Archive for May, 2008
Rockefeller Slams Hayden’s Comments That Al Qaeda “On the Run”
This afternoon, Senator Jay Rockefeller sent a scathing letter to CIA director Michael Hayden, stating that comments he gave the Washington Post about al-Qaeda being “on the run” were contrary to what Hayden had told the Senate Intelligence Committee:
Here’s the letter:
May 30, 2008
The Honorable Michael V. Hayden
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Director Hayden:
If today’s article [...]
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Video of the Day: Whistleblowers Discuss Mississippi Judicial Misconduct
On May 15, speakers at a national whistleblowers meeting on judicial misconduct gave shocking accounts of bribery, fraud and racketeering by judges in Mississippi.
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The Wake-Up Call: John McCain Has a Cold… But You’re Not Supposed to Know That
EXCLUSIVE: McCain Has a Cold But His Aides Are Keeping It Under Wraps to Avoid Speculation About His Health, Sources Tell Muckraked
Clinton Trying to Unseat Delegates in Collin County, Texas
Hotline: In Fundraising Appeal, McCain Slams Obama for Chairing “Important” Subcmte That Has Afghanistan Oversight Responsibilities, But Failing to Hold “One Hearing”
McClellan Only Got $75,000 Advance [...]
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Video of the Day: Former Navy Official Pleads Guilty to Making Threats
Former U.S. Navy officer Declan O’Shea, who has admitted making hundreds of threatening phone calls to President Bush and a number of bomb hoaxes which caused security alerts in California, pled guilty today in an Irish court. O’Shea currently lives in Ireland. Thirteen FBI agents and U.S. Navy personnel came to the court hearing in [...]
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US Aid for Agricultural Development in Africa Plummets
According to the latest Government Accountability Office report on international food security, the US has focused more of its resources on emergency food aid and less on needed agricultural development in Africa, resulting in a dramatic drop in resources:
“The United States, consistent with other multilateral and bilateral donors, has steadily reduced its ODA to agriculture [...]
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The Wake-Up Call: Network Execs Killed Critical Stories
CNN’s Yellin: Network Execs Killed Critical White House Stories
How McCain Adviser Phil Gramm Helped Create Subprime Mess
Obama Fundraiser Rezko Faces Vegas Arrest in Multiple Gambling Debts
McCain & Obama, Champions of Transparency, Close Fundraisers
Frozen Tundra: Could Alaska’s Young and Stevens Both Be Indicted?
More Racist Emails in Secret Service Lawsuit
How Italian Police Tracked Cellphone Traffic to Spy [...]
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Video of the Day: RNC Attacks Obama on Cuba
The Republican National Committee recently unveiled their latest attack ad, blasting Barack Obama on the Cuban issue.
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Between the Lines: McCain Adviser’s Link to Olmert Scandal
Unmentioned in the New York Times’s illuminating story about McCain adviser Rick Davis’s lobbying activity are the recent revelations about his onetime client, ImageSat.
Davis’s firm, Davis Manafort, received $120,000 to lobby for Imagesat, an Israeli company which sells satellite imagery, on both defense and domestic security issues in 2004 and 2005.
Imagesat has been in the [...]
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McClellan Lashes Media: “Complicit Enablers” of Iraq War
UPDATE: White House spokesperson Dana Perino, clearly frustrated, just told reporters asking her about the McClellan book: “I think that horse has been beaten enough.”
UPDATE: CNN’s Wolf Blitzer just defended the network’s coverage in the lead-up to the Iraq War, telling Howard Kurtz that “we could have done even better” in retrospect.
Some of the choice excerpts from Scott McClellan’s new [...]
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The Wake-Up Call
FBI Interviews McCain’s Arizona Staffers in Renzi Probe
McCain Economic Policy Shaped by Lobbyist Paid by Swiss Bank
ACLU Obtains Heavily Redacted Memos on Waterboarding of Prisoners in CIA Custody
Blackwater’s Legal Malpractice Suit Tossed, Claim They Were ”Federal Officers” Dismissed…
…And Sues San Diego, Claiming Politics Played Part in Permits for Training Facility
Roger Stone’s Next Dirty Trick: Staged Video of [...]
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