Author: BooMan

Bu$hCo: We Really Did Do Data Mining

Glenn Greenwald does an impressive job detailing the implications of the latest administration leak. The leak went out to Scott Shane and David Johnston at the New York Times and to Dan Eggen and Joby Warrick at the Washington...

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Yearly Kos, Hillary, and the DLC

The Democratic Leadership Council is putting a brave face on a big defeat. While the top 5 Democratic presidential contenders will all appear at next week’s Yearly Kos convention in Chicago, none of them are scheduled to...

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NYT’s Owes Us a New Country

I spent the bulk of my day today reading congressional testimony and otherwise researching the history of the NSA’s so-called Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP). You can expect a broader piece on this issue...

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McCain: No Imus, No Buzz

My new theory is that John McCain owed his popularity almost completely to Don Imus. And with Imus relegated to the David Duke Hall of Broadcasting Shame, John McCain has no base. I think Bob Dole might agree. “My heart...

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