Eric Holder is shifting his state secrets cover up strategy, along with his shiny new policy.
If It’s [Was] Friday, It Must Be State Secrets, Hiding Abuse of Power, in the 9th Circuit |
| By: emptywheel Saturday October 31, 2009 3:38 pm |
Hung Out to Dry: One Former VP Chief of Staff |
| By: emptywheel Saturday October 31, 2009 12:29 pm |
If I were Scooter Libby and saw how my former boss had hung him out to dry, I’d be seething right now.
Trash Talk: Big Dick Edition |
| By: bmaz Friday October 30, 2009 10:11 pm |
Hey, if ya got it swing it; and that is exactly what the Big Dick in the White House did between January 2001 and January 2009. Obviously I am not talking about Georgie Boy Bush. I’m talkin Cheeeney (as Chris Matthews insists on pronouncing it). But the thing about big dicks is they are usually [...]
Why Did Terry O’Donnell Tell Michael Isikoff What Cheney Refused to Tell Fitzgerald? |
| By: emptywheel Friday October 30, 2009 8:08 pm |
Why was Cheney willing to leak stuff to Mike Isikoff but not state it to Pat Fitzgerald?
The Email Question |
| By: emptywheel Friday October 30, 2009 7:18 pm |
Surprise surprise. Fitzgerald asked Cheney whether he used email, too.
Bush’s July 7, 2003 Discussion about Wilson |
| By: emptywheel Friday October 30, 2009 5:40 pm |
Cheney revealed a meeting with Bush at which Wilson was discussed. And right after that, Rove talked at the senior staff meeting about hitting back at Wilson.
The Taxpayers Paid Dick Cheney’s Personal Defense Attorney to Obstruct Any Inquiries Into His Crimes |
| By: emptywheel Friday October 30, 2009 4:00 pm |
Did you know that you and I paid one of Dick Cheney’s personal defense lawyers for the last two years of the Bush Administration?
Cheney Refused to Release the Journalists |
| By: emptywheel Friday October 30, 2009 3:32 pm |
There is a lot in Cheney’s interview report–we’ll have a busy weekend. But for the moment, let’s start with this bit: After the Vice President again mentioned that he was pressed for time, two separate requests were made to Vice President Cheney in an effort to assist the DOJ/FBI investigation into this matter. First, an [...]
Cheney Interview Materials |
| By: emptywheel Friday October 30, 2009 2:29 pm |
I guess there ARE limits to which Obama won’t stoop to protect Dick Cheney. As I predicted, DOJ released his interview materials. Here they are: Interview Summary Notes 1 Notes 2 Seeing as how I just walked in the door, I’ll be reading them along with you. I’ll update with my thoughts. Interesting: Cheney was [...]
Torture Tape Destruction Accountability: How It Is Done |
| By: bmaz Friday October 30, 2009 10:05 am |
When the government possesses videotape evidence of the torture of subjects under its dominion and control, there is only one reason to destroy the tapes. That reason is not because they possess no evidentiary value; in fact it is the direct opposite, it is because they are smoking guns. Videotapes are definitive for one of [...]


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