And then it became clear that he was the guy who leaked TS info to Fox news. I’m not sure how long after they booted him from SSCI. But when the GOP got the majority back in 2002, Pat Roberts became Chair.

Though from th elooks of it he ditched SSCI because Banking opened up (you can only be Chair in one place). So maybe it wasn’t that he was a sieve when it came to warmongering information.

a heady mix of arbitrage capitalism and neo-feudalism and the principles in this move are bereft of any concern for a fair system where contractual principles of equal bargaining power are sought as being ideal.

But when AIG was losing $450,000 per minute while we bailed them out, I’d say the system doesn’t appear to be sustainable. The one thing that I find fascinating is to hear ‘lefty urban’ friends and ‘conservative Christians’ both question what this nation claims to value: making money on Wall Street.

I think there’s an emerging discussion about what ‘value’ is, and what should be ‘valued’. Why can’t a first grade teacher earn a paycheck that allows them to buy a home, while someone writing bogus paper on Wall Street claims to ‘add value’, but the schoolteacher is the one bailing out the bonus-inflated Wall Streeter.

Not sustainable.
And I don’t see today’s 20-somethings being willing to underwrite that level of stupid.

(Editor’s Note: This statement was released by the ACLU on March 6, 2009)

ACLU: CIA Confirms 12 Destroyed Videotapes Depicted “Enhanced Interrogation Methods”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 6, 2009

NEW YORK – As part of an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit seeking information on detainee abuse, the government today provided new details about the content of interrogation videotapes destroyed by the CIA, specifically that 12 depict so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques.” In documents filed in a New York federal court, the government also announced it would produce a complete list of summaries, transcripts or memoranda related to the videotapes by March 20. However, an inventory of the tapes provided to the court was nearly entirely redacted.

Note that the TPM links to the newest documents don’t work, but these do:

Copy of the government’s letter to the court
Copy of the redacted videotape inventory
Redacted description of the tapes

I am encouraged that there is much more about the Siegelman matter that has not been reviewed yet.

Dude, arguments not made on appeal are generally waived. I would not be encouraged if I were you.

And for everybody else feeling all rosy and optimistic about Siegelman, I am quite sorry to tell you that is quite misplaced. The chances of an 11th en banc reversal are nearly nil, and the chance of the Supremes accepting cert are below that. You are dreaming if you think otherwise.

Yeah, well that is on Siegelman, not the court. Cant beat the court up if the appellant’s lawyers didn’t brief properly.