Author: BooMan

Back in November of 2005, Barton Gellman described the use of ‘National Security Letters’ by the FBI. Issued by FBI field supervisors, national security letters do not need the imprimatur of a prosecutor, grand jury...

What do you have?

I think we are all frustrated with the Democrats’ inability to provide an united front in opposition to the war. Few of us are in the mood for baby steps. But, while the Iraq War goes on undiminished, we are making some...

In the category of rings hollow: “I don’t think America gets enough credit for trying to help improve people’s lives,” Mr. Bush said, speaking at a joint news conference with Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In the...

The netroots is good for a variety of things, but the most important is probably for how it holds the media accountable, fact checks, and offers a non-corporate perspective on world events. Our mere existence helps shift the...