Journalism Is Killing America

By: emptywheel Thursday September 3, 2009 2:01 pm

The traditional media is killing Americans again.

AGAG Doesn’t Recall What He Said Monday

By: emptywheel Thursday September 3, 2009 10:43 am

Predictably, AGAG is backing off his support–voiced earlier this week–for a torture investigation.

A Decent Health Care Reform Plan–from Max Baucus

By: emptywheel Thursday September 3, 2009 10:21 am

Why can’t we have the health care plan some guy named Max Baucus proposed last November, rather than the garbage he’s pitching now?

David Broder Gives Cheney a Big Blow-Job

By: emptywheel Thursday September 3, 2009 7:23 am

David Broder should have thought before he asked, rhetorically, whether we want to see Cheney standing in the dock.

Whitehouse and the Corpus Delicti Leading to Cheney

By: emptywheel Wednesday September 2, 2009 6:00 pm

The only responsible thing for a Prosecutor to do is investigate the facts.

Is All This about C Street?

By: emptywheel Wednesday September 2, 2009 2:05 pm

Is Mark Sanford refusing to step down because C Street refuses to let him?

As Justice Stevens Winds Down, Will Obama Continue SCOTUS Trend To The Right?

By: bmaz Wednesday September 2, 2009 9:51 am

From Yahoo News, we hear rumblings Justice John Paul Stevens may be winding down his time on the Supreme Court Bench.

More on CIA’s Fictions about Executive Branch and Congressional Briefings

By: emptywheel Tuesday September 1, 2009 7:39 pm

I’ve been promising to return to the way that the CIA IG Report discusses the Congressional and Executive Branch approval for the torture program.

The CIA’s Latest Vaughn Follies

By: emptywheel Tuesday September 1, 2009 11:42 am

The CIA has released another Vaughn Index listing all the documents it refuses to hand over to the ACLU (link pending).

Some highlights are:

Other-3, June 17, 2004: This is an eight page document, including a routing slip, requesting continued legal and policy support for the CIA’s interrogation program.

This document must be a response to Jack Goldsmith’s June 10, 2004 letter to Scott Muller, stating that if he wanted the torture program

Gonzales’ Choice

By: emptywheel Tuesday September 1, 2009 10:33 am

I guess if you don’t give AGAG wingnut welfare, then he’s liable to say things that support his potential defenses in upcoming trials, not Cheney’s.

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