Plame’s Identity Marked As Secret
Memo Central to Probe Of Leak Was Written By State Dept. Analyst

By Walter Pincus and Jim VandeHei
Thursday, July 21, 2005; A01

A classified State Department memorandum central to a federal leak investigation contained information about CIA officer Valerie Plame in a paragraph marked “(S)” for secret, a clear indication that any Bush administration official who read it should have been aware the information was classified, according to current and former government officials.

Well, this kills off the majority of the right wing talking points. All of these people are traitors. Rove, Libby, Cheney and their boss. Take ‘em all. We’ll suffer thru a few years of President Hasert if we have to- hell, after this the Rethug party will be seatwarmers only.

I’ve added a link to Newsmap, a site that shows what stories are getting the most hits, around the world.

Warning- it’s a great time waster!

Ron Wood’s best solo album. Pick it up!

Appeals Court to Consider Padilla Case

Ruling Has Vast Implications on Fight Against Terrorism

By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writer

07/18/05 “Washington Post” - - For more than three years, Jose Padilla, an alleged al Qaeda operative, has been held without trial, much of the time without access to a lawyer.

On Tuesday , the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit is scheduled to convene in Richmond to consider a question with vast implications for civil liberties and the fight against terrorism: whether the president can indefinitely detain, without criminal charges, a U.S. citizen captured on American soil.

This is big.

Saddam Could Call CIA in His Defence

LONDON, Jul 2 (IPS) - Thousands were reported killed in the gassing of Iraqi Kurds in Halabja in the north of Iraq in March 1988 towards the end of Iraq’s eight-year war with Iran. The gassing of the Kurds has long been held to be the work of Ali Hassan al-Majid, named in the West because of that association as ‘Chemical Ali’. Saddam Hussein is widely alleged to have ordered Ali to carry out the chemical attack.

A report prepared by the top CIA official handling the matter says Saddam Hussein was not responsible for the massacre, and indicates that it was the work of Iranians. Further, the Scott inquiry on the role of the British government has gathered evidence that following the massacre the United States in fact armed Saddam Hussein to counter the Iranians chemicals for chemicals.

We already know that Rove is a traitor. So, probably, is Cheney. Since George W. Bush has protected traitors for at least two years; he is therefore an accomplice to the Rove-Libby cell. We are long past the point where, during the summer of 1974, GOP senators led by Barry Goldwater told Richard Nixon that he had to resign. So why aren’t Turd Blossom and his compadres out of office and awaiting trial?

Democrats are out of power. And, sadly, Republicans have become so obsessed with personal loyalty that they’ve forgotten that their first duty is to country, not party or friend. Unless they wake up soon and dump Bush, Republicans could be permanently discredited.

Continue reading Republicans Must Choose: Bush Or America? by Ted Rall

Bush hasn’t even announced his SCOTUS pick yet, and already the right is bashing him. From a post on redstate.org:

I did NOT vote for Bush to get a “known unknown” like Clement
By: bwalters33 . Section: Diaries

This is not what I bargained for when I supported President Bush.

Evidently, to a large section of the right wing, abortion is the only criteria worth mentioning. Sad.

And of course, anyone who says bush is naming his pick now, in order to distract from the Rove treason scandal, I say…

Good for you! You’ve obviously been reading TTP!

Finally updated the ipod. Nothing like a little Bob in the morning…

lively up yourself!

Top British ex-diplomat blasts US invasion of Iraq

By Agence France Presse

07/17/05 “AFP” - - One of Britain’s most senior former diplomats has branded the US invasion of Iraq “politically illegitimate” in an incendiary new book that the government has moved to block, a British newspaper reported.

UN negotiations “never rose over the level of awkward diversion for the US administration”, he charges in an extract published in the paper.

Lets hope this book finds its way to shelves at some point.

Frustrated Iraqis ready to take law into own hands
Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:55 AM ET
By Luke Baker

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis have begun barricading themselves in their homes and forming neighborhood militias in an effort to fend off relentless suicide attacks, residents in the capital said on Monday.

The measures come amid waning confidence in the Iraqi police and other security forces as they struggle to get on top of the two-year-old insurgency. In the latest attack, 98 people were killed by a suicide truck bomb south of Baghdad on Saturday.

Guess we’re not really up to protecting these people, are we?