From TPMmuck's latest on telecom immunity, Kurt Opsahl, one of the lawyers for the Electronic Freedom Foundation's lawsuit against AT&T: Above all, Opsahl said, it's... [More]
March 4, 2008
March 17, 2008
Why Wiretapping Matters
Julian Sanchez has a must-read in yesterday's LATimes. In fact, its so good I'm posting it here in full for future reference: As the battle... [More]
March 18, 2008
Six Years?!?
NYT: U.S. Adapts Cold-War Idea to Fight Terrorists In the days immediately after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, members of President Bush's war cabinet... [More]
March 20, 2008
Iraq will not be a Qaedistan
First, a bit of context... In his speech yesterday marking the 5-year anniversary of his glorious war, President Bush made the following claim: "With such... [More]
March 21, 2008
Montana to DC: "Go To Hell! Thanks for Playing...Montana's Not In. Blah Blah Blah."
Go on guv! That's how you do it! Is it the beginning of a new Sagebrush Rebellion? The timing would be right... For more background,... [More]
March 28, 2008
Quote of the Day
Ezra Klein, riffing off Spencer Ackerman: This really seems to be the difference between liberals and neoconservatives on foreign policy, doesn't it? Neocons envision a... [More]
Meanwhile, In Iraq...
Today's Iraq-related updates must begin with Fred Kaplan's piece in Slate. An excerpt: The wars in Iraq (the plural is no typo) are about to... [More]
5 Out of 5 Former Secretary of States Agree
Close Gitmo. Do it now.... [More]
March 31, 2008
In Your Name: Torturing An Innocent Man
60 Minutes: At the age of 19, Murat Kurnaz vanished into America's shadow prison system in the war on terror. He was from Germany, traveling... [More]
Bits and Bobs
A few odds and ends from today's news: + After the final vote totals were calculated, Obama picked up another pledged delegate in Mississippi. Because... [More]
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