The major reason to allow the lawsuits to proceed without extra-judicial intervention is to shine the light under the bogus 'national security' fig leaf the Cheney administration is desperately hiding behind.

Retroactive immunity for telcoms is a transparent attempt at a Watergate style coverup.

Posted at June 26, 2008 5:05 AM in response to Obama On FISA: Telecom Immunity Issue Doesn't Override National Security

I'm one of the not-fed-up-at-all with TPM.

But I'm also not still bitter that my first choice (Edwards) isn't the nominee either. (shrug)

Posted at June 17, 2008 1:18 AM in response to Are you as fed up with TPM as I?

he provided the false Iraq-al-Qaeda link while undergoing harsh interrogation.

So it turns out torture actually did generate "useful" intelligence -- to Cheney, in the form of made-up scare stories to justify the illegal invasion.

Posted at June 17, 2008 12:26 AM in response to Senate Report Shows Intel Debunked Al Qaeda-Iraq Link Before Bush's Speech

If they could get live video of Rove's history-making arrest by the Sergeant-at-arms, imagine what it would do for Fox News' ratings that week.
Just sayin'.

Posted at May 16, 2008 12:04 AM in response to Conyers on Rove: "Someone's Got to Kick His Ass"

Charlie Black must have misspoken, what he clearly meant to say was "talking to the State Department and the White House and clearing with them that U.S. foreign policy would be working in the interest of" his clients. It's the only way it makes any sort of sense at all.

Hey, is he related to Conrad Black?

Posted at May 14, 2008 10:33 PM in response to When Lobbying for Dictators Is OK

So what does this mean?

I'll take "People Who Literally Get Away With Murder" for $1000, Alex.

Posted at May 9, 2008 6:04 PM in response to Feds Unlikely to Charge Blackwater for Baghdad Shootings

Addingotn seems just smug enough to believe that he can finesse his way through an appearance through his all-knowing eloquence. Maybe he will show up and pontificate on the cookies that were served at the meetings, like Lurlita Doan did.

Posted at May 3, 2008 12:23 AM in response to Today's Must Read

As long as we're drawing analogies, this also ripples with deja vu with respect to Gen. Shinseki, Richard Clarke...

Posted at May 3, 2008 12:20 AM in response to Whitehouse: EPA Regulator Firing Resembles U.S. Attorney Firings

"whatever the outcome of the US presidential election Blackwater, run by Erik Prince, the Republican former Navy Seal, may find itself without friends in Washington."

Haha reminds me of:

"Despite the best that has been done by everyone...the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage, while the general trends of the world have all turned against her interest." - Emperor Hirohito

Posted at May 3, 2008 12:15 AM in response to Blackwater: Looking for A Few Good Hundred Million

It's true that Mr. O'Really is disliked by many for his success.

But let's not forget that some of these complainers could be former members of the "national underground network" of pink-pistol-packing lesbian gangs that the bold Mr. O'Really exposed and single-handedly thwarted from terrorizing Americans.

Posted at February 22, 2008 5:19 AM in response to The Café Debut of Mister Answer Man