Author: BooMan

Here’s a Mini Project

I don’t have Lexis-Nexis anymore and it makes me crazy.  But one of you must have access.  Here’s what I want. I want all the articles that William Safire wrote between 9/11 and the start of the Iraq War...

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Open Thread

Bush said that “we’ve had thousands of people detained” and “we’ve investigated every single complaint against the detainees.” He added, “It seemed like to me they [Amnesty...

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The Great Communicator Pardoned Deep Throat

Only two FBI officers were ever convicted for the numerous crimes carried out under the CoIntelPro program. One of them was W. Mark Felt. Ronald Reagan pardoned him. That’s right! The Great Communicator PARDONED Deep...

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Rendition, the CIA, and Islamist Cannon-Fodder

This is the hanger at Johnson County Airport, N.C., where the Central Intelligence Agency runs its rendition program. WRAL-TV This morning, the New York Times front-pages the fuzzy details: The airplanes of Aero Contractors Ltd....

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Memorial Day Open Thread

Taps Day is done, gone the sun, From the hills, from the lake, From the skies. All is well, safely rest, God is nigh. Go to sleep, peaceful sleep, May the soldier or sailor, God keep. On the land or the deep, Safe in sleep....

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