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Iraq & al Qaeda NRO — Permalink The 9/11 Commission raises more questions than it answers. The 9/11 Commission's staff has come down decidedly on the side of the naysayers about operational ties between Saddam Hussein's regime and Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network. | |
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Michelle Malkin: If you haven't already seen this takedown of the 9/11 Commission by Andrew McCarthy, it's devastating. Jan Haugland: Andrew McCarthy explains it as well as anyone. I am still not coninced that Mohammed Atta did not meet with Iraqi intelligence officer Ahmed al-Ani in Prague in April 2001. Pejman Yousefzadeh: McCarthy has his own piece on the matter as well. |
Captain Ed: Big Trunk reviews an NRO article by US Chief Assistant Attorney Andrew McCarthy, who successfully prosecuted Abdul... Mike Hendrix: Update! A good, detailed analysis of the 9/11 commission's report can be found here. Edward Driscoll: UPDATE: More here. ANOTHER UPDATE: This issue's controversy in an election year is somewhat muted by the fact that John Kerry agrees with the president' position... |
| Also: The Big Trunk, Charles Johnson, Steve Antler, Cori Dauber | |
McCain, Bush Begin to Mend Ties WaPo — Permalink After being courted by John F. Kerry to consider joining the Democratic presidential ticket, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will join President Bush on Air Force One on Friday and introduce him at a campaign event in Reno, Nev., campaign officials said yesterday. | |
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H.D. Miller: Look at this one, occasioned by the news that Republican Senator John McCain, who has repeatedly rebuffed John Kerry's... Liz Cox Barrett: He points to a piece in today's Washington Post — headlined, "McCain, Bush Begin to Mend Ties" — as "merely the bugle... Shawn @LiquidList: And by the way, McCain said "I promise you I will not be vice president of the United States." on the Today Show yesterday. |
Tom Maguire: Now We Are Out Of The Box — Let's accept this story as demonstrating that John McCain won't be running as John Kerry's Vice-President. Jesse Taylor: So...How's Life? McCain and Bush begin to mend ties. Just a bit of advice to George: don't ask McCain how his kids are doing. Steven Taylor: McCain Emphasizes his "No" to Kerry — McCain, Bush Begin to Mend Ties "After being courted by John F. Kerry to... |
| Also: Taegan Goddard, Captain Ed | |
Fahrenheit 9/11 gets help offer from Hezbollah By / Guardian — Permalink The controversy over Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 just won't go away. The film, which is being advertised with the strapline "Controversy? What controversy?", has been rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America, meaning no one under 17 can see it. | |
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John Hawkins: Michael Moore's Hezbollah Connection — I think this says everything you need to know about what Michael Moore's new... Damian Penny: On the other hand, Moore should be worried about this kind of publicity: Meanwhile, in the United Arab Emirates, the film is being offered the kind of support it doesn't need. Charles Johnson: Terrorists Love Moore — The United Arab Emirates distributor for Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 has gotten offers... |
Jan Haugland: Hezbollah offers to help Michael Moore — Via Glenn Reynolds, an interesting piece about Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11... KJL: HEZBOLLAH OFFERS TO HELP MICHAEL MOORE'S MOVIE? Glenn Reynolds: MICHAEL MOORE UPDATE: from The Guardian, a report that his film Fahrenheit 911 is getting a favorable reaction abroad: [snipped quote] Indeed. |
Public Support for War Resilient Pew Research Center — Permalink Americans are paying markedly less attention to Iraq than in the last two months. At the same time, their opinions about the war have become more positive. The number of Americans who think the U.S. military effort is going well has jumped from 46% in May to 57%, despite ongoing violence in Iraq and the widening prison abuse scandal. | |
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Hindrocket: Amazingly Enough, Americans Support War — The latest Pew Research Survey contains good news for President Bush. Captain Ed: Pew Poll Demonstrates Bush Hatred Subsiding — Hugh Hewitt directs his readers to the latest results of the Pew Research... |
Chris Bowers: Pew Poll — Lots of nteresting stuff in the new Pew poll: The Reagan Bounce Before Gipperporn During Gipperporn Approve 44 50 Disapporve 48 41 OK, I was wrong in my prediction. Taegan Goddard: The Reagan Bounce — A new Pew Poll suggests President Bush "has improved his political standing over the past month. |
Bush Disputes Al Qaida-Saddam Conclusion AP — Permalink WASHINGTON June 17, 2004 — Saddam Hussein had "numerous contacts" with al-Qaida, President Bush said Thursday in disputing the Sept. 11 commission's finding that the former Iraqi leader had no strong ties to the terrorist network responsible for the attacks. | |
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John Cole: There may have been no relationship according to Oliver, but the 9/11 commission sees things differently: [quote] "This...[end quote] Steve Soto: Despite the evidence to the contrary documented by the 9/11 Commission, Bush still insists that Saddam and Al Qaeda worked together. Kash: Picking up where I left off in the previous post, here's some more of the statement that Bush made this morning about... |
Kos: Bush linked Saddam to 9-11 — The latest spin out of the White House is that none of them ever linked Iraq to 9-11, just that Saddam had "contacts" with terrorists. SK Bubba: Why does stuff like this: [quote] "There was a relationship between Iraq and al-Qaida," Bush insisted following a meeting with his Cabinet at the White House.[end quote] |
Bush and 9/11 Report: Into the Frame DEBKAfile — Permalink The US independent commission's interim account of the September 11 terror attacks in the United States is full of holes and inconsistencies, according to American and Israeli intelligence experts close to the war against al Qaeda. | |
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Charles Johnson: DEBKAfile has an interesting analysis of the commission's findings: The US independent commission's interim account of... Tom Smith: Debka claims the commission has fallen victim to al Qaeda disinformation. |
Roger L. Simon: Of course I don't trust this analysis from DEBKAfile of the commission findings either, but it sure is interesting and... Steve Antler: UPDATE: Debkafile weighs in: "[The] US commission based its findings on the testimony of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed now in US custody after being captured in Karachi. |
Rumsfeld ordered prisoner held off the books By / MSNBC — Permalink Pentagon officials tell NBC News that late last year, at the same time U.S. military police were allegedly abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ordered that one Iraqi prisoner be held "off the books" — hidden entirely from the International Red Cross and anyone else — in possible violation of international law. | |
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TChris: Rumsfeld Authorized Illegal Detention — If Iraq ever becomes truly sovereign, will the Iraqi government try to hold Donald Rumsfeld accountable for this? Matthew Yglesias: When the Abu Ghraib story broke, the line from the right was that this was just a few bad actors and it had nothing to do with U.S. policy. Atrios: Rusmfeld - War Criminal — There really isn't any doubt. But, as I was reminded of again last night, official Washington only cares if it involves a Democrat with his zipper down. |
