Month: July 2006

9/11 Photograph, By Ted S. Warren, Associated Press.WABC News. Photograph July 10, 2006. A building in New York City is buried.  Fires are blazing.  It is highly possible people were killed or injured.  The public...

Several days ago I wrote a comment to an excellent Steven D diary titled “FBI Ginning Up A Terror Threat?”  The point of the post was the believeability of the Bush Administration’s posturing about the...

this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war and other disasters we honor courage in all its forms we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people – without exception, or...

There may be times when the Intelligence Community needs to do things that are, strictly speaking, illegal and unconstitutional. It is this very necessity that makes rigorous Congressional oversight of the intelligence community...

Tomorrow morning Pen and Sword will feature an analysis of the reaction by the Bush administration and its echo chamberlains to the Supreme Court ruling on Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.  The regular cast is making the familiar round...