Teh Crazy Spying VeepThe of Lawrence Wilkerson by Andy Worthington published this week has a number of insightful revelations, including the now-famous conclusion by Wilkerson that Cheney is crazy. One bit, mentioned almost as an aside, stands out to me. Near the end of the interview, Worthington and Wilkerson are discussing Cheney’s "team" that he had dispersed throughout the government. At the end of a paragraph we’ll come back to later, there is this sentence:I even figured out that they were reading my emails, but I wasn’t reading theirs.Isn’t that just lovely? The Chief of Staff to the...…Teh Crazy Spying VeepThe of Lawrence Wilkerson by Andy Worthington published this week has a number of insightful revelations, including the now-famous conclusion by Wilkerson that Cheney is crazy. One bit, mentioned almost as an aside, stands out to me. Near the end of the interview, Worthington and Wilkerson are discussing Cheney’s "team" that he had dispersed throughout the government. At the end of a paragraph we’ll come back to later, there is this sentence:I even figured out that they were reading my emails, but I wasn’t reading theirs.Isn’t that just lovely? The Chief of Staff to the...WW…

Okay, this is a definite WTF? moment and I am pretty far beyond my comfort zone on internet DNS/IP address protocol, so disregard this if I’m all upset over nothing.This got started when I was following up on at Emptywheel. I was searching to see if there was an old White House photo archive that had the photo that Marcy was postulating dated to July 16, 2003. I found Google caches of photos from that 90th birthday party for Gerald Ford, but the caches did not have the actual photos. When I tried to click through on the images, I found that the Whitehouse.gov website has been changed...…Okay, this is a definite WTF? moment and I am pretty far beyond my comfort zone on internet DNS/IP address protocol, so disregard this if I’m all upset over nothing.This got started when I was following up on at Emptywheel. I was searching to see if there was an old White House photo archive that had the photo that Marcy was postulating dated to July 16, 2003. I found Google caches of photos from that 90th birthday party for Gerald Ford, but the caches did not have the actual photos. When I tried to click through on the images, I found that the Whitehouse.gov website has been changed...WW…

At the blog , ondelette has been undertaking the difficult task of documenting the ongoing human rights abuses that constitute the torture policy of the US government. In a new today, ondelette poses the question above and then provides a very thorough analysis for the answer. Here is a short excerpt describing the importance of the issue:Aside from any importance attached directly to Ms. Siddiqui’s case, and there is much – it is an international human rights incident between Pakistan and the United States, and emblematic in that country of the plight of their "disappeared", the...…At the blog , ondelette has been undertaking the difficult task of documenting the ongoing human rights abuses that constitute the torture policy of the US government. In a new today, ondelette poses the question above and then provides a very thorough analysis for the answer. Here is a short excerpt describing the importance of the issue:Aside from any importance attached directly to Ms. Siddiqui’s case, and there is much – it is an international human rights incident between Pakistan and the United States, and emblematic in that country of the plight of their "disappeared", the...WW…

The infamous RMR-1029 flask genetically linked to the anthrax attack material.[Ed. note: Link to Rep. Holt’s statement and letter have been added below.]Both the and report that Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ) has , blasting them for requesting a delay in the release of the final report from the that has been reviewing the scientific analyses used in the FBI’s of the 2001 Anthrax mailings. It appears that in requesting the National Academies to delay release of its final report, the FBI has released an additional 500 pages of documents to the panel, but only after having seen the draft final...…The infamous RMR-1029 flask genetically linked to the anthrax attack material.[Ed. note: Link to Rep. Holt’s statement and letter have been added below.]Both the and report that Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ) has , blasting them for requesting a delay in the release of the final report from the that has been reviewing the scientific analyses used in the FBI’s of the 2001 Anthrax mailings. It appears that in requesting the National Academies to delay release of its final report, the FBI has released an additional 500 pages of documents to the panel, but only after having seen the draft final...WW…

Pouting Baby wants to know if Little Davey P will investigate himself. (photo courtesy of Jim White)It looks like Pouting Baby is talking to us again.  — JWLittle Davey P is busy lying to the people in Washington again.  This morning, Nice Mike Hastings had a very interesting .  He described how Bad Billy C and Screaming Greg B made Lt. Col. Holmes do mind tricks on important Washington people who were visiting Afghanistan.  Mr. Jim explained it all and told us how Bad Billy C was probably doing this because Little Davey P wanted him to:Note also that Caldwell is tasked...…Pouting Baby wants to know if Little Davey P will investigate himself. (photo courtesy of Jim White)It looks like Pouting Baby is talking to us again.  — JWLittle Davey P is busy lying to the people in Washington again.  This morning, Nice Mike Hastings had a very interesting .  He described how Bad Billy C and Screaming Greg B made Lt. Col. Holmes do mind tricks on important Washington people who were visiting Afghanistan.  Mr. Jim explained it all and told us how Bad Billy C was probably doing this because Little Davey P wanted him to:Note also that Caldwell is tasked...WW…

