Another Spooked-Up BushCo Crony Dabbling in Kurdistan

By: emptywheel Tuesday July 29, 2008 8:59 am

This time, it’s Richard Perle who is discussing doing business with the Kurds. This seems even more spooky than Richard Hunt’s seemingly overlooked agreements with Kurdistan.

Why Is the State Department “Hunting” for Deals for Bush’s Oil Buddy?

By: emptywheel Wednesday July 2, 2008 12:11 pm

Man, Condi Rice has got to be tired of getting damning letters from Henry Waxman. This one shows that, despite very specific denials from the Bush Administration that they knew anything about Bush buddy and uber-donor Ray Hunt scoring one of the first oil deals with Kurdish Iraq, the State Department was in fact very well informed about the deal.

Monday Cheney Games

By: emptywheel Monday February 25, 2008 3:37 pm

Why did Cheney sneak off to Dallas?

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