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Empty Warheads Archives: January - June 2008
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January 2008

Journey to the Dark Side: The Bush Legacy (Take One) – by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com

Deign or Reign? – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

How to Erode and Destroy Democracy: a Dozen Tested Strategies – by Rob Kall, TruthOut.org

The Right Move on the C.I.A. Tapes – Editorial, The New York Times

Dealing With the Dragon – by Paul Krugman, The New York Times

Oh, THAT kind of “Cataclysmic fight to the death!” NOW I get it! – by Kagro X, DailyKos

The Obama Phenomenon – by Bob Herbert, The New York Times

What Would Hillary Rodham Do? – by Gail Collins, The New York Times

Voting for a Smile – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

They Didn’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow – by Frank Rich, The New York Times

From Hype to Fear – by Paul Krugman, The New York Times

GOP to Voters: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid – by Mike Madden, Salon

Telecom Immunity Gives Bush Immunity – by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse, DailyKos

Striding Past the Cynics – by Bob Herbert, The New York Times

Can Hillary Cry Her Way Back to the White House? – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

Hillary’s Free Pass – by Gail Collins, The New York Times

FBI Wiretaps Dropped Due to Unpaid Bills – by Lara Jakes Jordan, Salon

The Comeback Continent – by Paul Krugman, The New York Times

The Grave Iranian Threat to World Peace – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Chairman Waxman Releases Report on Information Security Breach at TSA’s Traveler Redress Website – Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Can you pay me now? Good! – by Kagro X, DailyKos

Haven’t We Heard This Voice Before? – by Frank Rich, The New York Times

Unfinished Debate on Iraq – Editorial, The New York Times

Responding to Recession – by Paul Krugman, The New York Times

Bush Delivers Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia – by Anne Gearan, Associated Press, Salon

Bush Fawns Over The U.A.E. – by smintheus, DailyKos

Bush to Middle East: Do as I say not as I do – by joegarcia, DailyKos

The Kucinich Court Decision and “Judicial Activism” – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Politics and Misogyny – by Bob Herbert, The New York Times

Faith, Freedom and Bling in the Middle East – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

Lawbreaking Telecoms Still Conniving to Obtain Immunity From Congress – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Sovereign Deed CEO Lied About Military Service, Records Show – by Eartha Jane Melzer, Michigan Messenger

Waxman To Hold Hearing On Missing White House E-Mails – by BarbinMD, DailyKos

Tomgram: CSI Iraq — The Corpse on the Gurney The “Success” Mantra in Iraq – by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com

Don’t Cry for Me, America – by Paul Krugman, The New York Times

Telecom Immunity: Two Edges to the Blade – by Rangrithr, DailyKos

Good Jobs Are Where the Money Is – by Bob Herbert, The New York Times

Red, White and Blue Tag Sale – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

Ronald Reagan Is Still Dead – by Frank Rich, The New York Times

Will the Democratic Presidential Candidates Adhere to Their Rhetoric? – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Two Against One – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

Lies, Damned Lies, a Searchable Database of Lies – by Meteor Blades, DailyKos

Your Harry Reid-led Senate in Action – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Senator Dodd Renews Call Against Telecom Immunity – by Diane Sweet, The Raw Story

Cheney On Telecom Immunity – by BarbinMD, DailyKos

Jay Rockefeller’s Unintentionally Revealing Comments – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

There Isn’t A Flag Pin Big Enough – by georgia10, DailyKos

FISA Intel Cmte Report: Your Privacy Rights Are “Impractical” -- Will Dodd Raise a Point of Order? – by packerland progressive, DailyKos

Telecom Immunity Codifies Bush's Unitary Executive Theory? – by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse, DailyKos

The FISA Follies, Redux – Editorial, The New York Times

More Disruptions to the Cheney/Rockefeller Plan – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

It’s Not Giuliani Time in Florida – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

The Billary Road to Republican Victory – by Frank Rich, The New York Times

Bush oversteps on FISA. But will Congress roll over again? – by Kagro X, DailyKos

