Posted by AzBlueMeanie: If President Obama is concerned about international reaction to the publishing of previously leaked (but not published) photos of torture, then he really ought to be concerned about the recently published report in GQ Magazine containing the cover sheets of Donald Rumsfeld's Crusade-like messaging in his Worldwide Intelligence Updates. Remember the uproar … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Obama administration initially agreed to comply with the order of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to produce a small set of torture photos, previously agreed upon with the plaintiff ACLU, but last week it backed away from its agreement citing opposition from the Department of Defense. Obama Reverses Pledge to … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Hey, media villagers and Beltway bloviators — yeah, I'm talking to you. I realize that it has been years since any of you have done any serious investigative journalism, perhaps decades for some of you. Your investigative journalism skills have atrophied and died long ago. You couldn't find your own ass with … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Tucson Citizen is Arizona's oldest continuously publishing newspaper. It has recorded the history of Arizona since its earliest territorial days. It has been a fixture in the firmament of newspaper publishing in Arizona — until today. Jennifer Boice, interim editor of the Tucson Citizen, writes in the final edition (vol. 139, … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There is another part of Col. Lawrence Wilkerson's post at the Washington Note The Truth About Richard Bruce Cheney that deserves greater attention: My investigations have revealed to me — vividly and clearly — that once the Abu Ghraib photographs were made public in the Spring of 2004, the CIA, its contractors, … Read more