Author: BooMan

Renditions and Disclosures

The following letter was written by Tom Twetten, the former Deputy Director of Operations at the CIA, to the omsbudsman at the New York Times. It is in regard to an article that the Times wrote about the extraordinary rendition...

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Fifty False Stories

In the process of researching the latest news regarding the Plame Affair, I came across this link to a late 2003 article. It lays out, in considerable detail, 50 false stories that were planted in the media in the lead-up to and...

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What’s Booman Tribune About?

When someone posts a diary asking what Booman Tribune is all about, I naturally feel like I should reply.  But, it turns out that I don’t need to, and actually, it seems, it would be presumptuous for me to do so....

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Open Thread

Things are pretty crazy in Philly with the Live 8 concert going on. What’s everyone cooking up for the Holiday?

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NYT’s SCOTUS Coverage

We like to beat the crap out the New York Times, and they deserve to be harshly criticized. But, when a story like Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement comes along, the Times shows why they are still considered the best...

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