Month: February 2006

The Betrayal of Valerie Wilson

by Larry C. Johnson (bio below) Valerie Plame was a covert intelligence officer covered by the Intelligence Officer’s Identity Protection Act and Lewis “Scooter” Libby lied to the Grand Jury. These two truths...

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murmurs of an anti-Bush amendment?

Time reports that unnamed Senators are considering a constitutional amendment to limit presidential powers: Bush’s claims of wartime license are so great–the White House and Justice Department have argued that the...

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Ashcroft and the FISA Court

I have a hornet in my baseball cap over the farce that is being conducted this morning at the Capitol.  I can’t believe they are refusing to put Abu Gonzalez under oath.  He was the White House counsel for...

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Today It All Came to a Head

From Woody Allen’s Crimes & Misdemeanors. The question was, “What is comedy?”: Lester (Alan Alda): “What makes New York such a funny place is that there’s so much tension and pain and misery and craziness...

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