Quickhits
(Newsweek) Jose Padilla's interrogation is on videotape. I wouldn't ever expect it to see the light of day (national security,) but how do you think seeing that tape would shift the American debate?
(BBC) "The richest 2% of adults in the world own more than half of all household wealth....the poorer half of the world's population own barely 1% of global wealth."
(RollCall) Pelosi gives Hastert prime offices. Odd considering that he's no longer in the leadership. Maybe she's trying to set precedent for herself?
(Vanity Fair) A lenghty article on Foley implying that the leadership knew more than has been presented.
(Vanity Fair) The article about Neocons distancing themselves from the Iraq war that was excerpted so publicly before the election.
And, everybody's linking to Robert Gates' statement that we're not winning Iraq, but I found the little bit where he was criticizing the previous Defense Secretary for going around the "mainline intelligence analysts" pretty interesting, too.
The ex-CIA chief backhandedly blasting Rumsfeld for Feith and the Office of Special Plans constructing the intelligence that led us into Iraq? (If I get inspired later, I'll dig through the transcripts.)
(BBC) "The richest 2% of adults in the world own more than half of all household wealth....the poorer half of the world's population own barely 1% of global wealth."
(RollCall) Pelosi gives Hastert prime offices. Odd considering that he's no longer in the leadership. Maybe she's trying to set precedent for herself?
(Vanity Fair) A lenghty article on Foley implying that the leadership knew more than has been presented.
(Vanity Fair) The article about Neocons distancing themselves from the Iraq war that was excerpted so publicly before the election.
And, everybody's linking to Robert Gates' statement that we're not winning Iraq, but I found the little bit where he was criticizing the previous Defense Secretary for going around the "mainline intelligence analysts" pretty interesting, too.
The ex-CIA chief backhandedly blasting Rumsfeld for Feith and the Office of Special Plans constructing the intelligence that led us into Iraq? (If I get inspired later, I'll dig through the transcripts.)
posted by mikevotes at
1:40 PM
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After 6 years of the Bush administrations statements, I'm a cynic. Maybe Gates is telling the Senate what they want to hear, to get a quick confirmation.
I would support George Mitchell for the U.N. post, but I guess that's just a rumor.
Good bye Bolten. I can imagine the parties going on at the U.N. A good example of Bush's decision abilities; appoint someone to the U.N., that hates the U.N.
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Time, at 7:27 PM
I think Gates is setting a starting position so that he can maneuver. If he had started out saying "we're winning" every step would've been a fight.
Yeah, Mitchell wouldn't be bad at all, but I just don't see this president calling him in. He doesn't tend towards people with their own minds unless they're so crazy out there they're predictable.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 9:02 PM
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