...different strokes for different folks... … [Read more...] about When It Comes To Burglaries

Judge: Have you ever been indicted? Defendant: Not since I was a baby, your honor.... That (old) joke may be a laughing matter (actually, given the quality of the joke, it isn't) but some dead serious predictions are now being made about the legal fate of White House political guru Karl Rove. Truthout.org goes out-on-a-limb on this one:Within the last week, Karl Rove told … [Read more...] about Will Karl Rove Be Indicted?

A Washington Post/ABC News poll finds widespread support for the NSA's phone data collection program:A majority of Americans initially support a controversial National Security Agency program to collect information on telephone calls made in the United States in an effort to identify and investigate potential terrorist threats, according to a Washington Post-ABC News … [Read more...] about Poll Says Most Americans Support NSA’s Program (UPDATED)

BBC:US federal agents have searched the house and office of the outgoing executive director of the CIA. Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, formerly the third-ranking official at the spy agency, announced his retirement earlier this week. He has been linked to a probe into possible corruption involving agency contracts, but denies any wrongdoing. The raid comes at a time of upheaval for the … [Read more...] about FBI Raids Home of CIA’s Outgoing Exec. Director

Or so my academic overlords/professors tell me. They instructed me to write this post. … [Read more...] about We…Are…Not…Being…Indoctrinated

From George Allen's (R-VA) senate campaign: "Allen To Travel In Virginia This Weekend." Good for him. After spending so much time in places like Iowa (he wishes he was born there!) and New Hampshire, it's nice of him to deign to give his own constituents a visit every once in awhile. At least, until 2008. … [Read more...] about Welcome Home Senator

It must be seen to be believed. … [Read more...] about NewsMax “Sells” The War?

Luttig's own resignation letter refers to "sheer serendipity". It was "a particular privilege to serve on the court" after 9/11. Since then, "the court has been asked to address some of the most complex and far-reaching legal issues of our day". Indeed, Luttig says, he has "loved every single aspect and every single moment of [his] service". But the Boeing offer "is a singular … [Read more...] about So why did Michael Luttig resign?

Egads, we get emails . But, alas, TMV himself will be out of pocket much of today(which means we can't post and that includes links sent to us for today). But keep checking back since our talented co-bloggers should have some things to say. … [Read more...] about TMV Himself Out Of Pocket Today

MSNBC, BBC and CNN have all emailed me about an oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria which has killed anywhere from no-one to 200 people and may or may not be an accident. Go here for coverage: MSNBC BBC CNN UPDATE FROM REUTERS: LAGOS (Reuters) - A pipeline explosion on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city, killed about 100 people on Friday, a Red Cross official … [Read more...] about Nigerian Blast: An Accident or Terrorism?

So Rush Limbaugh reportedly said Iran's President's letter to President George Bush had "the Democratic talking points, other than Israel, and even there... even some liberal Hollywood Jewish people talking point." Now, aside from Rush deciding to use a letter from Iran's President to demonize an entire political party (read that meaning "stir up hatred of"), this is veering … [Read more...] about Rush Limbaugh Veers Towards No-No Territory

...about anything. … [Read more...] about These Days You Can Sue

A quick update to yesterday morning's post on the DoJ ending its ethics investigation of itself in regard to the NSA warrantless eavesdrop program. The NYTimes reports this morning (in its story about the new hubbub over phone call collecting, which is covered well below) that Senator Specter yesterday called the denial of security clearances to the DoJ's Office of Professional … [Read more...] about UPDATE On Justice Department NSA Investigation

With each week seemingly taking President George Bush's political poll numbers to a new low, the latest controversy over the disclosure that the government has secretly collected data on phone call records of millions of Americans comes when Bush is not at his optimum political strength. Or enjoying optimum credibility except among his most steadfast supporters. Part of the … [Read more...] about NSA Call Database Disclosure Unleashes Firestorm

Well, I wouldn't pose the question if the answer was no. From Defense Tech:It'd be one thing if the NSA's massive sweep of our phone records was actually helping catch terrorists. But what if it's not working at all? A leading practitioner of the kind of analysis the NSA is supposedly performing in this surveillance program says that "it's a waste of time, a waste of … [Read more...] about Wiretapping Millions Makes Terrorists Harder To Find?

Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are seemingly saying "We feel your pain" to both sides of the immigration issue as they get read to pass a compromise measure. But will it actually become law? That depends on what happens in the House, which is far more problematical. The Washington Post:Senate leaders announced Thursday that they have a deal on how to proceed next week … [Read more...] about The Senate Will Get An Immigration Bill

President George Bush's polling numbers have now dipped below 30 percent in one key poll -- a political milestone:President Bush’s job-approval rating has fallen to its lowest mark of his presidency, according to a new Harris Interactive poll. Of 1,003 U.S. adults surveyed in a telephone poll, 29% think Mr. Bush is doing an “excellent or pretty goodâ€? job as president, … [Read more...] about Bush Poll Hits Super-Danger Low Mark

Dennis Sanders, Alan Stewart Carl and Sean Aqui discuss this new information about the NSA storing our calls. The question everybody is asking: When is it going to stop? … [Read more...] about More NSA Perspectives

Warrantless spying really brings out the best in them, doesn't it? … [Read more...] about The Tall Tales and Many Lies of the Bush Administration

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to President Bush has largely been rejected as unhelpful posturing, but a second and likely far more important letter, one that opens the door a crack to negotiations to resolve the Iranian nuclear crisis, has emerged. Here's Time: [A] second document, written by a top Iranian official and given to TIME just before Ahmadinejad's … [Read more...] about Iran’s other “olive branch” goes public