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Empty Warheads Archives: May 2003 – December 2005

Empty Warheads Archives: January 2006 – December 2006

Empty Warheads Archives: January 2007 – June 2007

Empty Warheads Archives: July 2007 – December 2007

Empty Warheads Archives: January 2008 – June 2008


June 2008

Cult of Deception – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

McCain’s McClellan Nightmare – by Frank Rich, The New York Times

The Science of Denial – Editorial, The New York Times

NYT front page reports on McCain’s reversal on spying, executive power – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

The Truth About the War – Editorial, The New York Times

NYT circulates fear-mongering claims on FISA debate – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Supreme Court restores habeas corpus, strikes down key part of Military Commissions Act – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Boumediene v. Bush and FISA – by mcjoan, DailyKos

British debate highlights the cravenness and complicity of congressional Democratic “leaders” – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

The company we keep – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA Fight: What's OK for Russia and Mugabe… – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Targeting Steny Hoyer for his contempt for the rule of law – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Mr. Bush v. the Bill of Rights – Editorial, The New York Times

Campaign against warrantless eavesdropping and telecom amnesty is expanding – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Obama, telecoms and the Beltway system – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Majority of the Majority – by mcjoan, DailyKos

George Bush’s latest powers, courtesy of the Democratic Congress – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA Fight: Capitulation Reached – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: Leahy, Feingold Say "No" – by mcjoan, DailyKos

How to pitch one last battle over FISA – by Kagro X, DailyKos

Surveillance Bill Offers Protection To Telecom Firms – by Dan Eggen and Paul Kane, The Washington Post

What Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Fred Hiatt mean by “bipartisanship” – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Hoyer’s Bad Bill – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Senator Obama, Time to Lead – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Obama’s support for the FISA “compromise” – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Apparently, Even Barack Obama Thinks You’re Stupid – by Hunter, DailyKos

FISA Cheers and Jeers – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Why Do We Care About FISA? – by Hunter, DailyKos

Time Magazine uncritically prints Nancy Pelosi’s “justifications” for the FISA “compromise” – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Amnesty, Obama, and the Good Fight – by mcjoan, DailyKos

The Imperial Senate – by smintheus, DailyKos

Hoyer hails FISA bill as “a significant victory for the Democratic Party” – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Pelosi Welcomes Filibuster of the House FISA Surrender Bill – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Dodd, Feingold, Wyden and Boxer to Oppose FISA Bill – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Senator Dodd Speaks in Opposition to FISA Bill on Floor of U.S. Senate – by US Senator Christopher J. Dodd

Chris Dodd’s speech and a glimmer of hope for stopping the FISA bill – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

The Democrats and FISA: Flushing The Law, Then Declaring Victory – by Hunter, DailyKos

FISA Around the Country – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Hey Senators! Raise Your Hand if You've Read the FISA Bill – by mcjoan, DailyKos

So what’s up with “holds” in the Senate, anyway? – by kagro X, DailyKos

If Terrorists Rock the Vote in 2008 – by Frank Rich, The New York Times

Now That’s Some Leadership! – by DarkSyde, DailyKos

July 2008

Cleaning Up After the Worst Presidency in History – by mcjoan, DailyKos

‘Oh Happy Day’ – by Bob Herbert, The New York Times

District Court: What FISA Did, What the FISA Capitulation Does – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA: Why we continue to fight – by Kagro X, DailyKos

The Al-Haramain ruling and the current Congress – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA vote not “moving to center” – kos, DailyKos

Obama Issues Statement on FISA – Susan G, DailyKos

On Obama's FISA statement – Kagro X, DailyKos

A Patriot Is a Rebel, Not a Bootlicker – Meteor Blades, DailyKos

When in the course of human events… – by mcjoan, DailyKos

The political establishment and telecom immunity -- why it matters – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

The Dems and Truthiness in the FISA Debate – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Put War Powers Back Where They Belong – by James A. Baker III and Warren Christopher, The New York Times

Compromising the Constitution – Editorial, The New York Times

August 8, 1974 v. July 9, 2008 – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

LIVE: FISA-Pulling Our Last Punches Against an Invertebrate Congress – by Jesselyn Radack, DailyKos

Whistleblowers Speak Out on FISA – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Today’s cover-up of surveillance crimes and Barack Obama – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Suing George W. Bush: A bizarre and troubling tale – by Jon B. Eisenberg, Salon

Capitulation Day – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Congress votes to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, legalize warrantless eavesdropping – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

We Will Never Know – by kamarvt, DailyKos

A heartbreaking work of staggering cynicism – by Red Wind, DailyKos

New York Times Obituaries page A-22 – by mikey666, DailyKos

Democrats’ strategy: Strength through bowing – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA Fight Turns to Courts – by mcjoan, DailyKos

My boss at KBR: “The military is none of our f---ng concern.” – by NeverStopTheProgress, DailyKos

Bill Moyers: The media as a Fifth Column – by don mikulecky, DailyKos

Torture and the rule of law – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Feds Train Clergy To “Quell Dissent” During Martial Law – by Paul Joseph Watson, Prison Planet

The Real-Life ‘24’ of Summer 2008 – by Frank Rich, The New York Times

The motivation for blocking investigations into Bush lawbreaking – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Al-Marri and the power to imprison U.S. citizens without charges – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Political harmony v. the rule of law: an easy choice for the political establishment – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Felons Seeking Bush Pardon Near a Record – by Charlie Savage, The New York Times

Exposing Bush’s historic abuse of power – by Tim Shorrock, Salon

The parade of “shrill, unserious extremists” on display at today's impeachment hearings – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Mr. Mukasey’s Justice – Editorial, The New York Times

How Obama Became Acting President – by Frank Rich, The New York Times

Those privacy-hating Chinese communist tyrants – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Pelosi’s Revisionist FISA History – by mcjoan, DailyKos

August 2008

Vital unresolved anthrax questions and ABC News – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Journalists, their lying sources, and the anthrax investigation – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Additional key facts re: the anthrax investigation – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

The FBI’s emerging, leaking case against Ivins – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Doubts over the anthrax case intensify -- except among much of the media – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

AT&T thanks the Blue Dog Democrats with a lavish party – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Bush Seeks to Affirm a Continuing War on Terror – by Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times

Bush quietly seeks to make war powers permanent, by declaring indefinite state of war – by John Byrne, The Raw Story

December 2008

The Fed Who Blew the Whistle – by Michael Isikoff, Newsweek

Don’t Let the Door Hit You in The Ass On The Way Out!! – by Tom Tomorrow

January 2009

An Extremist Makeover? – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

Flushing the Cheney Administration Down the Memory Hole – by billmon, DailyKos

Establishment Washington Unifies Against Prosecutions – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Forgive and Forget? – by Paul Krugman, The New York Times

Worth It – by billmon, Daily Kos

The Long, Lame Goodbye – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

Binding U.S. law requires prosecutions for those who authorize torture – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Criminalizing politics? Or politicizing crime? – by Kagro X, Daily Kos

GNCW – by Meteor Blades, Daily Kos

The rule of law – by Bruce Fein, The Washington Times


Empty Warheads Archives: May 2003 – December 2005

Empty Warheads Archives: January 2006 – December 2006

Empty Warheads Archives: January 2007 – June 2007

Empty Warheads Archives: July 2007 – December 2007

Empty Warheads Archives: January 2008 – June 2008

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