Andymatic

Category: 7. Obsession with National Security

  • Veteran CIA Analyst Says Forged Niger Memo Traces Back to Cheney

  • Dick Durbin Knew Iraq Intel Was Faulty And Didn't Say Anything

    Well this sucks on so many levels: The second highest ranking Democrat in the Senate, Majority whip Richard Durbin of Illinois, has admitted that he knew in 2003 that the American public was being misled into the Iraq war but remained silent. Durbin said last week “I was angry about it. [But] frankly, I couldn’t […]

  • Condoleezza Rice Redefines ‘Imminent'

    I don’t know about you but when I hear the word imminent I think right now and immediately and within the next several weeks. Imminent threat was a huge part of the justification to invade Iraq. Condoleeza backs away: "But [Iraq was] not an imminent threat," presses Stephanopoulous. "George, the question of imminence isn’t whether […]

  • Call Your House Reps: Floor Vote on Cheney Impeachment Tomorrow (Wednesday)

    (Update below) Put up or shut up. Do you have a whole 2 minutes of your day to express your dis-satisfaction? Hell, you can do this on your way to get your afternoon latte. Go to http://house.gov, look up your Congress rep and tell them about the impeachment vote tomorrow. In an 18-page draft resolution, […]

  • Group to Track Shariah Mosques and Islamic Centers Inside the US

    Right here in river city. This is kinda like the Minutemen for Tracking Muslims: (via) As most of you know, the biggest threat America faces today is from Islamic Jihadists operating all over the world and especially right here in America! … That is where this highly specialized and professional program comes in. It is […]

  • Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater USA

    Scahill has done extensive coverage of Blackwater USA, one of the biggest mercenary companies in outsourcing the war (and providing a lockdown on New Orleans during Katrina)

  • White House proposes retroactive war crimes protection

    White House proposes retroactive war crimes protection The Bush administration drafted amendments to the War Crimes Act that would retroactively protect policy makers from possible criminal charges for authorizing any humiliating and degrading treatment of detainees, according to lawyers who have seen the proposal.

  • BBC Newsnight Does a John Bolton Takedown

    (via ThinkProgress and Digg) “What staggers me about this clip is Bolton’s point-blank view that the US had no responsibility to impose order after the invasion, and no responsibility for security within the country. Bolton actually says that the only error Bush really made was not giving the Iraqis ‘a copy of the Federalist papers […]

  • Does the President Have a Right to Not Encounter Disagreement?

    Alex Young and Leslie Weise attended a presidential forum on Social Security in Denver back in 2005 and were ejected after security noticed they had an anti-war bumper sticker. The forum was funded with taxpayer money. From the briefing for the White House: The president’s right to control his own message includes the right to […]

  • Boston Globe Reporter Charlie Savage Wins Pulitzer for Tracking Bush's Overreach

    Excerpts from the winning stories: President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution. … The office of Vice President Dick Cheney routinely […]