Jeanne D'Arc: Jim Miklaszewski describes the search for a place to put him: The Iraqi prisoner was captured last July as deadly attacks on U.S. troops began to rise. Tim Dunlop: Today we learn that Donald Rumsfeld has been involved in this disreputable and, by most accounts, illegal practice. Laura Rozen: "Rumsfeld ordered prisoner held off the books: Iraqi terror suspect hidden from International Red Cross," NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. |
| Also: Mark Kleiman, Oliver Willis, Digby, Mathew Gross, Harley | |
Changing Warhorses in Midstream By / LAT — Permalink On Jan. 5, 1762, the Czarina Elizabeth died. Russia was in the midst of the Seven Years' War, fighting alongside Austria and France and against the Prussia of Frederick the Great. | |
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Mark Kleiman: Analogies — Michael Barone notes that if McClellan had defeated Lincoln, the South would have won the Civil War, and... Kevin Drum: In the latest entry in the Bombastic George Bush Mythmaking Contest, Michael Barone compares Bush — seriously! — to Abraham Lincoln. Betsy Newmark: Here, Michael Barone looks at critical changes in leadership while their countries are at war and ponders what the effect might be of changing horses in midstream. |
Matthew Yglesias: In other news, Michael Barone thinks voting for Kerry is like voting for McClellan and surrender... James Joyner: Changing Warhorses in Midstream — Michael Barone's LA Times op-ed, Changing Warhorses in Midstream" makes a rather... |
Rumsfeld Issued an Order to Hide Detainee in Iraq NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 16 - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, acting at the request of George J. Tenet, the director of central intelligence, ordered military officials in Iraq last November to hold a man suspected of being a senior Iraqi terrorist at a... | |
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Katherine R: Ghosts, living and dead — Most of you have probably already seen this story, which was on the front page of the NY... Phillip Carter: Superior orders — The New York Times reports that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld personally ordered the clandestine... Michael Froomkin: The Disappeared — Today's bombshell is in the New York Times, Prison Abuse: Rumsfeld Issued an Order to Hide Detainee in Iraq. |
Daniel Drezner: I'll just cut and paste this Eric Schmitt/Thom Shanker story in the New York Times for why I stand by that belief Brad DeLong: This is a truly astonishing blend of immorality, criminality, and incompetence: Michael Froomkin writes Jeanne D'Arc: Ghost World — In November of last year, Donald Rumsfeld, at the request of George Tenet, ordered military officials in... |
| Also: Andrew Sullivan, Adam Mordecai, David Allan Pell, Harley | |
No 10: Saddam let al-Qaida operate Guardian — Permalink Deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein did let al-Qaida operate out of Iraq, Downing Street insisted today. A US report yesterday said there was no conclusive evidence of a link between the former Iraqi dictator and Osama bin Laden's terrorist group. | |
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Captain Ed: Deacon joins in by pointing out that Tony Blair also objects to the thrust of the report, saying that "Saddam's was a... Deacon: According to this report, Downing Street is insisting that Saddam created "a permissive environment" for terrorists and... |
Kevin Drum: PERMISSIVE ENVIRONMENTS....Bizarrely, Glenn Reynolds links approvingly to this Guardian piece: [snipped quote] That's it? Glenn Reynolds: SADDAM AND AL QAEDA — THE BRITISH VIEW: [snipped quote] It seems hard to argue with that. |
Kerry woos middle class By / Washington Times — Permalink COLUMBUS, Ohio — The battle for middle-class voters in November's presidential election reached full pitch yesterday as Sen. John Kerry campaigned here, promising universal health coverage and an expansion of after-school day care. | |
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Edward Driscoll: THE SOFT BIGOTRY OF LOW EXPECTATIONS: At the end of a Washington Times article on John Kerry's campaign trek through... Steve Bainbridge: A literal nanny state — In a nation that was founded on principles of limited government and, in particular,... |
Joanne Jacobs: Not their fault — In a speech to a black audience in Ohio, John Kerry said blacks in prison aren't to blame. |
Black Blog Ops By / Weekly Standard — Permalink WHEN WILL George Smiley and Karla begin to blog? Smiley and Karla are the two central characters from John Le Carre's finest set of Cold War intelligence thrillers. Smiley was the best of the operatives, patiently wending his way through misinformation and misdirection, deceptions and deceits. | |
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Joe Carter: Choir Preachers, Shepherds, Thinkers, and Dirty Tricks: Black Ops in the Blogoshere — In his recent Weekly Standard... Bird Dog: Blogs and Mischief — Hugh Hewitt raised the issue of black blog ops, where blogs are created to advance hidden agendas. Tim Blair: PLOY UNCOVERED — Hugh Hewitt wonders at the possibilities of political backstab blogging: "Get it started and growing as a pro candidate X blog. |
Tom Maguire: Disinformation Decentralized — Hugh Hewitt has some interesting ideas on disinformation and "Black Blog Ops", which we would like to see renamed "Blops". Taegan Goddard: Dirty Political Blog Tricks — Hugh Hewitt writes in the Weekly Standard about the potential mischief political blogs... Kos: I'm busted — The Weekly Standard's Hugh Hewitt wonders if Atrios or I could be working for Karl Rove. |
| Also: David Adesnik, Hugh Hewitt | |
An Iraq Sideshow WaPo — Permalink IN A PAIR of interim staff reports, the Sept. 11 commission yesterday gave the fullest and most detailed report on the planning of the attacks that the American public has received to date. | |
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Jesse Taylor: The Washington Post wrote this morning on the September 11th Commission's report that Iraq and al-Qaeda didn't have operational ties. Matthew Yglesias: NEARLY AS IRRESPONSIBLE? This morning's Washington Post editorial is one of those that seems designed to make me mad. David Adesnik: Anticipating the "Bush lied" chorus, the editors of the WaPo write that "The accusation is nearly as irresponsible as the Bush administration's rhetoric has been." |
Max B. Sawicky: The so-called liberal WaPo editorialist huffs: "IN A PAIR of interim staff reports, the Sept. 11 commission yesterday... Cori Dauber: A comprehensive review of the plot is released with all sorts of new information, and the media wants to obsess —... |
Bush Reasserts Hussein-Al Qaeda Link WaPo — Permalink President Bush insisted today that "numerous contacts" between the ousted government of Saddam Hussein and the al Qaeda terrorist network showed that the former Iraqi leader was a threat to the United States, despite a report by the Sept. 11 commission that found no "collaborative relationship" between Iraq and al Qaeda. | |
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Deacon: McFilthy and McNasty um, I mean Walter Pincus and Dana Milbank continue to distort the story surrounding the 9/11... David Allan Pell: You Gotta Like the Reasoning — It wasn't exactly Plato or Freud, but it's tough to argue with the reasoning President... |