What’s at stake today in the Senate’s FISA filibuster vote – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Dodd on FISA: Public inspired me ‘more than they know’ – by smintheus, DailyKos

Today’s FISA Vote – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Another FISA Victory – by smintheus, DailyKos

We’re All Low-Information Voters, Now. – by Kagro X, DailyKos

Investing in America – by Bob Herbert, The New York Times

The State of the Union – Editorial, The New York Times

Leaked UK Gov’t Doc Reveals Plan to “Coerce” Brits Into National ID Register – Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing Mirror of Document

“Trust Us” Government – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA Notes for the Media. – by Kagro X, DailyKos

Say Good Night to the Bad Guy – by Phil Nugent, The Phil Nugent Experience

Seeing Red Over Hillary – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

The Fine Print – Editorial, The New York Times

What “Bipartisanship” in Washington Means – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA Fight: More than just amnesty – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: Dems Didn’t Cave! – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Countdown Special Comment: On FISA and Telecom Immunity – by Keith Olbermann, MSNBC via Crooks & Liars

February 2008

The Edwards Effect – by Paul Krugman, The New York Times

The Senate’s FISA Agreement – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Up Against Big Brother – by Jeanette Borzo, California Lawyer

Bush Legacy: Setting a standard in fear-mongering – by Richard A. Clarke, The Philadephia Inquirer

Is Michael Mukasey prioritizing the harassment and imprisonment of journalists? – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Secrets and Rights – Editorial, The New York Times

FISA Fight: Richard Clarke weighs in – by mcjoan, DailyKos

There Will Be Blood – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

Ask Not What J.F.K. Can Do for Obama – by Frank Rich, The New York Times

What I Want To Know – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: Unintended Consequences – by mcjoan, DailyKos

“It’s Got a Bunch of Numbers in it…” – by jurassicpork, Welcome to Pottersville

Fun and Games with Terrorist Threats – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Darkness and Light – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

FISA Fight: White House temper tantrum – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: Don’t fall for it, Dems – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: Secrets and Lies – by mcjoan, DailyKos

The Cult of Secrecy at the White House – Editorial, The New York Times

FISA Fight: Thumb twiddling – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FBI Deputizes Private Contractors With Extraordinary Powers, Including ‘Shoot to Kill’ – by Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive via Alternet

The Wonderful World Of Cheney – by Hunter, DailyKos

My White House Dilemma – by Leon Fleisher, The Washington Post

Because They Said So – Editorial, The New York Times

Bush Ad Infinitum – by Devilstower, DailyKos

The WSJ Editorial Page Lies About Our Surveillance Laws – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

US Senate commits suicide on national television – by Kagro X, DailyKos

Amnesty Day for Bush and Lawbreaking Telecoms – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA Fight: Conyers says no justification for amnesty – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Return of the 9/11 President – by Dan Froomkin, The Washington Post

Senate Passes Bill to Expand U.S. Spying Powers – by Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times

Senate Approves Telco Amnesty, Legalizes Bush’s Secret Spy Program – by Ryan Singe, Wired

Time to Vote Contempt – Editorial, The New York Times

Contempt moves forward -- now on the House floor – by Kagro X, DailyKos

FISA Fight: This round to the Dems – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA 101 – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Jihadis throw a wild bash over the Protect America Act – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Sharp Exchanges Over Surveillance Law – by David M. Herszenhorn, The New York Times

FISA Fight: Here’s what happens when you tell the truth – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: White House “Facts” – by mcjoan, DailyKos

The Leader isn’t protecting us and keeping us safe – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA Fight: Is it that hard? – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Whoopsie! The FBI is "accidentally" up your *ss. Again. – by Kagro X, DailyKos

Error Gave F.B.I. Unauthorized Access to E-Mail – by Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times

Captive to History’s Caprice – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

The Grand Old White Party Confronts Obama – by Frank Rich, The New York Times

The Fun and Excitement of Civilization Wars (fought from afar) – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

