Author: BooMan

Open Thread

George W. Bush said something about not being a troll. Or not trolling. Something like that. I think he should be banned.

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How We Know the NSA is Out of Control

How did we know that O.J. Simpson killed his ex-wife? One the one hand, we had DNA evidence, we had a large wound on his hand, we had a bloody glove on his property and blood smears in his car. We had his strange flight in the...

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Torture and the Army Field Manual

Last year the Army Intelligence Center at Ft. Huachuca, Ariz., starting working on a draft for an updated Army Field Manual on interrogation. They wanted to do something to clarify the rules of engagement and prevent another Abu...

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Open Thread

In response to an article Wednesday in which Vice President Dick Cheney’s lesbian daughter is quoted as calling Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) a “son of a bitch” for mentioning her sexuality in the presidential...

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Luttig Disrobes for Boeing Co.

One little paragraph can say so much: Appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig, a leading conservative jurist and a short-list Bush administration candidate for the Supreme Court, announced today that he is resigning from the bench...

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