Joe Drymala: Let's look at today's statement by Bush, after the September 11 commission refuted evidence of a Saddam-Al Qaeda link... |
Worshipers at the Secular Altar By / LAT — Permalink Everyone knows that the place of religion in the public sphere is facing serious challenges. There is some confusion, however, about where those challenges come from. Is it from civil libertarians? Atheists? Actually, no. The larger answer to the question may surprise you. | |
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Kevin Drum: LA TIMES EDITORIAL PAGE...I missed this op-ed by David Klinghoffer in the LA Times this morning, but Matt Yglesias is... |
Matt Yglesias: No, F**k You — Indeed, The Day After Tomorrow really does play the exact same role in my worldview as the story of Noah and the flood does in the Abrahamic religions. |
Panel Finds No Qaeda-Iraq Tie; Describes a Wider Plot for 9/11 NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 16 - The staff of the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks sharply contradicted one of President Bush's central justifications for the Iraq war, reporting on Wednesday that there did not appear to have been a "collaborative relationship" between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. | |
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Captain Ed: 9/11 Commission Report: Seriously Flawed — By now, you have read that the 9/11 Commission report that found "no... Cori Dauber: The lead article is headlined, "Challenges Bush: A Chilling Chronology Rewrites the History of the Attacks." (That's on paper. Hindrocket: The New York Times begins its article on the Commission's report: "The staff of the commission investigating the Sept... |
Robert Cox: The New York Times: Panel Finds No Qaeda-Iraq Tie; Describes a Wider Plot for 9/11 Similar headlines and stories appeared in other newspapers around the country. David Adesnik: In contrast, the NYT has a four-column headline that reads: "Panel Finds No Iraq-Qaeda Tie; Describes A Wider Plot for 9/11". |
Gephardt interviewed by Kerry for 2d slot By / Boston Globe — Permalink WASHINGTON — John F. Kerry spent 90 minutes yesterday interviewing Representative Richard A. Gephardt, as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee began the closing phase of his search for a running mate, according to a Democratic official close to both men. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: THE BETTER PART OF VALOR — If there are going to be more stories like this one, then I will lose a lot of respect for the Kerry political machine. Taegan Goddard: When a selection is finally made, the Boston Globe reports that His aides have already "developed a plan that includes... |
Howard Kurtz: We are entering the veepstakes home stretch, as the Boston Globe reports: "John F. Kerry spent 90 minutes yesterday... |
Bush Says Iraq Posed Threat Because of Terror Link (Update1) Bloomberg — Permalink June 17 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush said ''numerous contacts'' between Iraq and the al-Qaeda terrorist network justified the U.S.-led war on Saddam Hussein's regime. ''There was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and al- Qaeda,'' Bush told reporters after meeting with his Cabinet at the White House. | |
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KJL: IRAQ & AL QAEDA — "There was a relationship"..., George W. Bush, today. |
Roger L. Simon: UPDATE: Bush has clarified his view on Iraq and Al Qaeda today:''There was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and... |
Gephardt Auditions for the Kerry Ticket NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 16 - Senator John Kerry met with Representative Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri for close to 90 minutes Wednesday afternoon as the senator's search for a vice-presidential running mate entered a more intensive phase of face-to-face interviews. | |
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H.D. Miller: (Clearly not, not when well-worn duds like Dick Gephardt and Bob Graham are your go-to guys.) Taegan Goddard: Gephardt Auditions For Kerry's Veep — Sen. John Kerry met with Rep. Dick Gephardt "for close to 90 minutes Wednesday... |
Noam Scheiber: The New York Times suggests the motivation for yesterday's extended Kerry-Gephardt meeting was primarily strategic:... |
Please pick Edwards By / The Hill — Permalink A cabal of House Democrats is quietly lobbying Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) to select Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) as his vice-presidential running mate. The group is trying to fly beneath the radar of their former minority leader, Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.),... | |
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Jeffrey Dubner: According to The Hill, 22 House Dems have signed a letter to Kerry advocating the selection of John Edwards. Shawn @LiquidList: Politics: First the Senate, Now the House — The Hill reports today that a stealthy group of House members are calling on Kerry to "Please Pick Edwards." |
Taegan Goddard: Meanwhile, The Hill notes that a "cabal" of House Democrats "is quietly lobbying" Kerry to select Edwards. |
Maids vs. Occupiers By / NYT — Permalink Visiting India and now China in the past few months tells me how much we Americans need to finish our business in Iraq and lower our profile there — not so we can wash our hands of the idea, and necessity, of promoting reform in the Arab world, but so we can advance that effort. | |
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Tom Maguire: Every Iraqi has a maid, and is prepared to learn from the example set by her children, if I am following Tom Friedman:... James Joyner: Friedman's Maid — Thomas Friedman [RSS] is a wee bit optimistic this morning. |
David Allan Pell: Here's an excerpt from the Friedman's latest column (which also seems to contradict his support for the war in that he... David Gerstman: Today Thomas quotes "... An Arab journalist friend living in London" in "Maids vs. Occupiers" |
Retired Envoys, Commanders Assail Bush Team By / WaPo — Permalink The Bush administration does not understand the world and remains unable to handle "in either style or substance" the responsibilities of global leadership, a group of 27 retired diplomats and military commanders charged yesterday. | |
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Mitch Berg: Open Memo To "Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change" — To: Former Diplomats and Generals (and residents of Silly, Trite America) From: Serious America Re: Your Prescience. Mike Alissi: Word from the Exes 27 votes against Bush: [snipped quote] Update: Listing of signatories here. |
Captain Ed: "The Weenie Caucus" Tees Off On Bush — I had little to say initially about the statement signed by the group Diplomats... |
Al Qaeda-Hussein Link Is Dismissed WaPo — Permalink The Sept. 11 commission reported yesterday that it has found no "collaborative relationship" between Iraq and al Qaeda, challenging one of the Bush administration's main justifications for the war in Iraq. | |
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Bob Harris: Fun with Scottie (Note: this entry posted by Bob Harris) The following are cherry-picked excerpts of today's fun with... Max B. Sawicky: Meanwhile, on the front page of the print edition, above the fold and just under the lead story, we have: The Iraq... Kevin Drum: SADDAM AND AL-QAEDA....I'd like to make a point about the whole Saddam-al-Qaeda connection that I've seen mentioned obliquely in other places but never set out directly. |