The REAL FISA issue – by concordepa, DailyKos

How quickly we forget – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Wikileaks Under Attack: California Court Wipes Wikileaks.org Out of Existence – by stephen soldz, DailyKos

FISA Fight: How a(nother) lie is born – by mcjoan, DailyKos

The courts and Congress affirmatively conceal and protect lawbreaking – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA Fight: No help from SCOTUS – by mcjoan, DailyKos

“Its All About Oil” — Alan Greenspan – by Jon Taplin, Jon Taplin’s Blog

We should have impeached Gonzales – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Stifling Online Speech – Editorial, The New York Times

GOP politics in a nutshell – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA Fight: Republican Temper tantrums – by mcjoan, DailyKos

McConnell/Mukasey: Eavesdropping outside of FISA is “illegal” – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us – by Mark Townsend and Paul Harris, The Guardian UK

FISA Fight: Run for your lives! – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Bush’s Saturday Radio Address: The First Draft – by BarbinMD, DailyKos

Obama shows that dismissing slimy right-wing attacks is not difficult – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

John King with Mike McConnell: rare journalistic honesty – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA Fight: Using veterans – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: Now he’s just getting whiny – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: Follow the money – by mcjoan, DailyKos

George Bush told the truth yesterday – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

March 2008

White House E-Mail Gone Missing – Editorial, The New York Times

Bush guts Advisory Board's oversight of illegal intelligence activities – by smintheus, DailyKos

FISA Fight: A plaintiff speaks – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: No “Compromise” Because There Is No Crisis, Please – by georgia10, DailyKos

The “liberal” position on the Surveillance State – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA Fight: Capitulation watch – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: Communications trade group opposed to amnesty – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: The nation’s editorial boards weigh in – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: All aboard the capitulation express! – by Kagro X, DailyKos

Has Bush already indemnified the telecoms? – by sminthus, DailyKos

What We’d Like to Hear – Editorial, The New York Times

FISA Fight: All about the e-mails? – by Kagro X, DailyKos

Shocking new revelation: Unchecked government powers get abused – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA vote pushed back: are we winning? – by mffarrow, DailyKos

FISA Fight: With all due respect, Madame Speaker – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Exclusive capitulation report: House Democratic leadership circulates FISA bill – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA Fight: A bad strategy – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Tucker Carlson unintentionally reveals the role of the American press – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

AT&Treason – by mcjoan, DailyKos

That’s not a weapon -- that’s a target. Or: who ELSE is reading your email? – by RiderOnTheStorm, DailyKos

Distasteful Diary on Torture – by sailmaker, DailyKos

F.B.I. Head Admits Mistakes in Use of Security Act – by David Stout, The New York Times

FISA Fight: The Math – by Kagro X, DailyKos

FISA Fight: The driftnet exposed – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: Chertoff on NSA Wiretaps – by mcjoan, DailyKos

NSA’s Domestic Spying Grows As Agency Sweeps Up Data – by Siobhan Gorman, The Wall Street Journal [mirror - .pdf]

Targeting Bad Democrats – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA Fight: House to unveil new proposal today – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Signs of life from House Democratic leaders – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

ACLU on resurrected TIA program – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: House Judiciary members reject amnesty – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA: Why we fight. – by Kagro X, DailyKos

FISA: Is Pelosi maneuvering to f*ck us over? – by packerland progressive, DailyKos

FISA Fight: Vote today in House – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: House leadership responds to Bush – by mcjoan, DailyKos

The principled, honest House Republicans – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA Fight: House vote update – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA fight: Leadership maneuvers you’ll actually like – by Kagro X, DailyKos

FISA: The good guys win a big one – by mcjoan, DailyKos

House Democrats reject telecom amnesty, warrantless surveillance – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

House Passes Surveillance Bill – by Jonathan Weisman, The Washington Post

House Rejects Immunity in Eavesdropping Bill – by Eric Lichtblau, The New York Times

I’m Truly Impressed by Pelosi and Reid - FISA Maneuvering Reads Like the Plot of a Novel! – by The Ice Cream Man, DailyKos

