Archive for April, 2007
The Afternoon Round-Up
Scandal Sheet
The escort service run by the D.C. Madam (who tried to hire Larry Flynt’s old attorney) did tricks for a Bush administration economist, the head of a conservative think tank, a prominent CEO, several lobbyists and a handful of military officials.
National Security
Tap, tap, tap… who’s listening? The number of orders issued by federal [...]
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Cheat Sheet to George Tenet’s Memoir:
Dick, Condi and Plenty of Bull*&$!
On Friday, we got a sneak peek at the new memoir by former CIA director George Tenet, “At the Center of the Storm.”
Of course, it’s completely self-serving and takes plenty of not-so-subtle shots at a long line of enemies in the administration from Dick Cheney and Condi Rice to Steve Hadley and Scooter Libby. (And [...]
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The Latest DOJ Document Dump:
Charlton’s Pique, Cummins’ Angry Wife
Some more nuggets from the Justice Department’s latest document dump on Friday night:
- Fired Arizona US Attorney Paul Charlton was concerned that his desire to start a pilot project to tape confessions (the USAO had been taking notes by paper and pencil) was being ignored. In a May 8, 2006 letter to acting associate AG [...]
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What Really Happened to Jessica Lynch
After this week’s devastating testimony from Jessica Lynch, the small-town girl turned Pentagon poster-child who bluntly told a Congressional committee that “I am not a hero,” most of us sympathized with her plight.
Her story left many of us wondering about the true circumstances of the operation that led to her kidnapping, her ordeal and her rescue.
Here is the uncensored video. The [...]
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The Wake-Up Call
Scandal Sheet
OK, so I was off in my prediction that Gonzales would resign last Friday (and that Bloomberg would marry his longtime girlfriend Diana Taylor in preparation for a presidential run). For now, I’ll just pass along the speculation that embattled Congressman Rick Renzi will step down today in the wake of a federal investigation [...]
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Fox Guarding the Hen House?
Today, a coalition of consumer groups denounced President Bush’s pick to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The group, which includes U.S. PIRG, Public Citizen and Consumers Union, says that Michael Baroody, the National Association of Manufacturers’ top lobbyist:
• Opposed a petition from consumer organizations to improve the way the consumers find out about recalls of potentially [...]
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The Wake-Up Call
Scandal Sheet
Karl Rove and his deputies gave political briefings to at least 15 government agencies, from NASA to the General Services Administration, a possible violation of the Hatch Act, which forbids the use of federal resources for political purposes.
Meanwhile, the Office of the Special Counsel’s probe of Rove and the White House’s allegedly improper political [...]
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Exclusive: “Bishop” Bomber Suspect
Was Once Busted for Lesser Crimes
The 42-year-old former postal worker arrested this morning by federal agents on suspicion of being “The Bishop” – who terrorized investment firms in the Midwest by sending them threatening letters and unarmed bombs – was busted for less-serious violations over ten years ago.
John Patrick Tomkins, who was nabbed at his home in Dubuque, Iowa, was cited in [...]
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The Wake-Up Call
Health Care
Today’s must-read is the New York Times’ front-page expose on the impotence of the Occupation and Safety Health Administration when it comes to protecting Americans at all types of workplaces, from popcorn factories to construction sites.
Iraq War
A comparison of the president’s emergency supplemental wish list and the congressional conference’s version.
It costs $12 million to [...]
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Where’s the Beef Been?
The company behind last Friday’s government recall of ground beef patties, which sickened three children with E. Coli bacteria, has some experience with contaminated meat.
In February 2004, Richwood Meat Co, Inc., a Merced, CA firm recalled 90,000 pounds of beef patties that had been linked to illnesses at U.S. military installations in Japan. The USDA [...]
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