Robert Cox: The Los Angeles Times: No Signs of Iraq-Al Qaeda Ties Found The Washington Post: Al Qaeda-Hussein Link Is Dismissed ... Hindrocket: The Washington Post, likewise, in a story titled "Al Qaeda-Hussein Link Is Dismissed," says: "The Sept. 11 commission... |
Bush Insists on Saddam Relationship with Al-Qaeda Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush on Thursday insisted Saddam Hussein had a relationship with al-Qaeda but said his administration never asserted that the former Iraqi president had a role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. | |
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John Cole: Today, my liberal friend is calling Bush a liar for this statement: [quote] "The reason I keep insisting that there was a...[end quote] |
Oliver Willis: Now their very own dear leader is exhibiting some form of brain malfunction... Bush Insists on Saddam Relationship with... |
Barbarians at the Geneva Gates NRO — Permalink Why are we giving al Qaeda perks? "There's a reason why we sign these treaties: to protect my son in the military," Sen. Joseph Biden (D. , Del.) hissed at the attorney general through his enormous teeth. "That's why we have these treaties, so when Americans are captured they are not tortured. | |
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Jesse Taylor: Throw The Bums Out — Jonah Goldberg's position that we should not follow the Geneva Conventions because al-Qaeda doesn't is, well...bulls**t. |
Matt Yglesias: Jonah Goldberg says that if al-Qaeda doesn't follow the Geneva Conventions (which they don't) then the Conventions shouldn't apply to al-Qaeda detainees. |
CIA Contractor Indicted in Prison Abuse By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - A contractor working for the CIA was indicted Thursday in connection with the beating death of a prisoner in Afghanistan — the first civilian to face criminal charges related to U.S. treatment of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq . | |
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Phillip Carter: DOJ leans forward in its foxhole to prosecute CIA contractor — The AP, New York Times and Los Angeles Times have... |
Jeralyn Merritt: A First: CIA Contractor Charged Over Prisoner's Death — The first civilian contractor has been charged with crimes in... |
2 Car Bombings in Iraq Kill at Least 35 and Wound Over 100 By / NYT — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 17 — A suicide car bomb in central Baghdad ripped into a throng of men waiting at a recruiting station to sign up for the new Iraqi army today, killing at least 35 people and wounding at least 138, hospital officials said. | |
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Digby: Another Snootfull 'O Freedom "A suicide car bomb in central Baghdad ripped into a throng of men waiting at a recruiting... |
The Poor Man: Signs, Signs, Everywhere There's Signs "BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 17 — A suicide car bomb in central Baghdad ripped into a... |
Iraq: Radical Shi'a Cleric Moving From Outlaw To Politician By / RFE/RL — Permalink There are increasing signs that radical Shi'a cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is evolving from an outlaw into a possibly influential politician. The cleric today ordered most of his armed supporters out of the southern Iraqi city of Al-Najaf. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: ALL FOR NOTHING. |
Mark Kleiman: Since our own polling shows him to have picked up enormous popular support by running a guerrilla war against us, and... |
With 9/11 Report, Bush's Political Thorn Grows More Stubborn By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 16 - The bipartisan commission investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks further called into question on Wednesday one of President Bush's rationales for the war with Iraq, and again put him on the defensive over an issue the White House was once confident would be a political plus. | |
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Cori Dauber: But the article that gets the biggest play on the web site is another one that's stuffed in the paper edition, one... Howard Kurtz: The New York Times has a scorecard: "The bipartisan commission investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks further... |
KJL: THIS IS NEWS? This, on page 1 of the Times today ("With 9/11 Report, Bush's Political Thorn Grows More Stubborn.") Oliver Willis: Nope. (well, this one guy may or may not have had tea with Saddam once - and that's good enough for a hack from a... |
Rebel cleric orders army to disband By / Financial Times — Permalink Moqtada al-Sadr, a Shia cleric who has been leading a revolt in southern Iraq for more than two months, yesterday bowed to intense peer pressure and told his followers in his Jaysh al-Mahdi militia to return home. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: Mark Kleiman has an important dissent from the notion that Muqtada al-Sadr's decision to disband his militia is good... |
Mark Kleiman: Concurring in part, dissenting in part — Everyone from Kevin Drum to Pejman Yousefzadeh seems to believe that the... |
Bush Backs Rumsfeld in Hiding of Iraq Prisoner Reuters — Permalink Whitman said it was appropriate to hold detainees for brief periods without notification if they were viewed as an "active threat" in wartime. But he acknowledged that the man was held too long under those conditions in this case. | |
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Jon Henke: Considering the pictures and reports we've all seen in the past month, the last paragraph in this Reuters story is quite... |
Steve Soto: He's doing a fabulous job and America's lucky to have him in the position he's in." |
The Document Sean Hannity Doesn't Want You To Read Center for American Progress — Permalink Speaking at the Take Back America conference on June 3, American Progress CEO John Podesta said, "I think when you get so distant from the facts as — as guys like Limbaugh and Sean Hannity do, yeah, I think that tends to — it kind of — it tends to corrupt the dialogue." | |
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Kevin Raybould: The Truth Shall Set You Free — Unless you are Sean Hannity, apparently. Courtesy of the Center for American Progress. |
Atrios: Hannity the Deceiver — Hannitizing the truth, from CAP. |
A Rich Boyhood in the Plain Void By / American Enterprise Magazine — Permalink It's October 1965 in Fargo, North Dakota, and I'm wearing a plaid plastic windbreaker with scratchy elastic. I have a red wagon. The handle bites my hand if I hold it tightly; they didn't plane everything smooth back then—who'd sue? | |
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Mike Hendrix: American in place — I think this article may be one of the finest things Lileks ever wrote: [snipped quote] Wonderful stuff; read it all, of course. |
Glenn Reynolds: JAMES LILEKS pens an ode to Fargo. "And now, the Ironic Twist: There is absolutely no ironic twist." |
Cheney Won't Back Down on Saddam-Qaeda Links -Aides By / Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney , who took the lead in pushing the idea of long-standing links between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda, has no intention of backing down despite a finding to the contrary by the Sept. 11 commission, aides said on Wednesday. | |
