After the publication Wednesday by the Washington Post of a story revealing classified information about the existence of CIA-operated “black houses” for detention of suspected terrorists in western Europe, concerns are growing that there is some sort of movement in the CIA to sabotage both the war... Sign in to see full entry.
The leak to the Washington Post that the CIA has (formerly) secret detention centers in western Europe for terror suspects raised all the expected outcries about violations of human rights laws. Meanwhile, rioters violate human rights on a massive scale across France for ten straight nights, as the... Sign in to see full entry.
Anyone who thinks the courts are not in need of major reform needs to consider the latest ruling by the notoriously incompetent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The latest in a long series of utterly asinine rulings handed down by these fools makes it perfectly legal to knowingly file a false... Sign in to see full entry.
Three unrelated stories, following a thread of free Bubbassociation from one to the next. (Bubbassociation, by the way, is a form of virtual obsession, the mental condition that Bubba invented as he imagined himself obsessed with fighting terrorists while not doing anything in reality.) First off,... Sign in to see full entry.
Yesterday, Senator Harry Reid, affectionately known here as Whining Harry, invoked “Senate Rule 21” to move that the Senate go into a rare closed-door session. Dick “the Nazis” Durbin – so nicknamed for equating American military personnel with Nazis, a quote previously attributed in error to... Sign in to see full entry.
Today president Bush announced his nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. From all indications, the man is brilliant and highly competent, and he brings with him the most judicial experience of any nominee in the past 70 years. His education and philosophy have brought many... Sign in to see full entry.
In an interview today on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Senate minority leader Whining Harry Reid called on Karl Rove to resign because of the Plame investigation. ‘Scuse me? Whining Harry engaged in absolutely vile character assassination by urging other Senators to break the law by... Sign in to see full entry.
News item: “2008 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said yesterday that she backs a plan to hike gasoline taxes through the roof. “Speaking to a group of alternative energy investors in Washington, D.C., Clinton proposed to sock oil companies with $20 billion in new fees that would be used to... Sign in to see full entry.
Not conservatives, according to Senator Diane Feinstein. When asked by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer about her reaction to Harriet Miers’ withdrawal of her nomination, she said the following: “ Well, obviously, I don't like to see a woman -- I don't like to see it happen to her this way. But it has happened,... Sign in to see full entry.
As the grand jury investigation of the alleged outing of Valerie Plame grinds to a weary close, we need to review several facts about the case. She was already known to be a CIA employee before Karl Rove ever entered the picture. She and her husband had already made it known that she was a CIA... Sign in to see full entry.