Jon Soltz, Huffington Post General Peter Pace was let go today as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. That’s a good thing. But the administration has tolerated his poor performance for too long, and dismissed him fearing his anticipated reconfirmation hearing would be ugly. If the administration was hoping to avoid answering the tough questions, by…
By Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. In 2002, Donald Rumsfeld famously called the detainees at Guantánamo “the worst of the worst.” General Richard B. Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned they were “very dangerous people who would gnaw hydraulic lines in the back of a C-17 to bring it down.” These claims were…
The New York Times, Editorial For months, senators have listened to a parade of well-coached Justice Department witnesses claiming to know nothing about how nine prosecutors were chosen for firing. This week, it was the turn of Bradley Schlozman, a former federal attorney in Missouri, to be uninformative and not credible. It is time for…
Ted Rall The Political Pendulum Swings Back NEW YORK–America’s experiment with neofascism is coming to an end. He came to office in a coup d’etat and consolidated power after 9/11. George W. Bush may be our worst president in history–certainly in recent times–but he is also one of the most important. Imposing his sweeping vision…
