Posts filed under “Cheney”
Dick Cheney on the mess the Bush Administration created
Coming from the man who thinks he is always right about everything, it is no surprise that Dick Cheney had these words of wisdom to convey to viewers of Fox News Sunday: “I have the sense that [Hillary Clinton's] one of the more competent members of the current administration, and it would be interesting to [...]
The State Secrets Privilege
It’s a privilege to be in a position where you can conspire to destroy evidence in order to preserve the ugly secrets of the torture state. A proud privilege. A privilege that Senator Pat Roberts, who used to be chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee back when Bush was adding phrases like “enhanced interrogation” to [...]
You Might Be A Pinko Atheist
At times like New Year’s Day, do you find yourself wondering, as you take stock of your life, whether you are a member of what no less a political thinker than Newt Gingrich calls the “secular-socialist left”? Here, in the spirit of Jeff Foxworthy, is an introspection guide. (Or, if you will, a litmus test [...]
A Force In Our Politics?
How’s this for having your head truly, deeply, completely up your ass? Newsweek editor Jon Meacham makes this outrageous assertion in a bizarre piece arguing that what the country really needs at this point is for Dick Cheney to run for president in 2012: No one foresaw Cheney’s reemergence as a force in the politics [...]
Cheney’s FBI Interview in Plame Case
The notes from Dick Cheney‘s FBI interview in the Valerie Plame leak investigation have just been released. Turns out that Cheney lied through his teeth, essentially channeling Alberto “Buttercheeks” Gonzales: Today, after successfully winning a lawsuit against the Department of Justice, under court order, CREW received documents related to former Vice President Dick Cheney’s interview [...]
Cheney Loses Another One
Batten the hatches. Gird your loins. Circle the wagons. The sky is about to fall on our heads. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan has just ruled that most of the FBI’s interview with Dick Cheney during the Valerie Plame investigation must be made public: A federal judge says the FBI must publicly reveal much of [...]
British Justice
Three British Muslims regarded as the key participants in the liquid explosives plot were sentenced on Monday to extremely long sentences by British standards: In a case that altered airport security worldwide, three British Muslims were imprisoned Monday for at least 30 years each for a plot to kill thousands by blowing up trans-Atlantic airliners [...]
Another Island Nation Steps Up
(1) The brand new Coalition of the Willing is slowly but surely shaping up, it appears. First, there was Palau, seven weeks ago, agreeing to accept 17 Uighurs as “a small thing we can do to thank our best friend and ally for all it has done for Palau”, and also in grateful thanks for [...]
The Dance Of The Seven Veils
Although the story broke on July 8, even now we have only the most shadowy notion of what the top secret program that Dick Cheney ordered the CIA to keep secret even from the Gang of Eight might actually involve. Investigative reporters have been forced to fall back on lots of heavy breathing; there haven’t [...]
Judicial Restraint
And the beat goes on: A federal judge said Thursday that he wants to look at notes from the FBI’s interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan‘s decision to review the documents followed arguments by Obama administration lawyers [...]