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Kevin Drum: The Vice President of the United States, on the other hand, apparently thinks Blair is a wimp. Damn the torpedos! The Poor Man: Seriously: Is Dick Cheney Insane? [snipped quote] Yeah, I know it was based on "facts", everything these people say is based on "facts", it's just that none of it is based on facts. |
Steve M.: Well, I'm no Dick Cheney — if I say that two organizations were connected and I'm proven wrong, I'll admit it. Kos: This is particularly funny: [snipped quote] But in a sign that the Veep's office is feeling the heat, they released a... |
Clinton: I Was 'Enemy' of Conservatives AP — Permalink NEW YORK (AP) — Following the screening of a documentary about his presidency, Bill Clinton told the audience that he became an enemy of right wing America in an attack led by Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr. | |
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Tom Tomorrow: Hunting of the President — Went to the premiere last night, along with Bill Clinton and Atrios. |
Jeff Jarvis: Notebook's empty. Good night. : UPDATE: The AP report on the event; not much there. Roger Friedman's FoxNews column on the event. |
WRONG AGAIN By / New York Post — Permalink THE 9/11 Commission is in danger of going the way of the Warren Commission — a blue-chip panel investigating a national tragedy that foolishly ends up fueling controversy. And that's a shame. Yesterday, the commission announced there was "no credible evidence" linking Iraq and al Qaeda. | |
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Hindrocket: UPDATE: Richard Miniter, author of Losing bin Laden, catalogs some of the facts that were ignored by the 9/11 commission's staff report in this morning's New York Post. Greg Ransom: More — "WRONG AGAIN" by RICHARD MINITER. |
Betsy Newmark: Meanwhile, Richard Miniter looks at the politicization of the 9/11 Commission and the links between Saddam and Osama that, somehow, the Commission neglected to look at. |
Rumsfeld Ordered Secret Arrest in Iraq By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - At the request of CIA Director George Tenet, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld ordered the military to secretly hold a suspected terrorist in Iraq , a Pentagon spokesman said. | |
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Steve Soto: Rummy Hides Prisoner For 7 Months, Bush Applauds Him For Doing "A Fabulous Job" — How is it possible that Rummy and... |
SK Bubba: Is this... the last straw for Rumsfeld? |
U.N. Admits Mistake in Iran Nuclear Report Reuters — Permalink VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog was forced to make an embarrassing admission Thursday — that it had wrongly accused Iran of withholding information about imports of potentially weapons-related technology. | |
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Charles Johnson: Toothless Watchdog Also Hard of Hearing — Oh, brother. U.N. Admits Mistake in Iran Nuclear Report. |
Steve Antler: Just in... The UN LIED !!!!!! |
Spy Work in Iraq Riddled by Failures By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — A pair of British-recruited spies in Iraq, whose alarming reports of Saddam Hussein's illicit weapons were rushed to the White House shortly before the U.S.-led invasion last year, were never interviewed by the CIA and are now viewed as unreliable, current and former U.S. intelligence officials say. | |
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Kevin Drum: Let's start with this one: [snipped quote] Remember, we've known for a long time that our human intel in Iraq sucked, but... |
James Joyner: Spy Work In Iraq Riddled By Failures — LA Times - Spy Work In Iraq Riddled By Failures [snipped quote] There's quite a... |
MCCAIN ON BUSH BANDWAGON By / New York Post — Permalink Popular Republican Sen. John McCain is hitting the campaign trail to boost President Bush tomorrow — just days after spurning a personal plea from Democrat John Kerry to be his vice presidential running mate. | |
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Tim Blair: Speaking of turnarounds: "Popular Republican Sen. John McCain is hitting the campaign trail to boost President Bush... |
Jonah Goldberg: PUTTING A STAKE IN THE HEART... of the McCain for Dem Veep meme, John McCain stumps for Bush. |
The Plain Truth NYT — Permalink It's hard to imagine how the commission investigating the 2001 terrorist attacks could have put it more clearly yesterday: there was never any evidence of a link between Iraq and Al Qaeda, between Saddam Hussein and Sept. | |
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Atrios: Waking Up NYT: "Of all the ways Mr. Bush persuaded Americans to back the invasion of Iraq last year, the most plainly... |
David Adesnik: For the NYT, the Commission's report is conclusive evidence that Bush lied. |
See Dick Run By / American Prospect — Permalink When President Bush put forward his demand for a congressional resolution authorizing the use of force in Iraq, several moderate Republican Senators, including Dick Lugar, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, initially balked. | |
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Tarek @LiquidList: That being said, I want to chime in a little, and potentially peev one of my co-editors here at TLL, on a point made soundly by Matthew Yglesias in TAP Online. Ezra Klein: Matt Yglesias lays out exactly why Gephardt would be a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad VP choice. Check it out. Matt Yglesias: See Dick Run — New from me: the case against Gephardt as VP candidate. |
Steve M.: Matthew Yglesias's current American Prospect article, about why Dick Gephardt absolutely should not be John Kerry's running mate, is terrific. Yuval Rubinstein: Just Say No to Dick (No, Not Cheney) I couldn't agree more with Matthew Yglesias here. Laura Rozen: Matt Yglesias is right. Dick Gephardt is a terrible choice for Kerry's running mate. |
Rebel Cleric Signals End to Shiite Insurgency in Iraq Reuters — Permalink NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr sent his fighters home on Wednesday in what may mark the end of a 10-week revolt against U.S.-led forces that once engulfed southern Iraq and Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines. | |
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Tom Maguire: Sadr But Wizr — Good news from Iraq: "Rebel Cleric Signals End to Shiite Insurgency in Iraq". Mark Kleiman: Update Glenn Reynolds is cheerful, too, even while linking to this Reuters story noting the administration's climb-down... Michael Totten: Al-Sadr Becomes Pat Robertson — The insurgency of Moqtada al-Sadr, Iraq's fundamentalist fanatic-in-chief, is toast. |
Dean Esmay: Insurgency Over — The always-thoughtful Michael J. Totten (whom I have belatedly added to my blogroll) notes that the minor insurgency of Moqtada al-Sadr in Iraq is over. Glenn Reynolds: SADR'S DECLINE CONTINUES: [snipped quote] — It's not clear how well things are going with Fallujah, but the response to Sadr seems to have been handled quite well. Damian Penny: And the clock is ticking. (One positive sign: it looks like Moqtada al-Sadr realizes he can't win.) |
| Also: Jan Haugland, Roger L. Simon, Pejman Yousefzadeh, Kevin Drum, H.D. Miller, Andrew Sullivan, Captain Ed | |
Challenge From Iran By / WaPo — Permalink Iran's ayatollahs have issued a stream of defiant messages stressing their determination to join "the nuclear club," no matter what price they may pay in international isolation. Their warnings push a camouflaged crisis into public view and demand a coordinated global response. | |
