The WB42 5:30 Report with Doug Krile

The NSA Arguments. In Detail.

wb42 — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:00:00 +0000

File this one for future reference. Either the blogger is correct. Or he’s WAY off base. Time will tell. Do you buy the arguments? Or not?

Gonzales Crushes Arguments Against NSA’s International Surveillance

This morning, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales participated in a debate at Georgetown University’s law school on the NSA’s international surveillance program. Gonzales did an excellent job of spelling out the reasons why the program is not only necessary, but legal. You can read Gonzales’ prepared text here; what follows are some [...]

Late Night TV

wb42 — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:15:00 +0000

Well, maybe it just makes for good television. And good politics. Both clips from The Political Teen. Lighten up, kid. Lighten Up. Clinton really wasn’t the devil. But, you’re really good at going through all the trouble of capturing video and encoding it to post online. There are links to video clips in both posts.

Carville Says Alito Was Nominated to Overturn Roe (VIDEO)

Democratic operative James Carville appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last evening to discuss his book, Alito, and his new sports radio talk show. Carville believes that Alito was nominated to overturn Roe and subsequently, will do. Carville is still used to politics in President Clenis’ administration, where decisions are based [...]

Today Show Tries to Steer O’Reilly Off Track With Fast Paced Questions (VIDEO)

Bill O’Reilly appeared on the Today show to discuss Alito and wiretapping. In an attempted to catch him off guard, co-host Matt Lauer asked O’Reilly questions in a fast paced way, and boy [...]

Olbermann History Lesson

wb42 — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:45:00 +0000

Lest you think Keith Olbermann is just some left-wing idiot who can’t ask questions, consider this exchange from Monday night.

Six Degrees of NSA Wiretapping

If you missed Countdown with Keith Olbermann last night, you missed this: (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GEN. MICHAEL HAYDEN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE: When you’re [...]

The Abramoff/Bush Pictures

wb42 — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:15:00 +0000

Who has them? Who shopped them around? Could it be…..? J.A.

Isikoff Confirms Abramoff Shopped Photos

Great catch by Think Progress. Over the weekend, Time magazine and the Washingtonian both reported on five photos of President Bush with Jack Abramoff, but neither publication revealed its source. Yesterday, ThinkProgress laid out the case for why the source for the photos was likely Abramoff himself. Last night, our hunch was confirmed [...]

FISA Ooops. How ‘Bout Some History

wb42 — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:45:00 +0000

Just one more example. Piling on? I don’t think so. Just the facts, Ma’am. Even if times do change.

Bush Administration Thought FISA Worked Just Fine Back In 2002

Want to see a post that destroys the Bush Administration’s claims that the current FISA hampers their ability to conduct “terrorist (or Quaker) surveillance? Read Glenn Greenwald’s post about what the Bush Administration said in opposing GOP senator Mike DeWine’s [...]

Two Sentences. Two Men.

wb42 — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:15:00 +0000

Do you see an issue here? The two certainly seem to be out of line, given the crime vs the sentence. Don’t they? For starters, one of them is the military officer who got no jail time in the death of an Iraqi prisoner.

A tale of two sentences

In a police state, no one can hear you scream [...]

The Day the Music Came Back to New Orleans

wb42 — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:45:00 +0000

If you like New Orleans. And New Orleans music. This is a “must-watch”. Thanks to the bloggers at NBC News who decided we should be able to watch more of that performance that made up their stories the past couple of nights. This, my friends, is great stuff.

THE DAY MUSIC LITERALLY CAME BACK TO THE NINTH WARD

In the rush of live coverage last night, we probably should have offered more of the music from the world-class musicians that assembled near the proposed Artist’s Village. It was an incredible event: a simple raised platform, a few instruments, microphones and amplifiers — and some incredible talent. Harry Connick, Jr. has known some of the artists who assembled yesterday [...]

NSA and the Constitution

wb42 — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:15:00 +0000

My goodness. This General Hayden stuff is even worse when you HEAR it. It’s been all over the blogs lately, but it’s incredible in person. Just watched Olbermann take it apart. And, all the had to do was play the news conference tape and then quote the Constitution. Kos takes it and runs with it.

A Reasonable Suspicion of Illegality

The first thing that struck me when General Hayden made the ignorant observation that the Fourth Amendment didn’t include a probable cause standard was that someone needed to tattoo the Bill of Rights on his chest, backwards, so he could read it every time he looked in the mirror in the morning. The second thing that struck me about his insistence that a “reasonable suspicion” standard prevails over probable cause for the spying program was that this Administration and the Congress already rejected [...]

ARMY: Near the Breaking Point?

wb42 — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:45:00 +0000

Perhaps one of the most pessimistic assessments to date.

Associated Press: New report says Army could be near breaking point

Now, why is it that Americans think Bush is making us safer when he is literally destroying our military? No wonder Iran is making all those nuclear noises…. they aren’t afraid of Bush because they know we may no longer possess the military means to make good on our threats. This is why the war in Iraq matters. This is why it matters if it was a mistake, it if was based on a lie, if it was [...]

Katrina: Digging for the Truth

wb42 — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:15:00 +0000

From the NBC Nightly News blog – some incite into the frustrations facing reporters (and Senators) trying to find the facts.

Katrina: Who knew what when?

As Hurricane Katrina approached, who in the Bush Administration knew what, and when did they know it? Getting to the bottom of that question is a world-class exercise in frustration. Take today’s hearing of the Senate Homeland Security Committee: The Committee released documents showing that the White House situation room received a report at 1:47 a.m. the day Katrina hit, predicting that Katrina would likely lead to severe flooding and/or levee breaching. A couple days later, the president said no one anticipated [...]