I don't have much time to blog today, so I think I'm going to just do a collection of short links to posts I've come across that deserve your attention.... [More]
April 1, 2007
April 5, 2007
Mis-Underestimating the Meaning of "Recess Appointment"
Let's be clear about this: from a constitutional standpoint, the purpose of recess appointments was to allow the president to keep federal offices filled during the periods when the Senate... [More]
Cramming Never Works
I guess Alberto Gonzales never learned that lesson in college. WaPo: Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has retreated from public view this week in an intensive effort to save his... [More]
April 9, 2007
Cramming Still Doesn't Work
I told you before, Alberto, cramming never works: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has virtually wiped his public schedule clean to bone up for his long-awaited April 17 testimony before the... [More]
April 10, 2007
More Patriot Act Easter Eggs
Josh Marshall has found yet another little noticed provision slipped into the USA Patriot Act back in 2005, and once again it looks like it was designed specifically to allow... [More]
April 13, 2007
NPR Advances the US Attorneys Story
Normally I use blogs to track breaking news, and for the US Attorney story the TPM Empire has been invaluable. Without Josh Marshall's work, this story probably wouldn't even be... [More]
April 15, 2007
Albuquerque Journal: Bush Ordered Firing of At Least One of the USA-8
Getting closer... The Albuquerque Journal has the story. Here's the key section: In the spring of 2006, Domenici told Gonzales he wanted Iglesias out. Gonzales refused. He told Domenici he... [More]
Torture, Secrecy and the Bush Administration
After Harpers.org launched their wretched redesign, I had sworn off linking to their site. Then Andrew Sullivan linked to this blog post from Scott Horton's No Comment blog, and now... [More]
April 16, 2007
Gonzales Hearings Tomorrow
Josh Marshall keeps asking the right questions: Let's take a look at one of the key lines of questioning that Alberto Gonzales is sure to face during his hearing tomorrow...... [More]
"President Bush has the right to remove from an audience people who disagree with him."
So says the Bush Administration. Remind me again what country I live in?... [More]
Gonzales Hearings Postponed Until Thursday
WaPo summarizes the problems for Gonzales: ...his prepared remarks conflict with some details already released by the Justice Department and former aides. They include: _Gonzales' statement that he became aware... [More]
April 19, 2007
McClatchy Takes On Vote Fraud
There's a reason I start my day reading the stories out of McClatchy's Washington bureau. Today's story: For six years, the Bush administration, aided by Justice Department political appointees, has... [More]
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