A Former Condi Adviser Told Mayer That After 9/11 ‘Fear And Anxiety Were Exploited by Zealots And Fools’
In this interview with Steve Clemons, editor of The Washington Note, Jane Mayer discusses David Addington, Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, whom she profiled in the New Yorker last year and who plays a central role in her […]

A new book chronicles the early days after the 9/11 attacks, when Dick Cheney was always reported to be hiding in an underground bunker or a bomb shelter or an orbiting space capsule. Turns out extreme paranoia really did take hold of the vice president.
On Oct. 18, 2001, a White House alarm went off indicating […]

Via BuzzFlash.com. On Tuesday, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced that he has scheduled a vote for July 16 on whether to charge Attorney General Michael Mukasey with contempt of Congress.
“[There] were no “agreements, conditions and understandings between the Office of Special Counselor the Federal Bureau of […]

From the latest Harris Poll:
President Bush’s latest ratings are 24 percent positive and fully 75 percent negative. Previously, his worst numbers were 26 percent positive and 72 percent negative in April of this year. His ratings are substantially worse than those of any president, except for Jimmy Carter (22c-77 percent in July 1980), since Harris […]

Last night we watched two hours of the official reading into the congressional record of Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s motion to impeach President George Bush on C-SPAN. Unfortunately, I couldn’t stay up for the whole thing, which apparently took Kucinich nearly five hours to read on Monday, but I did last through four tag-team readers.
In […]

That’s what it will cost to keep Vice President Dick Cheney under Secret Service Protection for at least six months after he leaves office, if a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives passes next week, according to the conservative Politico:
A bipartisan bill the House is scheduled to take up next week would require the […]

Good choice:
[Actor] Richard Dreyfuss doesn’t seem like the sort to be afraid of a little political retribution. And it’s a good thing, too — because the white-haired star of The American President is about to sign on as the notorious American vice president in Oliver Stone’s new film, simply called W. This follows on the […]

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have voted to authorize issuing a subpoena to David Addington, the top aide to Dick Cheney:
David Addington had refused to testify without a subpoena. He’s one of several lawyers believed to have played a role in crafting the administration’s interrogation policies shortly after the September 11th attacks. Some […]

I confess to liking Craig Ferguson. He was the best part of the Drew Carey Show, but I guess that’s not necessarily high praise.
Having him as the host of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this year had to beat the crap out of last year’s pick — Rich Little. At least nobody has to consult […]