From Talking Points Memo:
As David noted over at TPM, there was some potentially big news in a blog post that was written this morning over at Foreign Policy by Philip Zelikow, a top State Department lawyer under Condoleezza Rice.
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State Dept Lawyer: White House Tried To Destroy My Alternative Memo On Torture
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009A U.S. Attorney’s Story
Monday, April 20th, 2009From The Atlantic:
Dan Bogden, who served as the United States attorney from Nevada until he was abruptly dismissed from his job during the infamous wave of firings of U.S. attorneys in late 2006, hoped to someday learn why he was let go. By most accounts, Bogden had served his community and the Department of Justice with distinction: former Deputy Attorney General James Comey, who had once directly supervised Comey, would later testify before Congress that Bogden was one of his best prosecutors, and that he could not understand why anyone would want to fire him.
Texas Rep Tries to Absolve Bush of Budget Deficits
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009From Talking Points Memo comes this video of Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R – Texas – Dallas, Athens) saying the current budget deficit is the fault of the Democrats who have controlled Congress since 2007 and by extrapolation, not President Bush.
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Bush’s Closing Argument: Was Anybody Listening?
Friday, January 16th, 2009“President George W. Bush said farewell to the nation, but the nation wasn’t paying attention. TV barely cut to him in time for his first words Thursday evening and couldn’t wait to cut away when he finished 13 minutes later. Something unexpected and awesome had happened to shoulder him out of the picture: a jet gliding to a stop in the middle of the Hudson River, with everyone emerging safe. The departure of President Bush, by contrast, had become part of the world’s mental wallpaper some time ago.”
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