
Marty Lederman and Emptwheel on Judge Bates’ executive privilege decision. Serious muckraking from Half Moon Bay: HALF MOON BAY — A developer who hopes to build 129 upscale homes in Half Moon Bay has been contributing $20,000 a month to … Continue reading
Special prosecutor a possibility as U.S. attorney and DOJ politicization probes reach into the White House?
I have two new stories on the Huffington Post– one this evening and one from yesterday– about the various investigations being conducted within the Department of Justice of the firings of nine U.S. attorneys and the politicization of the Department. … Continue reading
Baseball: The Red Sox unloading Manny Ramirez?
Manny Ramirez going to the Florida Marlins?; if the trade is made the Red Sox will get Jason Bay. If he replaces Ramirez, Bay will bring speed, defense, a better than average arm, and youth (he’s 29) to the Sox. … Continue reading