In which George W. Bush’s veracity, and plans for Iraq, are examined.
Is it possible to simply assert that a subpoena doesn’t apply to you? Maybe I should rephrase that: Is it possible to simply assert that a subpoena doesn’t apply to you then not get thrown in jail? WSJ has all the docs and some details here. Our own Gilbert Cruz takes a look here.
Poor Mike Hayden. As luck would have it, the CIA director’s weekly briefing to the president took place this morning. One imagines Bush was holding the front page of the Washington Post and scowling when Hayden walked (sheepishly?) into the Oval Office. You see, according to Bob Woodward, when Hayden spoke to the Iraq Study [...]
Shhhhh: We’re meeting at Ft. Reno Park at 7:15. Bring your own weenies. (Swamphusband will play rock and roll and hold forth on the case for public financing. Also: Iraq.)
Well, here’s the White House interim report on Iraq. So far as I can tell, it’s a pretty straightforward assessment of where Petraeus and Crocker see the situation right now–obviously a best case view, but without the lies and oversimplification that mark the President’s descriptions of the situation in Iraq. The military situation is represented [...]
Dahlia Lithwick has a great run down on Sara Taylor’s non-testimony, and reminds us all that our Comp 101 professors were right when they preached the evils of the passive voice: The problem I’m having in mustering any sympathy for poor Sara Taylor today is that she was no more “put” in this uncomfortable position [...]
The McCain campaign has entered that phase when any small piece of negative speculation will stick and every misstep will be magnified. For instance, the NYT reports that yesterday’s conference call with donors by McCain was done from the Senate cloakroom. This is itself is not illegal, but it edges into the gray area of [...]
