One of the most unique features of the University of Virginia is its student-run Honor Code System. It's a one-strike-and-done system with a code so... [More]
September 5, 2006
Plame Responsible For Finding WMD in Iraq
Well at least their claims about Valerie Plame finally make sense. If you're not planning on listening to pre-war intelligence on Iraq, outing the chief... [More]
September 7, 2006
The Return of the Secret Hold
It's baaaaack..... And this time A Democrat is to blame. Brilliant.... [More]
Armitige Was The Primary Source of the Leak
So Richard Armitage has admitted he was the first source of the leak of Valerie Plame's identity. Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage acknowledged... [More]
September 9, 2006
The Nation Wants Investigations
But not impeachment. From CNN: Fifty-seven percent of the respondents said they think it would be good for the country "if the Democrats in Congress... [More]
September 13, 2006
Open Foot, Insert Mouth
Anyone this dumb really should not be allowed to hold public office.... [More]
September 14, 2006
Princeton Scholars Show How To Hack An Election
Forget the tinfoil hats.... A team of scholars at Princeton have completed a thorough study of the very real security flaws in Diebold voting machines,... [More]
Hitting The Trifecta!
First it was Cunningham.... Then it was DeLay.... Now its Republican Representative Bob Ney: Representative Bob Ney, Republican of Ohio, has agreed to plead guilty... [More]
September 17, 2006
Andrew Sullivan Calls For War Crimes Prosecutions
Wow. I know that Andrew Sullivan has been out in front on the issue f torture for quite some time, but nevertheless... this is impressive:... [More]
Senate to Investiage Coercion of Military JAGs
Senator John Warner (R-VA) has already indicated that the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee may look into Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-SC) allegations that the White House... [More]
When The Only Thing You Know How To Run Is An Election.... (with multiple upadtes)
...this is what happens: After the fall of Saddam Hussein's government in April 2003, the opportunity to participate in the U.S.-led effort to reconstruct Iraq... [More]
September 18, 2006
Corrput Congressmen Need Not Resign
This is so mind-bogglingly stupid I hardly know what to say. Now that Congressman Bob Ney (R-OH) has pled guilty to accepting bribes and illegal... [More]
September 21, 2006
The Government Belongs To No Party
When will this madness end? ...the Inspector General — through interviews with top HUD staffers — found that Jackson was involved in even more egregious... [More]
September 22, 2006
Yet Another Corrupt Republican Congressperson
I get that corruption is as old as Congress itself. What I don't get is why so many of today's corrupt officals are also so... [More]
September 24, 2006
No Politician Left Behind?
Yesterday we learned that the centerpiece of the president's "No Child Left Behind Law," something called the "Reading First program," has been so badly mismanaged... [More]
September 25, 2006
If You Thought Defending Torture Was Bad...
...then you really, really need to see what Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) has been doing. A Texas congressman is denying charges he slandered a foreign... [More]
September 27, 2006
Endless Stupidity
A few choice stories for you: First off, to Florida and the Katherine Harris (R) campaign. Its one thing to employ sockpuppets. Its another thing... [More]
September 28, 2006
When They Stand Up, We'll Stand Down
I missed the part of the strategy where the Iraqi police force would work while covered in feces: BAGHDAD, Sept. 27 -- A $75 million... [More]
Abramoff and Rove, Tied At Last
Roll Call has a big, big story in the ongoing Abramoff investigation. Via TPMMuckraker: Hundreds of contacts between top White House officials and former lobbyist... [More]
September 29, 2006
More on the Abramoff-Mehlmann-Rove Connection
TPM Muckraker has been sifting through all of the recently released emails, and what they have found isn't pretty. But first, a bit of context:... [More]
Bob Woodward's Most Explosive Claim Yet: Bush Passed Up Chance To Kill Bin Laden BEFORE 9/11
NY Daily News, via ThinkProgress “The CIA’S top counterterrorism officials felt they could have killed Osama Bin Laden in the months before 9/11, but got... [More]
Not Just Corrupt, But Stupid Too
Wow. Check out what Laura Rozen found in the Abramoff-Rove emails: Check out page 13 of the .pdf here. Abramoff to his staffer, Kevin Ring.... [More]
Congressman Mark Foley's (R-FL) Abrupt Resignation (UPDATED)
I had stayed away from this story because I thought it was too odd - and disgusting - to be true. But a resignation is... [More]
September 30, 2006
They Knew, And Yet They Did Nothing
When I first heard about a potential scandal involving a Republican Congressman and a 16-year old male page, I stayed entirely away from the subject.... [More]
9/11 Commission Counsel Alleges Cover-Up
ThinkProgress has just posted a guest post from Peter Rundlet, a Counsel to the 9/11 Commission. He's read Bob Woodward's new book, and it has... [More]
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