Archive for October, 2007
The Wake-Up Call:
$43.5B for Spying, Sharks in Iraq?
Spy vs. Spy
For the first time in nine years, National Intelligence Director Michael McConnell has revealed the U.S. budget for non-military spying: $43.5 billion.
Environment
Citizen groups in Kentucky trying to prevent the U.S. Army from shipping the deadly VX nerve agent across eight states claim that the military has been concealing crucial information about the hazards [...]
Popularity: 1%
The Wake-Up Call
Scandal Sheet
Congressional bulldog Henry Waxman has become the White House’s biggest nightmare. Check out this timeline of Waxman’s various attempts to hold the administration’s feet to the fire.
A Louisiana legislator, State Senator Derrick Shepherd, said yesterday he is being investigated by the FBI because he wouldn’t provide agents information about possible wrongdoing by Rep. William [...]
Popularity: 3%
Afternoon Round-Up
Iraq War
A minute after midnight, the Special IG for Iraqi Reconstruction (SIGIR) will issue its audit on Dyncorp’s $1.3 billion contract with the State Department to help build the Iraq police program. It wasn’t able to complete the audit because mismanagement was so rampant there wasn’t enough of a paper trail for inspectors to follow. [...]
Popularity: 1%
Turning the Page: Plame’s “Fair Game”
Though outed spy Valerie Plame once considered a career in journalism, she doesn’t have much respect for the profession.
In her new book, “Fair Game,” Plame doesn’t just attack Robert Novak, the columnist who first revealed her identity back in 2003, but slams most of the mainstream press.
- When she first read Novak’s column, “I [...]
Popularity: 1%
The Wake-Up Call:
Rangel’s Earmark, Voice Execs Arrested
The Influence Industry
For $500,000 a year, APCO is working hard to get Kazakhstan into the 56-member Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. What human rights problems?
Beltway Blotter
Charlie Rangel’s monument to himself is still alive. The Senate voted 61-34 yesterday to preserve Congressman Rangel’s $2 million earmark, the Charles B. Rangel Center for [...]
Popularity: 1%
The Wake-Up Call:
Plame’s ‘Game’, Countrywide Probe
Scandal Sheet
Valerie Plame, whose CIA cover was blown by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and Bob Novak, settles scores in her new book “Fair Game”:
She accuses the the Bush administration of “arrogance and intolerance,” says the criticism of her husband was a “dress rehearsal” for the Swift Boat Veterans campaign against John Kerry and [...]
Popularity: 1%
Bush to Media: No Shield For You!
President Bush threatens to veto the reporter’s shield law, according to a statement posted on the OMB Website:
“The bill would provide a broad priviledge to a large class of “covered persons” that could severely frustrate — and in some cases completely eviscerate — the Federal Govt’s ability to investigate acts of terrorism and other threats [...]
Popularity: 1%
Afternoon Round-Up
National Security
For $1,000 and upon lawful request, Comcast will help the government intercept its customers’ communications. It’s all in the newly-disclosed Comcast Handbook for Law Enforcement.
Scandal Sheet
What really happened to Charles D. Riechers, the Air Force’s second-highest-ranking procurement official, who apparently committed suicide over the weekend at his home in Chantilly, VA? He came [...]
Popularity: 1%
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