Another $1 million Tomahawk missile being fired from the USS Stout toward Libya on March 19. (US Navy photo)While debate in the US drones on about whether Barack Obama needed , there seems to be little doubt that Congress would have approved the attacks, which cost the US over . Taking this action puts the US government directly at odds with its citizens, who before any “austerity” measures begin to cut Social Security or Medicare. Similarly, a new poll finds that , while . Why do the US and UK governments push for war while ignoring the peaceful desires of their citizens?It is admirable on...…Another $1 million Tomahawk missile being fired from the USS Stout toward Libya on March 19. (US Navy photo)While debate in the US drones on about whether Barack Obama needed , there seems to be little doubt that Congress would have approved the attacks, which cost the US over . Taking this action puts the US government directly at odds with its citizens, who before any “austerity” measures begin to cut Social Security or Medicare. Similarly, a new poll finds that , while . Why do the US and UK governments push for war while ignoring the peaceful desires of their citizens?It is admirable on...WW…

photo: yoppy on FlickrTEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company), which operates the failing nuclear power plants at Fukushima, has a history of scandals associated with its nuclear power operations.   In 2002, one set of such scandals became so severe that the president, vice president and chairman of the company all .  Most disturbing in this regard is that the scandal related to TEPCO hiding evidence of cracks in the containment vessels of their nuclear reactors.  Also possibly related to the current crisis is one report I have found of Toshiba providing faulty gauges that...…photo: yoppy on FlickrTEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company), which operates the failing nuclear power plants at Fukushima, has a history of scandals associated with its nuclear power operations.   In 2002, one set of such scandals became so severe that the president, vice president and chairman of the company all .  Most disturbing in this regard is that the scandal related to TEPCO hiding evidence of cracks in the containment vessels of their nuclear reactors.  Also possibly related to the current crisis is one report I have found of Toshiba providing faulty gauges that...WW…

for some time the attempts to put a reliance on Special Forces night raids as the central feature of his COIN strategy, as well as the the in Afghanistan.Today we have what could well be the biggest propaganda fail yet from Afghanistan. Earlier this morning, the @JTF435 twitter feed, , managed to in which the video above was embedded.Presumably, the purpose of the video was to tout the recent release of a couple of Afghan detainees from Bagram. But the choice of this particular video is perplexing, at best. First of all, the report is from Al Jazeera. Didn’t the US directly in Iraq and...…for some time the attempts to put a reliance on Special Forces night raids as the central feature of his COIN strategy, as well as the the in Afghanistan.Today we have what could well be the biggest propaganda fail yet from Afghanistan. Earlier this morning, the @JTF435 twitter feed, , managed to in which the video above was embedded.Presumably, the purpose of the video was to tout the recent release of a couple of Afghan detainees from Bagram. But the choice of this particular video is perplexing, at best. First of all, the report is from Al Jazeera. Didn’t the US directly in Iraq and...WW…

As Glenn Greenwald , a despicable piece of legislation was tacked onto the Supplemental Appropriations bill by on May 21. As Graham describes in his press release:The amendment authorizes the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, to certify that the disclosure of photographs like the ones at issue in the ACLU lawsuit would endanger the lives of our citizens or members of the Armed Forces or civilian employees of the United States government deployed abroad.There is a big problem with Lindsey Graham sponsoring this legislation. In April of 2007,...…As Glenn Greenwald , a despicable piece of legislation was tacked onto the Supplemental Appropriations bill by on May 21. As Graham describes in his press release:The amendment authorizes the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, to certify that the disclosure of photographs like the ones at issue in the ACLU lawsuit would endanger the lives of our citizens or members of the Armed Forces or civilian employees of the United States government deployed abroad.There is a big problem with Lindsey Graham sponsoring this legislation. In April of 2007,...WW…

Naomi Klein, author of "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" (photo: nicolas haeringer via Flickr)An in Friday’s New York Times advocates for Hamid Karzai to hand over responsibility for economic redevelopment of Afghanistan from the United Nations to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. Such a move would do nothing more than complete the rape of Afghanistan by the west and institute policies that Naomi Klein documented in .The editorial opens by noting recent tensions between Karzai and the US, suggesting that the upcoming visit by...…Naomi Klein, author of "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" (photo: nicolas haeringer via Flickr)An in Friday’s New York Times advocates for Hamid Karzai to hand over responsibility for economic redevelopment of Afghanistan from the United Nations to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. Such a move would do nothing more than complete the rape of Afghanistan by the west and institute policies that Naomi Klein documented in .The editorial opens by noting recent tensions between Karzai and the US, suggesting that the upcoming visit by...WW…