Archive for the ‘white+house’ Category

Court won’t resurrect lawsuit in CIA leak case

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

The appeals court said there was no constitutional basis for the court to step in and it declined to create one. The judges said Plame and Wilson could bring their case under the Privacy Act, though it does not cover the president or vice president's offices. The court also said ...

Colbert at White House Correspondent’s Dinner 2006

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Stephen Colbert's courageous tenacity speaking truth to power at the 2006 White House Correspondents dinner deserves another look. He was mocking McCain as a maverick before the Bush administration had rearranged the deck chairs on the Hindenberg. McClellan and Scalia are there too and some not so subtle jabs at ...

President Bush To Appear On Game Show

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Bush surprises him by appearing on a screen to express gratitude for his service and wish him luck in the game. Bush's message was taped at the White House.Read the full story

Top Bush aides approved interrogation tactics: report

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

"Highly placed sources said a handful of top advisers signed off on how the CIA would interrogate top al Qaeda suspects -- whether they would be slapped, pushed, deprived of sleep or subjected to simulated drowning, called waterboarding," ABC reported. War crimes trials in the future? Read the full story

It’s 3 am in the White House and the Phone Rings

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Some friends and I were joking that a better ad from Hillary would have been: It's 3 am and a phone is ringing in the White House... don't you want someone who knows where the phone is? Hillary lived in the White House for eight years. You wouldn't want someone ...

White House reused e-mail tapes

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Among the e-mails that could be lost are messages swapped by any White House officials involved in discussions about leaking the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame.Read the full story