The Intelligence Cover-Up – Editorial, The New York Times

Soft Shoe in Hard Times – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

Black, White & Gray – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

Mission Still Not Accomplished – Editorial, The New York Times

FISA Fight: When Blue Dogs lie – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Lessons not learned – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Socialized Compensation – Editorial, The New York Times

Since ’01, Guarding Species Is Harder – by Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post

Spencer Ackerman on Bush Plans for Permanent Occupation – by Jonathan Schwarz, This Modern World

Michael Mukasey’s tearful lies – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

IBM Debunks White House Excuse for Millions of Missing Emails – by markthshark, DailyKos

NYT’s Lichtblau Details White House Effort to Block NSA Story – by Avenging Angel, DailyKos

The Bush Administration Intelligence Hydra – by mcjoan, DailyKos

April 2008

Why doesn’t the 9/11 Commission know about Mukasey’s 9/11 story? – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Priorities – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Another day, another bit of proof: There’s no compromising on FISA. – by Kagro X, DailyKos

FISA Fight: Watch Mukasey Spin – by mcjoan, DailyKos

The Already Big Thing on the Internet: Spying on Users – by Adam Cohen, The New York Times

The U.S. establishment media in a nutshell – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Your Media at Work – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: What happend to Jello Jay? – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Tet Happened, and No One Cared – by Frank Rich, The New York Times

The Associated Press fails to reveal Mukasey’s favorite color – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Show me your papers! – by futurebird, DailyKos

FISA Fight: Republicans and the Protect AT&T Act – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Toil and Trouble – by Maureen Dowd, The New York Times

More on Michael Mukasey’s false 9/11 and FISA claims – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Mukasey’s Day on the Hill – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Torturer in Chief – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Administration Set to Use New Spy Program in U.S. – by Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post

Congress: Just Say “No ” to New Spy Program – by mcjoan, DailyKos

The Petraeus-Crocker Show Gets the Hook – by Frank Rich, The New York Times

All the Time He Needs – Editorial, The New York Times

FISA Fight: Back to the Senate – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Shoddy! Tawdry! A Televised Train Wreck! – by Frank Rich, The New York Times

The Torture Sessions – Editorial, The New York Times

Behind Military Analysts, the Pentagon’s Hidden Hand – by David Barstow, The New York Times

Skepticism toward Bush claims about Syria and North Korea – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

FISA Fight: Pot, Kettle – by mcjoan, DailyKos

May 2008

Top Iraq contractor skirts US taxes offshore – by Farah Stockman, The Boston Globe

Who needs Dana Perino when you have the NYT's Michael Gordon? – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Things that don’t exist in Harry Reid’s world – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Whoops! There go some more state secrets. – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Which Branch Abuses Power in John McCain's World? – by SusanG, DailyKos

FISA Fight: Is AT&T in the Driver’s Seat? – by mcjoan, DailyKos

CNN, the Pentagon’s “military analyst program” and Gitmo – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

How the military analyst program controlled news coverage: in the Pentagon’s own words – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Hoyer’s and Rockefeller’s Strange Corporate Bedfellow – by mcjoan, DailyKos

Was Karl Rove involved in the military analyst program? – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

GOP Superfriends Battle For Telecom Immunity - Full Story! – by DCLaw, DailyKos

The Green Light – by Philippe Sands, Vanity Fair

“Actual journalists” as Government spokespeople – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Carney and Accountability – by mcjoan, DailyKos

FISA Fight: Are you f@#&ing stupid or something? – by Kagro X, DailyKos

Bush Lied. People Died. Both Keep Doing So. – by Meteor Blades, DailyKos

How telecoms are attempting to buy amnesty from Congress – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Scott McClellan on the “liberal media” – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

CNN/ABC reporter: Corporate executives forced pro-Bush, pro-war narrative – by Glenn Greenwald, Salon

Bush’s former spooks enjoy the profits of war – by Tim Shorrock, Salon

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


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