Douglas Jehl's revelations in the New York Times today:A top member of Al Qaeda in American custody was identified as a likely fabricator months before the Bush administration began to use his statements as the foundation for its claims that Iraq trained Al Qaeda...
Mar del Plata
The argument over whether the various nations of North and South America should be forced together under the auspices of global capitalism or global socialism came to an ugly head today at the Summit of the Americas in Mar del Plata, Argentina as anti-capitalist...
Niger Uranium Forgeries: Excavating a Roman Mystery
Laura Rozen's "war and piece" weblog is one of my favorite stops on the internet: that's because she is incredibly well-informed and her interests roughly approximate my own. And she's been all over the Niger uranium forgery story. However, I must take issue with her...
Judy Miller and the AIPAC Spy Case
A report from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on the latest developments in the AIPAC spy case notes that "defense sources say they have reason to believe that the defendants’ relationship with a New York Times reporter might have been monitored." Could this possibly...
Born in the USSA
Does it bother anyone that the US government is using former Soviet gulags in Eastern Europe to torture the people they kidnap? That our leader, Dick Cheney, is actively pressuring the senate to exempt the CIA from the new torture ban as his stooge threatens to veto?...
Andrew Sullivan and The New Republic Agree? Then It Must Be True
Good news! Everything's swell in Iraq, and getting better – so long as the U.S. stays put. How do I know? I read Cathy Young's latest. How does she know? She read The Weekly Standard, The New Republic, and Andrew Sullivan. That's right – after canvassing the gamut of...
Warbloggers in Pajamas hacktacular
Wolcott (here and here) is all over David Corn for agreeing to join the editorial board of the odious Pajamas Media, future web home for war hacks not yet indicted. Like Michael Ledeen. Corn's response makes it clear that he has no idea what he's getting into: "I look...
Chalabi – The neocons’ bad penny
Chalabi returns to the scene of the crime? What's up with that?Though his personal electoral base is limited he has forged links with fellow Shi'ite groups, including nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, and there is speculation he will put himself forward as prime...
Senate forced into rare closed session
US Senate goes into closed session: AMERICAblog: CNN just said that by invoking Rule 21, Reid just shut down the Senate, all 100 Senators are called to the Senate floor, they have to turn over their cell phones, blackberries, etc Talking Points Memo: I'm told Sen....
I Hate to Sound Like a Prude…
But these people have issues. And they have made the projection of their obsession onto others a matter of national policy. (Libby link via Matt Welch.)
