Justice Dept. Withholding More Than 170 Documents Related to Attorney Firings – The Justice Department has notified Congressional investigators that it is withholding more than 170 documents related to the ouster of eight United States attorneys, on the grounds that it would be inappropriate to turn them over. According to a list provided by the department, the documents withheld include exchanges last January between D. Kyle Sampson, then the attorney general’s chief of staff, and Harriet E. Miers, then White House counsel.
Cheney Pushed the Country to War in Iraq Without Ever Conducting a Serious Debate – George J. Tenet, the former director of central intelligence, has lashed out against Vice President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials in a new book, saying they pushed the country to war in Iraq without ever conducting a “serious debate†about whether Saddam Hussein posed an imminent threat to the U.S., nor “was there ever a significant discussion†about the possibility of containing Iraq without an invasion.
Fox News to Help Pick Republican Party Debate Participants – Fox News will have a say in deciding which Republican presidential candidates participate in next month’s debate in South Carolina. The debate participants must have “garnered at least 1 percent in recent state and national polls leading up to the registration deadline, as determined by Fox News Channel and the South Carolina Republican Party,” according to Rob Godfrey, the state party’s communications director. In a variety of national and state polls, seven of the 10 candidates hover around 1 percent or less. Only Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney easily meet the criteria based on polling. The standard has the potential to bar several candidates from the debate and anger the lesser-known GOP hopefuls.
Long History of Racists Comments From Rush Limbaugh Continues
Warmongers Don’t Want to Talk About It – At the end of Bill Moyers’ documentary “Buying the War,” he asked all the warmongers to come on and explain themselves.
BILL MOYERS: We wanted to talk to some others in the media about their role in the run up to warÂ….Judith Miller, who left the TIMES after becoming embroiled in a White House leak scandal declined our requestÂ…on legal grounds. The TIMES’ liberal hawk Thomas Friedman also said no. So did Bill Safire, who had predicted Iraq would now be leading the Arab world to democracy. President Bush recently awarded him the Medal of Freedom.
THE WASHINGTON POST’s Charles Krauthammer also turned us down…so did Roger Ailes the man in charge of FOX NEWS.. He declined because, an assistant told us, he’s writing a book on how Fox has changed the face of American broadcasting and doesn’t want to scoop himself.
Noecon William Kristol led the march to Bagdad behind a battery of Washington microphones. He has not responded to any of our requests for an interviewÂ…but he still shows up on tv as an expert, most often on FOX NEWS.
He gave them a chance to defend their positions. They declined because they can’t defend the indefensible.
Neocon Bill Kristol Tried to Get President Bill Clinton to Invade Iraq – If at first you don’t succeed. try again … with the next president.
Regards,
Jim
Andy Hailey