Month: November 2006

Memory Hole: Helms Explains Mail Opening

On October 22, 1975, the Ambassador to Iran and former Director of Central Intelligence, Richard Helms, testified before the Church Committee. The Chairman, Frank Church (D-ID), wanted to know why the CIA had been opening...

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Open Thread

What do you think? Is it a civil war? Or is it a clusterfuck? How about if we put it as a SAT question? 1.) IRAQ : CIVIL WAR :: (A) dog : doghouse (B) squirrel : tree (C) beaver : dam (D) cat : litter box (E) FUBAR : George W....

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Iraq: A Civil War by Any Other Name

Cross posted at the front pages of ePluribus, My Left Wing and Pen and Sword. Also at Kos.  NBC now says Iraq is in a civil war.  I guess that makes it official.  But don’t think for a second that the...

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