Mar
15
2006
CJR and Walter Pincus seem to be attempting to make the case Pincus was not privvy to Valerie Plame’s role with Joe Wilson’s trip – but end up with completely conflicting claims. Tom Maguire commented on the changing story across CJR and Vanity Fair, but I want to focus on an inconsistency in the CJR […]
Mar
15
2006
Update: Check out the backs of the Wilsons courtesy Mac Ranger! Our reader SBD has discovered a February 26th, 1999 Presidential Gala announcement which proves my contention that it was well known Joe Wilson was married to Valerie (Plame) Wilson since they surfed the DC power scene. That meant anyone who worked with Valerie on […]
Mar
15
2006
Well, in a truly he said/she said story, it turns out Mr. Ben Bradlee is on tape alluding to Richard Armitage as the original source for Woodward, and therefore probably the original source for Novak. In an interview, Mr. Bradlee said that he had been told about Mr. Woodward’s source although he did not recall […]
Mar
15
2006
Here is an interesting and rare insight into the workings and key personalities involved in our nation’s intelligence and anti-terrorism efforts: Allen “has to solve the internal problem of getting 22 units working together,” said Loch Johnson, a political science professor at the University of Georgia who has written often about the CIA. “It’s a […]
Mar
15
2006
Paksitan is really getting serious about monitoring their border regions and cracking down. They have decided to make a serious investment in unmanned aerial vehicles: London, March 15 (PTI): Pakistan is acquiring two types of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles from Europe to enhance surveillance capabilities while continuing with its indegenous development efforts, a defence weekly reported […]
Mar
15
2006
As posted here earlier, the two thirds of the Democrat base which are hard core liberal are really pushing for their Democrat leaders to back Russ Feingold’s censure petition against President Bush. But the Democrat’s in the Senate are cowering and hiding, and basically committing political suicide: “I haven’t read it,” demurred Barack Obama (Ill.). […]