CNN is reporting that Curt Weldon, the ethically and legally challenged former Congressman with ties to Manucher Ghorbanifar, has gone to Libya to try to negotiate with Muammar Qaddafi. In a NYT op-ed, Weldon makes the case for why he’s the guy to persuade Qaddafi to step aside. Seven years later I am back in [...]
One Way to Make Sending Frank Wisner to “Negotiate” with Mubarak Look Smart |
| By: emptywheel Wednesday April 6, 2011 1:07 pm |
Hillary Can’t Decide Whether to Impose Democracy or Not |
| By: emptywheel Monday February 7, 2011 5:15 am |
On Saturday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told attendees at a security conference that our torturer, Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman, should manage the transition to democracy in Egypt. She backed off that stance yesterday. CBS White House Correspondent Mark Knoller: On flight home from Germany, Secy of State Clinton says “we cannot and would not [...]


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