When it comes to classified leaks, most of the attention has focused lately on the Plame scandal and the CIA’s “black sites” prisons. But let’s not forget that a sitting U.S. senator has been under investigation for about two years for his role a controversial leak of his own. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), who was […]
After all the times that infamous passive voice phrase has been used, you’d think Republicans would avoid it. Alas, it lives on. Former President Ronald Reagan, on the Iran-Contra scandal, in 1986: “Mistakes were made.” George W. Bush, on the Abu Ghraib scandal, in 2004: ” It’s also important for the people of Iraq to […]
During the presidential campaign, John Kerry had a pretty decent response when it came to describing his vote on the Iraq resolution that ultimately led to war. I gave the president the authority to deal with Saddam Hussein, Kerry said, but I didn’t know Bush was going to screw it up so badly. It wasn’t […]
To hear the White House tell it, last week’s Dem election victories had absolutely nothing to do with the president. As Scott McClellan told reporters, “I don’t think any thorough analysis of the election results will show that the elections were decided on anything other than local and state issues and the candidates and their […]