Joke Line Just Called IF Stone’s Grand-Daughter “Pathetic”

By: emptywheel Monday August 31, 2009 8:34 pm

If you haven’t read this righteous post…

Last week I went to a cookout on the beach here with some old friends (Sausages and seafood, but no cocktail weenies!) Every year they do a cookout, and then a birthday party, and for years I’ve known that one of their guests was Joe Klein.

Waxman Keeps Gathering Data

By: emptywheel Monday August 31, 2009 5:13 pm

Waxman keeps collecting information.

Confirmed: 7 People, One Kid’s Seat, 4-Door Car

By: emptywheel Monday August 31, 2009 2:52 pm

Chris Christie isn’t going to answer questions–not about his traffic stop, not about his Delayed Prosecution Agreements.

Back to Breuer’s Claims about Future Investigations

By: emptywheel Monday August 31, 2009 12:24 pm

Now that Dick Cheney is suggesting he won’t cooperate with a torture investigation, what does that suggest about Lanny Breuer’s efforts to try to keep Cheney’s CIA Leak case inteview secret?

McCain Owes Pelosi an Apology

By: emptywheel Monday August 31, 2009 9:52 am

McCain suggested, back in May, that he was able to prevent the Bush Administration from abusing detainees. I guess not.

Politico’s “Media Criticism” Multiplies the Errors

By: emptywheel Monday August 31, 2009 9:17 am

The Politico’s idea of media criticism appears to be ignoring the merits but deciding whether a bad story will get lots of play.

More CIA Lies about Torture Briefings

By: emptywheel Monday August 31, 2009 6:19 am

The CIA is lying, once again, about what transpired in briefings with Congress.

Finder Is CIA’s Keeper In Slanted NYT Op-Ed

By: bmaz Sunday August 30, 2009 2:55 pm

As several here have noted, there is a particularly odious op-ed spinning the CIA torture innocence position in today’s New York Times by self professed novelist Joseph Finder.

Cheney: No, I Won’t Cooperate with a Torture Prosecutor

By: emptywheel Sunday August 30, 2009 12:48 pm

When Chris Wallace asks Cheney whether he will speak to a torture prosecutor, Cheney refuses to answer.

Cheney’s Sophistry on Torture Investigations

By: emptywheel Sunday August 30, 2009 12:37 pm

Cheney once again engages in sophistry to attack Obama.

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