Christie's AUSAs Still Won't Respond to Corzine's FOIA Requests
Jon Corzine's campaign wants some more information about just what Chris Christie was doing at the US Attorney's office while he was handing out multi-million dollar deals to his friends.
So the Corzine campaign has submitted 18 FOIA requests for information on Christie's tenure as US Attorney. They have submitted them, each time, to the Executive Office of US Attorneys, which keeps kicking the FOIAs down to the NJ US
700,000 Cars in One Month
Cash for Clunkers will, on Monday at 8 PM, have silica liquid injected in its engine and stopped.
The U.S. government will shut down its cash-for-clunkers program at 8 p.m. Monday, in a bid to avoid car dealers and shoppers from claiming more than the $3 billion set aside for the program.The decision means that the program originally expected to generate 250,000 vehicle sales over three months will have likely triggered more
Why Does SEIU's Andy Stern Sound Like Rahm Emanuel?
Why does Andy Stern sound like he has been in the veal pen too long?
Scahill on the Blackwater Rent-an-Assassin Service
Scahill argues that the Blackwater revelations mean Blackwater had a more integral part in building the Bush era counterterrorism strategy than did Congress.
Ambinder: Sorry I Was So Stupid, But I Was Right To Be Stupid
Maybe I'm just getting tired of Ambinder's concern trolling. But his recent post excusing himself for being a chump on terrorist alerts really encapsulates what is wrong with journalism.
Red Alert! Bush Was Going to Lose!
Details from Tom Ridge's upcoming tell-all.
CIA's Blackwater Circular Firing Squad
An attempt to weed through the latest on the assassination squads.
Blackwater's Nay-Sayer in HPSCI: Crazy Pete Hoekstra
You know how Crazy Pete Hoekstra has led the chorus of those who claim Leon Panetta should never have briefed Congress on the secret assassination squads? To his credit, he's doing it even now that Blackwater's role has been revealed.
“I think there was a little more drama and intrigue than was warranted,” said Representative Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee.
Um, yeah.
The Wind And The Lion: Ted Kennedy Mans Up To Mortality
Literally generations of politically active American citizens have been motivated to study and participate in the process by the men, and women, in the Kennedy family (I am one). The last of a kind is nearing the end, and he is thinking of his constituents until his last breath.
Did I Say the Daily Beast Story Was BS?
Buzzy Krongard's company, Blackwater, was the ginnick behind the secret program.
A Chebby In The National Driveway & Lesson In Healthcare Messaging
Barack Obama is bad and he's nationwide. And he's got a new ride. NASCAR was at the White House today; Obama could learn some lessons from them.
The Errors of Telling of Leon Panetta's Error
The CIA orders up an attempt to push back against Congressional oversight. Again. But it is transparently bad.
Chris Christie, Former US Attorney, Claims He's Still "Got" Federal Prosecutors, Talked with Them about State Jobs
When Chris Christie said, months ago, that he's "got a group of AUSAs sitting in Newark," he probably wasn't expecting we would learn he has an "ongoing financial relationship" with one of those very same AUSAs.
Oh yes. The Henry Waxman we know and love.
Henry Waxman is not fucking around. And that's so much fun to see.
Pay2Play Connolly's Sources Are "Mystified"
Rahm and Messina? Is that you, getting Ceci Connolly to spin your story again?
The Secrets Novak Brings to the Grave
Novak brings many secrets to the grave about his role in the Plame outing. Here are some of those secrets.
Chris "Nervous Wreck" Christie
Why did "everyone" in the US Attorney's office know about Christie's loan to a subordinate, but Christie didn't declare it?
More on Christie's "Ongoing Financial Relationship" with Michele Brown
This will just be a hodgepodge of details to follow up on this story, the news that former NJ US Attorney and current GOP candidate for Governor, Chris Christie gave one of his top AUSAs a mortgage loan for $46,000.
Christie Has Made Other Loans
Check out the original NJN report on this--around the 5:48 mark.
Hal Turner: Allegedly Inciting Violence for FBI from 2002 to 2007
Hal Turner's FBI claims become more clear.
The Crazy Man Above the Garage
In a weird article, Barton Gellman gets the whole logic of the Plame leak wrong. But he does provide nice stenography for Cheney's views.