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David Adesnik: Jim Hoagland has more. |
Gregory Djerejian: In some quarters, I suspect, there are already whispers that a nuclear Iran might be becoming something of a fait... |
Lone Star Justice By / Slate — Permalink Even before he came to Washington as chief legal counsel to President George W. Bush, Alberto Gonzales demonstrated a penchant for finding ways around international law. | |
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Jack Balkin: But Gonzales' participation in memos attempting to escape the obligations of American and international law means that... Laura Rozen: Over at Slate, journalist Alan Berlow says White House counsel Alberto Gonzales has been torturing international law for... |
Steve M.: Interesting: Slate's Alan Berlow notes that Alberto Gonzales, President Bush's top legal counsel, didn't just start... |
'Self-Declared' By / Opinion Journal — Permalink From an article in today's Washington Post: Many of the questions raised by the Abu Ghraib scandal, and by the United States's self-declared war on terrorism, are the kinds that Israel has been wrestling with for decades. That self-declared locution is sloppy at best. | |
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Steve Antler: Good economic news that's not fit to print... Via yesterday's Best of the Web, this "news" that good economic news... |
The Poor Man: Moral Clarity On The Right — James Taranto views part of a four-minute video of torture from the Saddam-era Abu Ghraib... |
The Father of Modernism Slate — Permalink Interestingly, due to a quirk with my Internet provider, when I hit the "Reply" button to respond to you, your e-mail fills with strange typography, making it difficult to decipher and highlighting the printed nature on the page. | |
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Kevin Raybould: At least for me, they too often swamped the story and the characters and seemed to be there for the sake of being there)... |
Ed Cone: Jeffrey Eugenides in Slate: [snipped quote] A Bloomsday conversation about Joyce and Modernism. |
U.S. Army plans to charge soldier with murder MSNBC — Permalink The U.S. Army will charge a 1st Armored Division officer with murder after he allegedly shot and killed a severely wounded suspected Muqtada al-Sadr loyalist last month in the southern Iraqi town of Kufa, officials said Wednesday. | |
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Jeanne D'Arc: Animals — The Army announced today that it will charge an officer who shot and killed a wounded Iraqi with murder: On... |
TChris: Army Officer To Be Charged With Murder — The U.S. military, growing more attentive to the need to respond to criminal... |
What Academic Freedom? By / TCS — Permalink Do you know who John Yoo is? Click here and you will find that Yoo is a well-respected legal scholar with a rich professional background. He has worked in a number of high-profile legal positions in the Justice Department and the United States Senate, where he... | |
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Tom Smith: John Yoo and Boalt Hall — This is an important read. Steve Bainbridge: More on John Yoo — Pejman Yousefzadeh offers a powerful defense of Berkeley law professor John Yoo in a recent TCS column. James Joyner: Torturing the Law II — Pejman Yousefzadeh does a superb job fleshing out the argument I was trying to make here. |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: SO HERE'S THE OTHER HALF — Over at Obsidian Wings, Von calls me "clever, but only by half" after having read my latest TCS article. Von @ObsidianWings: Clever, but only by half — I agree: these Berkely protesters are nuts. Jonathan H. Adler: ACADEMIC FREEDOM AT BERKELEY — Pejman Yousefsadeh dissects the problems with the Berkeley law students who organized a... |
| Also: Glenn Reynolds | |
Rather Digs Clinton's Life ...Reagan's Funeral Director By / New York Observer — Permalink CBS News legend Dan Rather was one of the few people to get his hands on an advance copy of the hotly awaited and tightly guarded 975-page memoir My Life, by former President Bill Clinton. So what's the verdict, Mr. Rather? | |
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KJL: Why Dan Rather over me? I'm thinking of encouraging a write-in campaign urging him to do an interview with me for NRO. |
Taegan Goddard: The First Review — Dan Rather "was one of the few people to get his hands on an advance copy of the hotly awaited and... |
Sept. 11 Commission Report Says Iraq Rebuffed Al Qaeda AP — Permalink WASHINGTON — Bluntly contradicting the Bush administration, the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks reported Wednesday there was "no credible evidence" that Saddam Hussein helped al-Qaida target the United States. | |
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Tacitus: Comity — I'm not sure this news story is the unalloyed victory for the antiwar left that much of the antiwar left seems to think it is. James Martin Capozzola: Today, however, the A.P. reports, to anyone and everyone who is listening, a group that obviously excludes Vice... Kos: Iraq rebuffed al Qaida — Psst, Dick — you might want to read this before you flap your trap about Saddam and al Qaida... |
Brad DeLong: Why Oh Why Are We Ruled by These Liars? (Ogged-Is-Shrill Edition) Ogged begs for someone to call Dick Cheney a liar. Jack Balkin: Today: "WASHINGTON — Bluntly contradicting the Bush administration, the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks... |
NUNN SO BRAVE New York Post — Permalink June 16, 2004 — IN the race among Democrats to become John Kerry's running mate, former Sen. Sam Nunn, 65, is ahead by a nose. Sources say the FBI has started combing through records of his business dealings, reviewing files and relationships. | |
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Edward Driscoll: IS BILL RICHARDSON out of the Kerry veep running? UPDATE: Is Sam Nunn now in the picture? Will Collier writes, "Dubya should be so lucky". Will Collier: Bush Should Be So Lucky According to a gossip column in the New York Post, the current frontrunner in John Kerry's Veepstakes is former Georgia Senator Sam Nunn. |
Betsy Newmark: Page Six says that Sam Nunn is in the lead for Kerry's Veep choice. That would be the best choice he could make and give the most heartburn to Bush's team. |
9/11 panel: No al Qaeda cooperation with Iraq CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — The panel investigating the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks found "no credible evidence that Iraq and al Qaeda cooperated on attacks against the United States," according to a staff report issued on Wednesday. | |
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Jonathan Wilde: Al Qaeda had much bigger plans than what was actually executed on 9/11, according to the bipartisan commission investigating the terrorist plot. Kevin Drum: SADDAM AND 9/11....Today's headline on CNN: "9/11 staff: No al Qaeda cooperation with Iraq" This may not seem like a big deal — we already knew that, right? — but it is. |
Matthew Yglesias: NO CONNECTION. Causing no surprise to me whatsoever, the 9-11 Commission has concluded that there is |
Kerry Raises Record $100M in Three Months By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - John Kerry raised a Democratic record $100 million from March through May, lifting his presidential campaign to more than $140 million so far. Kerry raised roughly $25 million last month alone, figures provided Wednesday by his campaign show. | |
