Author: BooMan

I’d like to note for the record that torturing people makes it impossible to prosecute them without running sham trials that undermine public confidence in the government. One of the main reasons we haven’t closed...

During the trial of Kermit Gosnell, I saw a lot of criticism of the left for its inattention. I was somewhat confused by it. I had read about Gosnell when he was arrested, but the details were so disgusting that I never looked...

I was looking for testimony that I knew Jesus James Angleton gave before the Church Committee and, lo and behold, Google provided a link to an article I wrote about it on January 4th, 2007. I decided to reprint it here because...

I had the exact same thought that Steve Benen describes when I read Al Franken’s take on the whole NSA flap. So I suppose one of two things is likely. One, those who’ve been skeptical of NSA surveillance will say,...

I guess this is the Intelligence Community’s way of arguing that they need these massive capabilities in order to keep us safe. If it seems kind of high-school to be garbling al-Qaeda’s newsletters, it does open up...