Posted on March 12th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
Eric Black at the Minnesota Post broke this story yesterday:
At a “Great Conversations” event at the University of Minnesota last night, legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh may have made a little more news than he intended by talking about new alleged instances of domestic spying by the CIA, and about an ongoing covert military operation [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, CIA, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, In The Blogosphere, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Republicans
Posted on February 22nd, 2009 by Walter Brasch
PART II: The Lapdogs Get Some Teeth
In May 2004, the New York Times, while claiming it was aggressive in pursuing stories about the Bush-Cheney Administration, slipped in an apology for acting more as the mouthpiece for politicians than as a watchdog for society. “Coverage was not as rigorous as it should have been,” the Times [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on June 30th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
It’s going to be a wild partying week, with Independence Day coming up on Friday. That means it’s going to be a slow news week. Unfortunately, that does NOT mean that the world will forgo having it’s usual daily nervous breakdown. So, pull up your morning cuppa. It’s time for your [...]
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Posted on June 29th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
While none of us know the details, there has been a significant approval of funding for increased covert ops in Iran, according to Seymour Hersh in a story published online last Sundy at the The New Yorker Magazine. The news of the article was reported by MSNBC , outlines Hersh’s article and gets reactions from [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, In The News, Iran, Political News, Politics, Senate, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on February 27th, 2007 by Todd Mitchell
Please tell me Seymour Hersh isn’t right. Please tell me our government isn’t really funding elements of al-Qaeda in order to take on Iran…again.
“To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush Administration has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in the Middle East. In Lebanon, the Administration has cooperated with Saudi Arabia’s government, [...]
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Filed under: Foreign Policy, International, Iran, Politics, Republicans
