(Video) In his book, Cheney still usurping Bush’s authority
Who was the boss? Bush ... or Cheney?
George W. Bush says he authorized the military to shoot down passenger planes on 9/11, and that he was the “decider” on invading Iraq. Dick Cheney begs to differ… Read more
Thank you, John McCain
Yes, that John McCain. The Arizona Senator, who in recent years has seemed to veer so far off his “maverick” persona as to be unrecognizable (at least to the media), and who brought us Sarah Palin, this week took a big step toward redeeming his legacy, by becoming the clearest, most forthright voice against the people trying to bring torture back to America’s anti-terror toolkit. Read more
(Video) ICYMI: The ‘Last Word’ Condi Rice interview
I’m not sure what’s more amazing about this interview; former Bush National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s crumbling decorum and seeming imperviousness to any fact that exists after March of 2003, or the fact that clips of the shellacking she took at the hands of Lawrence O’Donnell (who isn’t even a reporter) didn’t wind up splashed across the news cycle on Friday. Watch part one:
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Part two after the jump. Read more
Flashback: Bush, Rumsfeld scuttled plan to get al-Qaida’s number two in 2005
Now that Osama bin Laden is dead, the focus of the international terrorism manhunt shifts to al-Qaida’s number two: Ayman al-Zawahiri. But did the Bush administration let him slip through their fingers in 2005? Read more
Holder unleashed? Justice drops Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, DOMA defense
Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and other neocons from the George W. Bush administration can continue to fight accusations that they kidnapped and tortured American citizen Jose Padilla, but they’ll no longer have the Justice Department’s lawyers in their corner. Read more
‘Curveball’ made it all up about Iraq. So now Colin Powell wants answers
Rafid Ahmed Alwan al Jana, otherwise known as "Curveball," lied the U.S. into invading Iraq.
The unmasking of “Curveball,” the Iraqi informant who made up lies about mobile chemical/biological weapons being developed in his home country in order to spur the Bush administration to give in to its desire to invade Iraq, has led to potential criminal charges in Germany, but barely a yawn in the U.S. But at least one former member of the Bush administration would like some answers. Read more
The Bush tax cut time bomb, and David Waldman on reconciliation
George W. Bush and then-chief of staff Andrew Card
Howard Kurtz at the Daily Beast writes up how the Bushies laid the ultimate tax cut trap for Democrats, by “sunsetting” the Bush tax cuts. They knew, of course, that once enacted, they’d never go away. Meanwhile, Congress Matters’ David Waldman answers my question on budget reconciliation. Read more
Book tours for war criminals? Or, what the London mayor told Dubya
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Jay Leno and the folks over at Fox “News” may find George W. Bush’s tale of waterboardin’ and fetus-in-a-jar hijinx to be just the greatest of fun, but in most of the world, the first of those two things is a war crime. Read more
The man Dick Cheney shot
Nearly five years after the former vice president shot him in the face, Harry Whittington is still suffering physically, and still waiting for an apology from Dick Cheney. Read more at the Washington Post.
Five years later, remembering Katrina
CNN posts exclusive video shot at the time of the tragedy five years ago this week. Heartbreaking to watch:
Also: the last hours of Charity Hospital.
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