It’s one thing for White House staffers to break the law preserving documents; it’s another to have to admit it publicly; but it’s something altogether different when those emails come back from the dead. “[D]eleted” doesn’t mean what it used to, according to computer forensic experts. Indeed, deleted emails and files, even years-old ones, are […]
The idea in Iraq has been to extend the stability and security of the Green Zone to the rest of Baghdad and beyond. Instead, we’re seeing the opposite — the AP reports that a suicide bomber “blew himself up in the Iraqi parliament cafeteria Thursday, killing at least eight people — including three lawmakers — […]
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy has listened to the White House’s explanation for countless missing emails that the Bush gang can’t produce because they’ve been using an alternate RNC communications system. He’s not impressed. President Bush’s aides are lying about White House e-mails sent on a Republican account that might have been lost, a […]
The Washington Post’s Dan Froomkin participated in a White House conference call with journalists yesterday, on which White House spokesman Scott Stanzel explained that countless emails from presidential aides are “lost.” Stanzel acknowledged that staffers neglected to follow official policy (i.e., the law) related to the communications system, but spread the blame around, suggesting staffers […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson disclosed yesterday that he was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2004, but he is in remission. “I have had no illness from it, or even any symptoms,” Thompson […]
Over the past couple of months, the [tag]White House[/tag] seems to have gotten a little sensitive about overtly questioning critics’ patriotism. In almost every recent speech, top WH officials usually add some caveat about the motivations of congressional Dems. Last week, [tag]Bush[/tag] said Dems may disagree with him, but they are “fine, fine people,” who […]
On Tuesday, in a fairly significant speech before an American Legion post, the president offered a couple of sweeping criticisms of the Democrats’ policy towards the [tag]war[/tag]. The first insisted that the Dems’ approach may have an adverse impact on troop rotations. “Congress’s failure to fund our [tag]troops[/tag] will mean that some of our military […]
Yesterday we learned that a panel of government experts prepared a detailed report examining instances of voter fraud in the U.S. and found, not surprisingly, that there is no systemic national problem. Bush administration officials didn’t care for those results — so they changed the report. Today, the NYT takes this one step further, documenting […]
There has to come a point at which the White House’s almost cartoonish corruption becomes so painfully ridiculous, even the most mild-tempered observers among us throw their arms up in disgust and say, “Impeach the whole gang.” We’ve learned in recent weeks about White House staffers, fearful of accountability, using an alternate communications system. On […]
Today’s edition of quick hits. * ABC: “The Pentagon will extend the tours of duty for every active-duty soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan…. Forget small extensions and trickles of National Guard troops. Under the plan, deployments for active-duty soldiers will be extended from the current 12 months to 15 months. This will apply to all […]