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  • Rove’s colleague says he’s hiding behind the First Amendment and reporters should not protect him
    7 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A colleague of Rove argues that the president’s adviser is hiding behind the First Amendment and that reporters should not protect him.
    Counterpoint: Forget Confidentiality, Out Rove By Bill Israel, Editor & Publisher Posted on July 6, 2005, Printed on July 6, 2005 http://www.alternet.org/story/23385/
    In 99.9 percent of cases I know, journalists must not break the bonds of appropriate confidentiality, to protect their ability to report, and to defend the First Amendment. I’ve (…)

  • The Impeachment Question
    7 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    More than four in 10 Americans, according to a recent Zogby poll, say that if President Bush did not tell the truth about his reasons for going to war with Iraq, Congress should consider holding him accountable through impeachment.
    But you wouldn’t know it from following the news. Only three mainstream outlets that I can find made even cursory mention of the poll last week when it came out.
    More White House Links
    You also wouldn’t know it judging from the political discourse in (…)

  • So, Mr Bremer, where did all the money go?
    7 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    At the end of the Iraq war, vast sums of money were made available to the US-led provisional authorities, headed by Paul Bremer, to spend on rebuilding the country. By the time Bremer left the post eight months later, $8.8bn of that money had disappeared. Ed Harriman on the extraordinary scandal of Iraq’s missing billions
    Thursday July 7, 2005 The Guardian
    When Paul Bremer, the American pro consul in Baghdad until June last year, arrived in Iraq soon after the official end of (…)

  • Bush should resign for lying about Iraq-U.S. needs plan for leaving Iraq
    6 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Bush should resign for lying about Iraq
    We need to withdraw from Iraq immediately. Even our own generals tell us that our presence there is only making things worse. President Bush has violated the public trust with his snake-oil sales pitch for support for his invasion and occupation of a sovereign nation whose only fault was to suspend the sale of its oil in protest of the crippling sanctions that it was under.
    It is no secret that Bush was itching for regime change in Baghdad even (…)

  • America in Iraq "There is little discussion in Washington of the aftermath after military action"
    6 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    George W. Bush on President Clinton not setting a timetable for exiting Kosovo
    “Victory means exit strategy, and it’s important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is.” George W. Bush, 4/9/99:
    “I think it’s also important for the president to lay out a timetable as to how long they will be involved and when they will be withdrawn.” George W. Bush, 6/5/99 The failure of the Bush administration to plan for postwar Iraq compromised a swift military victory, and now (…)

  • Documents show the fix was in-Local representatives deaf to dissenting opinions
    6 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Documents show the fix was in
    Speaking on May 15 in Baghdad, Condoleezza Rice made an outrageous statement: "You see, this war came to us, not the other way around." Could there be anyone left in the U.S., let alone the Middle East, who believes this bald-faced lie?
    The truth has trickled out slowly — the truth so sickening that none of us want to believe it. But it’s finally out: The Bush administration, from its very first weeks in office, planned a military operation to overthrow (…)

  • The MSM Box Set
    6 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Spin cycles are supposed to last little longer than 24 hours, especially when it’s bad news for Bush & Co. That is, perhaps, one reason why the Downing Street Memos (DSM) are causing such consternation in journalistic circles. A recent column by Newsday editorialist James Klurfeld, “Downing St. memos: Been there, knew that” (6-24-05), is of particular interest to me, since I live on Long Island, and because it is a fascinating window into the thought processes of an influential member of (…)

  • Supreme Court - Media Ignore Possible "Fascist" Play
    6 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Bush administration is spectacularly good at sleight-of-hand tricks, directing public attention in one direction while they’re working diligently in another. The latest trial balloon of "probable" Supreme Court nominees is no exception.
    While everybody is worried about abortion rights and corporate power, a far more insidious agenda may be at play.
    Anti-abortion forces and women’s rights groups alike are up in arms about the possibility that the next nominee may or may not have an (…)

  • Bush ITV interview, pre-G8 summit - You can see how uncomfortable he is: Video/Text
    6 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    This is the part of the interview on Iraq, and the last throes. You can see how uncomfortable he is without being in his cocoon...
    James Wolcott (http://jameswolcott.com/archives/20...) writes exactly what I was thinking. What the hell was with all that blinking? (song lyrics?)
    Video-WMP
    – http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Bu...
    Wolcott: But was more fascinating that Bush’s imperial tone was the fact that during these answers, he was blinking furiously. There’s nothing like a tight (…)

  • Lawrence O’Donnell: Three Questions for Karl Rove’s Lawyer
    6 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    I have a call in to Bob Luskin, Karl Rove’s lawyer, but I’m not holding my breath for a call back. He knows I know too much, since I broke the story last week that his client is one of the secret sources Matt Cooper has been protecting for the last two years. I have three questions for Luskin:
    Q: You’ve said Rove is not a target of the investigation. Is he a subject of the investigation?
    Q: Since Time delivered its e-mails to the prosecutor on Friday, have you asked the prosecutor (…)