Emile Nakhleh headed the CIA’s Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program until leaving the agency in 2006. During his tenure, he briefed top officials on issues related to Iraq and Afghanistan,…
An American cattleman. The Senate passed an $827 billion stimulus package with the help of three Republicans who forced Democrats to cut billions of dollars that would have provided aid…
I’ve been writing for years about the indecently close ties between House Democrat John Murtha and the defense lobbying firm PMA, so was not surprised to learn, via ABC News,…
In a significant speech delivered today at Georgetown University, Senate Judiciary Chair Patrick Leahy endorsed the call of House Judiciary Chair John Conyers for a blue-ribbon panel to investigate criminal…
In May 2007, I noted Florida newspaper accounts concerning a criminal investigation underway targeting G.O.P. columnist Ann Coulter for falsification of her Palm Beach County voter registration. The case was…
From Laura Rozen: As the Kyrgyz Republic threatens to kick the United States out of its Manas air base, which it has been using as a major logistics and supply…
As I reported here yesterday, David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s former campaign manager, jetted off to Azerbaijan to give a speech at a university. Plouffe claimed he went to the country…
A novelist friend (who has asked to remain anonymous), having heard all the encouraging words here and elsewhere about Joseph O’Neill’s third novel, Netherland, started to read it a few…
From Stephen Walt: Obama’s plan to cut the Department of Defense’s budget request by roughly ten percent is a step in the direction of a more sensible foreign and defense…
Barack Obama took office just a few weeks ago and already David Plouffe, his campaign manager, appears to be doing quite well for himself. He’s already signed a lucrative book…
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In an important speech delivered at the University of Kansas, Associated Press head Tom Curley charged that the Bush Pentagon had systematically targeted and mistreated journalists as a part of…
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The trial on corruption charges of the Senate’s senior Republican, Ted Stevens, ended on October 27, and the jurors quickly returned a “guilty” verdict. But now glaring disclosures of misconduct…
Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court’s most controversial justice, demonstrated his fiery temper in a recent visit to Florida Atlantic University, where he was marketing his new book, Making Your Case.…
From Mike Edison at the Daily Beast: George W. Bush never had to answer for his “youthful indiscretions.” Michael Phelps, not so lucky. Having been caught red-handed with a smoking…
From the Washington Post: The Bush administration received assets that were worth $78 billion less than the amount it invested as part of the massive infusion of capital into the…
Jon Stewart’s take on the debate surrounding the economic stimulus bill. Make sure to watch the section (around the 4:30 mark) on Senator Vitter and family planning.
From a Justice Department press release today: WASHINGTON – A government contractor and former employee of the U.S. Department of the Treasury was sentenced in Washington today in connection with…
From Politico: Norm Coleman has a strong interest in convincing voters that he hasn’t given up hope of returning for a second Senate term. But as the fight over Minnesota’s…
From Spencer Ackerman: Thursday afternoon is Panetta’s long-awaited confirmation hearing. As something of a cipher on intelligence matters, Panetta can expect a tough hearing. With the CIA intimately involved in…
Yesterday Dick Cheney, doing his best Dr. Phibes, gave an interview in Politico. The United States, he said, faced the prospect of another attack along the lines of 9/11, though…
From Laura Rozen: When retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni told the Washington Times today that he was offered the job of U.S. ambassador to Iraq before being passed over in…
On occasion, he compares himself with Grendel, the half-human monster in Beowulf known for cannibalizing his victims. Other times he calls himself Moby Dick, the great white whale of Herman…
Somehow, I doubt this approach is going to work. Obama won an overwhelming mandate, I wish he’d start acting like it. Can the shrill tone of Washington be changed through…
From the Sunlight Foundation: House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel predicted, on C-SPAN’s Newsmakers program that aired Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, that his multitude of ethics woes would…
A British court’s judgment makes plain that it believes that a British subject held at Guantánamo was tortured, and that the United States had threatened the British Government over disclosure…
Just as the Obama Administration prepared to beef up the American presence in Afghanistan as evidence of its commitment to fighting Al Qaeda, bad news arrived from two fronts. Afghan…
Speaking of House Majority Whip James Clyburn’s Tom DeLay-style personal charity, which I reported here yesterday, here are a few more contributors: Nike, National Association of Realtors, BNSF Railroad, URS…