Those words are contained in a just-released Defense Intelligence Agency document dating from February 2002 that the NY Times has gotten its hands on.  The "individual" is Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, an al Qaeda operative who was … [Read more...]

Daniel Schorr, elder statesman of NPR, just had a terrific and necessary commentaryon All Things Considered, about the $50 billion of budget cuts about topass the US House. Of course, these mostly impact social programs forthe most … [Read more...]

Below is a diary I posted on DailyKos. I'm amazed at how much energy goes into the posts, diaries and comments on that site, and yet I feel like it could all be harnessed to much greater actual effect on what our government actually does. … [Read more...]

Let's get the nomenclature straight before we go any further with the "Scooter Goes to Jail" discussion. "I" Lewis Libby is not an imperial form of address ala "I, Claudius" (although that may have been where … [Read more...]

So, a week after John Edwards begins his national tour for poverty awareness, House Republicans revealed their poverty program: Grind the middle class and poor into dust.Republicans began targeting key programs for budget cuts … [Read more...]

According to Raw Story, sources close to special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation are saying that Fitzgerald has asked his grand jury to indict Karl Rove and Scooter Libby on perjury and obstruction of justice charges, and has … [Read more...]

What a spectacle.  We expect this from the pathetic John Tierney, the NYT's worst op-ed columnist.  But now Nicholas Kristof, the usually-sensible NY Times op-ed writer, has lowered himself to the embarrassing level of Sen. Kay … [Read more...]

The woman who spawned the modern civil rights movement by her courageous action 50 years ago on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama has died at the age of 92.  From the linked article: "I'd like people to say I'm a person who always … [Read more...]

Holy cow.  The NY Times, after months of playing catch-up on Novak-Plame-Rove-Libby-gate, has vaulted into first place with a truly blockbuster story: Scooter Libby's own notes show that his boss, Vice President Dick Cheney, was the … [Read more...]

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