Bush Claims Executive Privilege In Valerie Plame Leak
WASHINGTON — President Bush invoked executive privilege to keep Congress from seeing the FBI report of an interview with Vice President Dick Che...
Valerie Plame
5 Years Ago Today: Joe Wilson's Op-Ed Kicked Off 'Plame-gate'
Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics
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So much has been said and written about the outing of former CIA operative Valerie Plame -- and the cast of characters that swirled around it, from Ju...
McClellan Testimony Highlights Bush's Crimes -- It's Time for Genuine Accountability
Rep. Robert Wexler | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics
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Never before have high level executive officials refused to even appear before Congress when properly summoned by the legislative branch. It is now the time for Democrats to breathe fire.
When Tim Russert Testified Against 'Scooter' Libby
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
In the wake of the passing of Tim Russert today, some will no doubt recall that he testified at the "Scooter" Libby trial -- but few, I would guess, can now remember what he said or why he was there.
Master Media Manipulations and the Art of War(-selling)
Rachel Haimowitz | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media
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Al Jazeera,
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Tthe story of Obama's victory has and will continue to drown out all the other recent news. And boy, was there some big news made by Scott McClellan this week.
Scott McClellan And The Opacity Agenda
Jay Rosen | Posted 06.03.2008 | Home
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McClellan as White House spokesman lacked experience, talent, charm, agility, depth. But Bush and Cheney saw these defects as an advantage. They actually wanted the executive branch to become more opaque, and he was the perfect man for the job.
McClellan: Bush Should Have Fired Rove After Plame Leak (VIDEO)
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics
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President Bush broke his promise to the country by refusing to fire aide Karl Rove for leaking a CIA agent's identity, said Scott McClellan, the presi...
Military Mom: The Loneliness Of Speaking The Truth On Iraq
Deanie Mills | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home
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Most assumed, as a marine mom, I'd welcome loads of faux-patriotic e-mail forwards decorated with flags and words like OUR HEROES!!! interspersed with diatribes against anyone who dared question Bush's war-machine.
McClellan's Biggest Revelation? Bush Personally Authorized Leak Of CIA Agent's Identity
Huffington Post | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics
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Perhaps the biggest revelation from Scott McClellan's bombshell book about his time at the White House is that President Bush directly authorized the ...
Scotty Come Lately
Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics
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How many times are we going to have a key Bush administration official try to wash the blood off his hands -- and add a chunk of change to his bank account -- by writing a come-clean book years after the fact instead of when it actually could have made a difference? Read More Unmasking McCain: His Reactionary Record on Reproductive Rights Many women who are avowed Hillary Clinton supporters are declaring they won't vote for Obama in the fall. I get the anger and the disappointment. But to quote SNL's Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers: Really? You'd rather vote for a man who has a 25-year history of voting against a woman's right to choose? Read More WATCH: CNBC's Business Nation Goes Behind The Scenes At HuffPost
The "I Didn't Do It" Letter
Mary Lyon | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics
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Scott McClellan's new confessional that's pointed the finger at Bush administration figures in the Valerie Plame scandal reminds me of something my hu...
May Day! May Day! Hijackings of the 4th Estate
Paige Donner | Posted 05.07.2008 | Media
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The title of this piece, Hijackings of the 4th Estate, is purposefully provocative. For any journalist, Blogger or otherwise muckraker laboring in ser...
HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson's Resignation -- A Window Into Bush Administration's Corruption, Indifference, and Incompetence
Peter Dreier | Posted 04.02.2008 | Home
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The involuntary resignation of HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson this week provides an opportunity to underscore and distinguish the three major failings of the Bush administration.
Smears and Tears: How Obama's National Security Week Turned Into the Mendacity of Hype
Joseph C. Wilson | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics
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The real subtext of the Obama campaign last week was to attack Clinton in order to distract from Obama's association with his anti-American preacher. National security went un-addressed.
Scooter Libby Disbarred
AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.20.2008 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — Former top White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was banned Thursday from practicing law in the nation's capital following his ...
Nicole Kidman Outed As Valerie Plame
MTV News | Posted 02.14.2008 | Entertainment
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From MTV News: Nearly a year after Warner Brothers announced their intention to make a biopic of outed CIA agent Valerie Plame, the identity of the ac...
Joe Wilson is Wrong About Obama
Brent Budowsky | Posted 12.26.2007 | Politics
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Joe's personal attack against Obama is exactly the disrespectful tone that creates enormous ill will against Hillary from large numbers of independents.
Scooter Libby Not Among 29 People Pardoned By Bush
Reuters | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics
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President George W. Bush granted pardons to 29 people on Tuesday but Lewis "Scooter" Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, was not a...
The First, True Vice President
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics
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If you're going to be a true vice president, after all, you ought to have some vice to show for it.
Will The White House Comment On The CIA Leak Case Now?
HuffingtonPost.com | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics
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It's over. Scooter Libby is done trying to appeal his felony conviction. He won't go to the slammer thanks to the President. Hey, he might even get a ...
Scooter Libby Withdraws His Appeal
Associated Press | Matt Apuzzo | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics
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AP reports former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is no longer appealing his conviction in the CIA leak case, a tacit recognition that conti...
Waxman Letter To Mukasey On Plame Investigation
Office of Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics
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Dear Mr. Attorney General: I am writing to seek your assistance in the Oversight Committee's investigation into the circumstances surrounding the lea...
White House Obstructing Plame Investigation
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics
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The Bush Administration is actively blocking Congress' investigation into the outing of once-covert CIA agent Valerie Plame, according to House Oversi...
Huffington Posters: Get off of Bob Novak's back!
Katie Halper | Posted 11.22.2007 | Politics
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Some, if not all, of the best journalism is based on reporters finding out from someone else who was told by someone else that someone else did something.
Trouble Feeling Grateful
Chris Durang | Posted 11.22.2007 | Politics
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I like Thanksgiving as a holiday; it's my favorite one after the storming of the Bastille. However, I've been having trouble feeling grateful recently.
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