Showing posts with label Intelligence Failures / Valerie Plame. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Intelligence Failures / Valerie Plame. Show all posts
Thursday, July 09, 2009

CIA lied to Congress

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In some ways, this really isn't surprising. From the New York Times: WASHINGTON — The director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Senate again caves to Bush, passes telecom immunity bill

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This is from The Washington Post: WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Tuesday approved new rules for government eavesdropping on phone calls and e-m...
Thursday, August 23, 2007

McConnell says FISA debate will kill Americans

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I saw this through Carpetbagger, and I'm just amazed at the audacity of this Bush administration. This is a transcript of a question a...
Monday, August 06, 2007

Congress rubber-stamps Bush wiretapping bill to spy on Americans

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It is official. Congress has just given President Bush the legal authority to spy on Americans without any court order. The Senate passed ...
Friday, July 06, 2007

Scooter Libby cuts check for $250,000 fine

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This image provided by the U.S. District Court, Washington, shows the check, and receipt, for the fine imposed on former White House aide I....
Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Judge questions Libby's probation after Bush clemency

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The Bush clemency of Libby's sentence just took a turn into the Twilight Zone here. I found this story through DKos user Pontificator. ...
Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Cheney’s office, White House subpoenaed

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This is off MSNBC News: WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney’s office Wedne...
Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Panel of experts criticize Bush interrogation methods

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This is off The New York Times: WASHINGTON, May 29 — As the Bush administration completes secret new rules governing interrogations, a group...
Friday, May 25, 2007

Fitzgerald: Scooter Libby deserves 2-3 years in prison

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This is from The Washington Post: WASHINGTON -- Former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has shown no remorse for corrupti...

NBC: CIA warned of risks of war in the Mideast

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This is just amazing. I found this through Shakesville, with the original source at MSNBC. I'm going to quote at length here--the wh...
Friday, March 16, 2007

Valerie Plame testifies before Congress

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Former CIA employee Valerie Plame Wilson appears at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington ...
Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Some thoughts on the Scooter Libby trial and verdict

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I've been somewhat hesitant on writing about the Scooter Libby trial, watching and waiting as the events played out. Well, the verdict ...
Friday, February 02, 2007

NIE Report: Iraq is still a basket case

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Would you look at this? The Bush administration publicized a summary of a new National Intelligence Estimate. This is off The Washington P...
Wednesday, September 27, 2006

White House Refuses Release of Full NIE Intelligence Report

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It appears that while the Bush administration is so willing to release the conclusions of the NIE report, they refuse to release the entire ...

Bush released part of NIE report

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US President George W. Bush gestures as he answers questions from the media during a press conference in the East Room of the White House in...
Tuesday, September 26, 2006

White House considers declassifying NIE report

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Well, this is certainly interesting. The Bush White House is now considering declassifying the leaked NIE report. This is from The Washingt...
Monday, September 25, 2006

Keith Olbermann rips into Bush again

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Keith Olbermann had another Special Commentary in his MSNBC news show Countdown with Keith Olbermann . He rips into President Bush and the ...