Over at nationaljournal.com, Murray Waas reports that AG Gonzales might have had personal motives for quashing the Justice Department’s investigation of the Administration’s domestic surveillance program:
Shortly before Attorney General Alberto Gonzales advised President Bush last year on whether to shut down a Justice Department
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We seem to have struck a nerve in the conservative blogosphere and on Fox with this week’s cover image (a purposefully doctored photo) of a crying Ronald Reagan. Particularly outraged has been radio host Michael Reagan, who says that it desecrates his father’s memory. But then, there are others on the right who like it, including Grover …
It’s official. California has moved its primary up to Feb. 5. Ah-nold’s take:
“Now California is important again in presidential nominating politics … and we will get the respect that California deserves,” Schwarzenegger said during a bill-signing ceremony outside the historic Leland Stanford Mansion, a former governor’s residence and
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When you are in the grocery line this weekend, take a look at the newly redesigned TIME magazine, which is making its debut at the newsstands on Friday. In the cover story, “How the Right Went Wrong,” I look at how well today’s Republicans stack up against Ronald Reagan’s legacy.
Am I the only person who finds this stunt offensive?:
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That line in former Justice Department official Kyle Sampson’s December 4, 2006, memo to the White House (where a copy went to then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers) pretty much sums up where things stand on the scandal surrounding the mass firing of U.S. Attorneys. The latest documents released by the Administration show that the White …
Is this about tax breaks? Getting beyond the reach of congressional subpoenas? And what about all that sensitive information that Halliburton has had access to? At a minimum, reincorporating in Dubai would mean that Halliburton will be paying less taxes to the U.S. Treasury, even as it collects billions from government contracts.
The …
From my colleague Adam Zagorin (Hey-doesn’t he work for Jay Carney?) on TIME.com. The House Judiciary Committee is taking its investigation into the White House.
Raw Story has this development.
Update to commenters: Okay, I should have said POTENTIAL Swift Boat Problem. (It’s Friday, cut me some slack.) But don’t forget, the SBVFT started out with almost no money. A relatively small ad buy became a big problem for Kerry. The point is, as the election sets itself on fast-forward, this is a sign …
In his comment to my earlier post, Cfaller96 had some good questions regarding just how the Justice Department was given this new, broader power to replace US attorneys, which it got as part of the renewal of the Patriot Act:
Something’s always bothered me about that PATRIOT act provision that was slipped in by a Specter staffer (that
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Big stories on the front pages of the NY Times and the Washpost suggest the FBI was, to put it charitably, incredibly sloppy with the extraordinary powers granted it after 9/11 to look into people’s personal records without having to get permission from a judge or a grand jury.
This, of course, comes on top of the scandal over the mass …
Now that California’s Legislature has passed a bill moving its presidential primary up to Feb. 5, all that’s needed is the promised signature of Arnold Schwarzenegger. And while the rationale that shapes the headlines around the rest of the country is about California wanting a voice in choosing the presidential nominees, the legislators …
Here’s the cover story on the Libby verdict in the new issue of TIME, written with great insight by Michael Duffy. I can’t add anything to it, except to recommend that you read it. Be sure you make it all the way to the “Bull Walrus” part.