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Ezra Klein: Rollin Down K Street — Woooooooooooooo! [snipped quote] Ain't nothing wrong with that. Natasha @PacificViews: Good News For Kerry — Well, it looks good for our standard bearer so far. |
Steven Taylor: Impressive: The $100 Million Dollar Dem, the Ailing Campaign Finance System, and Other Tales — Kerry Raises Record... |
9/11 Panel Says Iraq Rebuffed Bin Laden By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Bluntly contradicting the Bush administration, the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks reported Wednesday there was "no credible evidence" that Saddam Hussein helped al-Qaida target the United States. | |
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Cori Dauber: AP's piece highlights the problem with the staff report: Rebuffing Bush administration claims, the independent... Glenn Reynolds: FROM THE 9/11 COMMISSION: "The commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks found 'no credible evidence' of a link... Mike Alissi: Iraq and al Qaeda — The AP reports: [quote] The commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks found "no credible evidence" of...[end quote] |
Steven Taylor: The 911 Commission, Iraq and al Qaeda — Yahoo! Tom Tomorrow: [quote]"He had long established ties with al Qaida." [end quote] 9/11 commission: "WASHINGTON - Bluntly contradicting the Bush... Steve M.: 9/11 Panel Says Iraq Rebuffed Bin Laden — No comment — this speaks for itself. |
| Also: Jon Henke, Steve Antler, Betsy Newmark | |
So Torture Is Legal? By / WaPo — Permalink To understand the magnitude of what may have gone on in America's secret prisons, you don't need special security clearance or inside information. Anyone who wants to connect the dots can do it. To see what I mean, review the content of a few items now easily found on the Internet. | |
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Rich Lowry: Anne Applebaum begins her column yesterday with the totally illogic suggestion that because the memos were written and the abuses happened they ipso facto must be related. Ted Barlow: As Anne Applebaum* points out, it's hard to see how those in power have sufficient incentives to follow stories as... Laura Rozen: Meantime, WaPo editorial writer Anne Applebaum says political will is draining from the Hill to fully connect the dots... |
Tacitus: All of which is to say, when Anne Applebaum says it's time to connect the dots, it's time. Via Henley. Jim Henley: Now is the Time - Useful Anne Applebaum column in the Post this morning: "To understand the magnitude of what may have... Dan Gillmor: Hiding Our Eyes from the Truth of Torture Policy UPDATED Anne Applebaum connects some dots in her Washington Post... |
| Also: Andrew Sullivan | |
9/11 Panel Finds No Collaboration Between Iraq, Al Qaeda By / WaPo — Permalink There is "no credible evidence" that Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq collaborated with the al Qaeda terrorist network on any attacks on the United States, including the Sept. 11, 2001 hijackings, according to a new staff report released this morning by the commission investigating the hijacking plot. | |
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David Adesnik: QUICK! BEFORE THEY'RE GONE! Take a look at today's front-page images from the NYT and WaPo. Matt Yglesias: If I may say so, trying to ram together two different narratives about the 9-11 Commission — (1) their account of the... Mary InLosGatos: No Link Between Saddam & al Qaeda — The 9/11 commission has issued a staff report that declares there is "no credible... |
Cori Dauber: Compare that to the piece the WaPo puts up, where the first two grafs are about the planning of the plot. Oliver Willis: Look Into Iraq, Al Qaeda 9/11 Panel Finds No Collaboration Between Iraq, Al Qaeda In an overview of al Qaeda released... Jon Henke: Connections... The 9/11 Commission has released a report on the evidence of ties - and lack thereof - between Iraq and... |
REPORTING FOR THE ENEMY By / New York Post — Permalink THE video only lasts four minutes or so — grue some scenes of torture from the days when Saddam Hussein's thugs ruled Abu Ghraib prison. I couldn't bear to watch, so I walked out until it was over. Some who stayed wished they hadn't. | |
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Steve M.: Now it's Deborah Orin in the New York Post who's saying (in an op-ed piece with the libelous title "Reporting for the... Ted Belman: Real torture — Reporting For The Enemy By Deborah Orin, The Post's Washington Bureau Chief, The New York Post THE... Charles Johnson: Reporting for the Enemy — As the media ramps up for Prison Scandal II: The Sequel and a second orgy of guilt, blame,... |
Jason Van Steenwyk: New York Post Wusses Out — The New York Post's Washington Bureau chief, Deborah Orin blasts the American press for... Glenn Reynolds: HERE ARE SOME IRAQ TORTURE VIDEOS that the press, strangely, doesn't care about. The Big Trunk: Orin notes the asymmetry in the mainstream media reporting on Iraq: [snipped quote] Her column is "Reporting for the enemy." |
| Also: Betsy Newmark, Cori Dauber | |
The Mother Jones Poll: The Results Mother Jones — Permalink Are we better off? America weighs in. Are We Better Off? Jump to the next set of questions: | |
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Matt Yglesias: Unions — I mentioned yesterday the surprisingly strong showing for unions in the Mother Jones poll but I had to wait... Kevin Drum: Still, polls are always fun and this one has some interesting questions. The full results are here. Billmon: They posted the results of Stan Greenberg's latest poll, which goes beyond the presidential horse race to look at attitudes about a broad range of political and cultural issues. |
Ruy Teixeira: Now That You Mention It, It Has Been a Pretty Lousy Three Years — Mother Jones magazine today released an interesting... Taegan Goddard: "Nearly two thirds of American voters say the country is on the wrong track and most — including a majority of... Matthew Yglesias: Mother Jones has posted the results of a recent poll they commissioned along with several accompanying articles. |
Bush Shouldn't Write Off the Black Vote By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON — With the presidential election only a few months away, it is time for President Bush to unleash his secret weapon — his relationship with black and Hispanic voters. The president is already winning a third of the popular vote among Hispanics, according to a Zogby International poll taken this spring. | |
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Mary InLosGatos: Well, if there is any question about where good ole Juan stands in the fight for a better America, his oped yesterday in... Roger Ailes: Meanwhile, enjoy this pitch for the G.O.P. from Wan Juilliams. I've been waiting all day to crack wise on it, but, really, the jokes just write themselves. Nathan Hallford: Not So Fast! : Juan Williams has a really good Op-Ed in today's New York Times. He writes that Pres. |
David Neiwert: So it's not surprising that his recent New York Times op-ed is primarily an apologia for Bush's dismal standing in the black community. Pejman Yousefzadeh: GETTING OUT THE VOTE — Juan Williams has some advice for President Bush—advice I am betting most of the President's... John Cole: Juan Williams discusses what Bush can do to court the black vote in today's NY Times: "With a direct appeal, President... |
