The Political Chase

Iran in Rummie’s Cross-Hairs

Toy at Toyus Interruptus has a bead on the Pentagon. Dubya and company are ready to start another war - they’re winding up plans to develop another breeding ground for terrorists. Were Haliburton’s profits down this past quarter?

This report Toy cites  has either a rather odd filing (typo?) date, or - let’s get a good rumor going here - is that the secret message from bin Laden specifying the date to attack.

What’s the tally now? If carried out this will make three wars over five years, two of which we know were failures. Tighten up batter, you’ve got a 3-2 pitch. What will you do?

On the serious side, are we to believe what the administration passes along?

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Never Fear - Sherlock Homes Has Arrived

The FBI (can’t you hear Hannibal saying F-B-I) is casting a dragnet over federal intelligence agencies. They’re attempting to catch the perp that leaked classified information about NSA’s warrantless surveillance program, “The Project.”

Maybe they should focus less on the agencies and on the Office of the Vice President – that seems to be the source for leaking classified information lately.

And, exactly why is the FBI not looking into President Bush violating FISA? Conflict of interests since they are all in the Executive branch. We’ll use that story until tomorrow when it’s not way past time for me to be catching some zzzz’s

A Federal Bureau of Investigation team under the direction of the bureau’s counterintelligence division at agency headquarters has questioned employees at the F.B.I., the National Security Agency, the Justice Department, the Central Intelligence Agency and the office of the Director of National Intelligence, the officials said. Prosecutors have also taken steps to activate a grand jury.

The interviews have focused initial+by on identifying government officials who have had contact with Times reporters, particularly those in the newspaper’s Washington bureau. The interviews appeared to be initially intended to determine who in the government spoke with Times reporters about intelligence and counterterrorism matters.

In addition, investigators are trying to determine who in the government was authorized to know about the eavesdropping program.

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Time Has Bush Abramoff Photos

Time has pictures of George Bush with Jack Abramoff. And, guess who else is featured in the group? None other than Lee Atwater Jr. – Karl Rove. Time reports they have five photographs; three are on their site as of this post.

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The Tiger Has the Same Stripes

I thought Dick Cheney was a sleazy, power-hungry, crook and a liar that will stop at nothing to accomplish his objectives. But, this weekend I have learned that is a far too flattering characterization of the Vice President of the United States. Furthermore, the president is close on his heels. The only reason the president is not equal to or surpasses Cheney, is he hasn’t been in the game as long as Cheney and his intellect is less than the Veep’s.

If you have read any books that detail the Vice President’s modus operandi and insatiable desire for power, you know exactly what I am talking about. For those of you that have not delved into the historical Dick Cheney and George Bush, at the moment, I can think of only one analogy that might depict the stark contrast in what is normally portrayed and “the real deal.” Reading The New York Times’ stories about the administration, especially Cheney, is on the level of what fourth graders read. Reading Larry Flynt’s Hustler, would be a better fit.

Dick Cheney, in my opinion, is as close to being an autocrat as a person can be - he just doesn’t have a name tag with “Autocrat” written on it and neatly placed next to his lapel. World dominance is his personal objective.

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