Comments on: The Smearmongers Who Took Down Chiara and Hagen Got Promoted to Main Justice http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:48:32 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Leen http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90235 Leen Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:14:03 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90235 <p>I wish someone would track the sexual rumors out about John Edwards.</p> I wish someone would track the sexual rumors out about John Edwards.

]]> By: Leen http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90234 Leen Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:12:29 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90234 <p>they knew exactly what and who they voted for by voting for Mukasey</p> they knew exactly what and who they voted for by voting for Mukasey

]]> By: Leen http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90233 Leen Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:10:53 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90233 <p>Similar methods of discrimination and humiliation against gays used during Hitlers regime</p> <p><a href="http://www.ushmm.org/researc" rel="nofollow">http://www.ushmm.org/researc</a><br /> h/library/bibliography/index.php?content=gaysMethods</p> Similar methods of discrimination and humiliation against gays used during Hitlers regime

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]]> By: masaccio http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90172 masaccio Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:32:37 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90172 <p>I like this reading.</p> I like this reading.

]]> By: Rayne http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90160 Rayne Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:58:37 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90160 <p>There’s a possibility that attacks on Native American women by non-Native American men may have been a key issue — although there’s plenty of reasons to go around.</p> <p>Ugh, the things I’ve learned this week about MI-SOS Land…blecchh…</p> There’s a possibility that attacks on Native American women by non-Native American men may have been a key issue — although there’s plenty of reasons to go around.

Ugh, the things I’ve learned this week about MI-SOS Land…blecchh…

]]> By: Rayne http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90159 Rayne Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:56:06 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90159 <p>This DOJ under Gonzales dramatically changed its communications habits. Under Reno and Ashcroft any major changes in roles between uppermost hirees and appointees was announced by a press release.</p> <p>Not so under Gonzo; I actually found that the number of such press releases fell between 30 to 60% depending on the kind of press release.</p> <p>Announcements about any changes to the membership of the USAG’s NAIS — consisting of 28 USA’s of which 30% rotated on/off the team each year — the press releases dropped altogether. It was virtually impossible to tell who was on the NAIS after Gonzo’s first year, with the exception of those members who’d been named to that committee the previous year by Ashcroft.</p> <p>I don’t imagine Mukasey to be any better at communication than his predecessor.</p> This DOJ under Gonzales dramatically changed its communications habits. Under Reno and Ashcroft any major changes in roles between uppermost hirees and appointees was announced by a press release.

Not so under Gonzo; I actually found that the number of such press releases fell between 30 to 60% depending on the kind of press release.

Announcements about any changes to the membership of the USAG’s NAIS — consisting of 28 USA’s of which 30% rotated on/off the team each year — the press releases dropped altogether. It was virtually impossible to tell who was on the NAIS after Gonzo’s first year, with the exception of those members who’d been named to that committee the previous year by Ashcroft.

I don’t imagine Mukasey to be any better at communication than his predecessor.

]]> By: Rayne http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90155 Rayne Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:52:03 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90155 <p>They’re still only talking about throwing a book at her. Until she’s frogmarched out of whatever cozy winger welfare haven in which she’s now ensconced and forcibly put behind bars in a jumpsuit, they are still making a lot of hot air.</p> <p>Let’s hope all the hot air is enough to scare her into flipping on a bigger fish.</p> They’re still only talking about throwing a book at her. Until she’s frogmarched out of whatever cozy winger welfare haven in which she’s now ensconced and forcibly put behind bars in a jumpsuit, they are still making a lot of hot air.

Let’s hope all the hot air is enough to scare her into flipping on a bigger fish.

]]> By: bmaz http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90102 bmaz Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:48:24 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90102 <p>Maybe Perle can use Stevens in Kurdistan.</p> Maybe Perle can use Stevens in Kurdistan.

]]> By: watercarrier4diogenes http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90101 watercarrier4diogenes Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:29:55 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90101 <p>I’m not quite ready to say that _everyone_ at DOJ is in on the ’strategy’. IF that were the case, we’d never have seen trials, much less convictions, that we’ve seen. Glenn Fine doesn’t seem to be part of Mucksy’s team, at least not from the content of his reports thus far. Same with the IG at CIA, though he did get pressured by Darth Cheney.</p> I’m not quite ready to say that _everyone_ at DOJ is in on the ’strategy’. IF that were the case, we’d never have seen trials, much less convictions, that we’ve seen. Glenn Fine doesn’t seem to be part of Mucksy’s team, at least not from the content of his reports thus far. Same with the IG at CIA, though he did get pressured by Darth Cheney.

]]> By: manys http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90087 manys Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:56:32 +0000 http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/07/29/the-smearmongers-who-took-down-chiara-and-hagen-got-promoted-to-main-justice/#comment-90087 <p>Promoted to Main Justice? Surely there was some kind of press release for that. Shouldn’t be too hard to figure out who the rumor mongers are with a little digging.</p> Promoted to Main Justice? Surely there was some kind of press release for that. Shouldn’t be too hard to figure out who the rumor mongers are with a little digging.

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