| Also: Mike Hendrix, Ken Masugi, Stephen Green | |
Turtle Bay's Latest Coverup By / Opinion Journal — Permalink In a stunning development that even the United Nations' fiercest critics will surely hail as a turn for the better, Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced yesterday that he is "entirely disgusted" with the way the U.N. investigates itself. | |
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Kim du Toit: The Hell With Them — Howard Veit pointed me to the WSJ article by Claudia Rossett about the corruption at the United... Roger L. Simon: Volcker Should Resign — If what Claudia Rosett has written is true... and I have no reason to disbelieve it... Paul... Hugh Hewitt: Mark Steyn, Claudia Rosett and Matthew Yglesias are my guests today as well as the Smart Guys, so don't miss a minutes of the program. |
Jan Haugland: The beatings will continue until morale improves — More about UNSCAM and the UN investigating itself. Glenn Reynolds: UNSCAM UPDATE: Claudia Rosett has more on the oil-for-food coverup at the U.N. : [snipped quote] Indeed. The Big Trunk: Today's installment on UNscam is "Turtle Bay's latest coverup." The column is a classic of indignation and dogged pursuit. |
| Also: Cori Dauber | |
Gun Group's Radio Show Tests Limits on Advocacy By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 15 - In a direct challenge to federal limits on political advocacy, the National Rifle Association plans to begin broadcasting a daily radio program on Thursday to provide news and pro-gun commentary to 400,000 listeners. | |
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Dean Esmay: As it happens, the NRA is one such group and, whatever you feel about the NRA as an organization, if you respect freeom of speech you should wish them all the luck in the world. Bill Hobbs: Smart Move — The NRA launches a radio news broadcast. Democrats who had hoped the powerful gun-rights lobby would be muzzled by campaign finance reform are not happy. Hugh Hewitt: Evidently so. That and Michael Moore. Finally, take a look at the news from NRA land. |
Julian Sanchez: That Darn First Amendment Loophole Again — The New York Times reports that many are predicting challenges to a National... James Joyner: NYT - Gun Group's Radio Show Tests Limits on Advocacy [RSS] [snipped quote] I actually think this is perfectly... Jesse Taylor: Down On One Hand, Not Up On The Other — The NRA has a novel argument. |
The Secret Life of Newt Gingrich By / Weekly Standard — Permalink NEWT GINGRICH has been leading a secret life. Night after night for years he's been slipping out of the headquarters of the vast right-wing conspiracy, wolfing down spy novels and then reviewing them for Amazon.com. | |
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Howard Kurtz: Finally, Newt has been moonlighting, according to the Weekly Standard's Katherine Mangu-Ward: "Newt Gingrich has been leading a secret life. Matt Yglesias: Newt The Book Reviewer — Weird and wacky stuff from my friend Katherine Mangu-Ward at the Standard. Josh Chafetz: YES, BUT DOES HE LIKE JOYCE? Katherine Mangu-Ward on The Secret Life of Newt Gingrich. |
Taegan Goddard: The Secret Life of Newt Gingrich — "Newt Gingrich has been leading a secret life," the Weekly Standard reports. Andrew Sullivan: GINGRICH ON AMAZON: He's a top 500 reviewer. What a nerd. |
Bush backs Cheney on assertion linking Hussein, Al Qaeda Boston Globe — Permalink WASHINGTON — President Bush yesterday defended Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion this week that Saddam Hussein had longstanding ties with Al Qaeda, even as critics charged that the White House had no new proof of a connection. | |
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Oliver @LiquidList: Item A: President Bush yesterday defended Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion this week that Saddam Hussein had... Brad DeLong: [quote]''He had long-established ties with al-Qaeda.''" And Bush.[end quote] Howard Kurtz: Bush is playing the al Qaeda card, says the Boston Globe: "President Bush yesterday defended Vice President Dick... |
David Allan Pell: Getting Framed — During a rather choppy press conference on Tuesday, President Bush forshadowed his own strategy when... Jack Balkin: Lies and the Desperate Liars Who Tell Them — Yesterday: "President Bush yesterday defended Vice President Dick... |
Many New Jobs Going to Noncitizens By / LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — Immigrants are filling nearly three out of every 10 new jobs in the rebounding U.S. economy, a development that may dilute the political dividend to President Bush from an election-year recovery, a study to be released today concludes. | |
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Steve Antler: Here's yesterday's LA Times immigration story and the Pew Hispanic Center report on which it is based. Ezra Klein: Brave New Economy — Now that's interesting: [snipped quote] That's a very worrying trend. |
Greg Ransom: "Many New Jobs Going to Noncitizens" — LA Times. The news report is based on this PEW Hispanic Center study (pdf). Robert Garcia Tagorda: Such skepticism arises from an examination of where new jobs are going: [snipped quote] See the full report for survey... |
In war on terror, Geneva Convention doesn't apply By / Townhall.com — Permalink "There's a reason why we sign these treaties: to protect my son in the military," Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., hissed at the attorney general through his enormous teeth. "That's why we have these treaties, so when Americans are captured they are not tortured. | |
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Edward Driscoll: SPEAKING OF JONAH, he explains the Geneva Convention to Joe Biden. (Via Betsy Newmark.) Betsy Newmark: Jonah Goldberg explains for the feeble-minded like Joe Biden why the Geneva Convention does not apply to the war on terror. |
Mike Hendrix: Update! Jonah Goldberg has some thoughts on this Geneva Convention business too. SLZoll: Jonah Goldberg Since Osama bin Laden isn't a signatory to the Geneva Conventions, we don't have to treat Iraqi prisoners... |
KERRY FOR PREZ: WHY HIM, WHY NOW Philadelphia Daily News — Permalink LAST WEEK, the nation looked to the past with the death of President Ronald Reagan. This week, the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush and John F. Kerry, suspended out of respect to the deceased 40th president, start fresh. | |
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James Martin Capozzola: PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS ENDORSES JOHN KERRY — First Newspaper in the Nation to Take a Stand In an unusual, stunning,... Atrios: Kerry for Prez — The Philadelphia Daily News makes its endorsement. ...take the poll. |
Hugh Hewitt: The Philadelphia News becomes the first newspaper in the country to endorse John Kerry, and does so with a howler that shouldn't be missed. |
Kerry tries to reclaim New Jersey By / Washington Times — Permalink ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — New Jersey — one of the Democratic Party's most reliable states in national elections — isn't lining up behind Sen. John Kerry quite the way he and the state's powerful union bosses would like. | |
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Jonah Goldberg: From an article in today's Washington Times on Kerry's appeal to union-members in New Jersey: [snipped quote] I for one... |
Betsy Newmark: Improbably, it seems that Kerry is having some real problems in New Jersey. |