Great work, as usual, Glenn.

You do need to change one typo near the end of this item -- "upraided" obviously is supposed to be "upbraided".

When I saw that the AG had lost it and collapsed while making a speech in defence of the Bush torture regime today, my first thought was that God Almighty was surely teaching these fools a lesson.

But then he got better, so maybe it was just a warning. Who knows? Only Baby Jeebus and the Angels.

Either way, it won't matter. These evil criminals are beyond help.

Did you see Bush getting ignored by all the G20 leaders? That was after he had to ask the Australian PM what the G20 even was! IMHO pressure is taking it's toll. Reality is a b*tch sometimes.

American hypocrisy knows no bounds at all.

Imagine those other "totally bad people" holding a man without evidence of wrongdoing! Just imagine.

Now just try to imagine Americans doing it --- oh, wait. Never mind.

Glenn,

Did you see the latest anthrax-related developments?

U.S. Loses Ruling on Hatfill

A federal judge ordered the Justice Department yesterday to release documents that explain why investigators suspected Steven J. Hatfill in the 2001 anthrax mailings. Hatfill has since been exonerated.

U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ordered the Justice Department to make public affidavits and related records used to persuade judges to allow federal agents to search Hatfill's property. He also ruled that the government must disclose similar records involving Hatfill's girlfriend.

In ruling for the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, which were seeking the documents in a lawsuit, Lamberth wrote that the public has "a legitimate interest in observing and understanding how and why the investigation progressed in the way that it did."

In 2002, Attorney General John D. Ashcroft named Hatfill as a "person of interest" in the anthrax mailings, which killed five people and sickened 17 others. In June, the former bioweapons researcher settled a lawsuit alleging privacy violations by the Justice Department for $5.85 million. Prosecutors later officially "excluded" him as a suspect in the attacks.

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Authorities now say that bacteriologist Bruce E. Ivins, who committed suicide in July, was the sole perpetrator of the crime.

-- Del Quentin Wilber [WaPo]

Do you think a new administration will get to the bottom of this story? Is Leahy still pushing for resolution? I still think this story is the key to blowing the lid on the whole cabal.

Glenn, this is a hard, cold look at the unfolding reality of just who will be manning the levers in the next administration. Your readers may wish to take a moment to consider this related post by Chris Floyd:

http://www.chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/3/1648-plus-ca-change-qprogressiveq-leaders-ride-war-machine-deeper-into-darkness.html

Journos? Bloggers! Floggers one and all.

Be careful, they are watching you.

Are you sure it's safe, said my wife.

The doorbell rang. A young Israeli, selling paintings.

Could have been anybody.

Frish geht der Wind, Die Heimat zu

Mein Irische Kind, wo weillest du?

I have seen the mermaids dancing, each to each.

After such knowledge, what forgiveness?

Anti-Bush bloggers medals!

Anybody want one? No.

They are illegal.

Blow the man down.

Business is business

Said Rupert Murdoch

Eyes closed

Sighing deply

Wendi, come here

Did your friend Nicole get that movie out?

The one with your other friend Hugh.

How much did that cost us?

Was it any good, the celery?

Did it clear your eyeballs

They look rheumatic

Get some rest

It will all be over soon.

Praise Jesus.

....From The Committee to Protect Journalist do great work (nobility).

The UpDate: John Brennan (Andrew Sullivan) Well, award, a anythings?

Give John Brennan nominee for president a Crazies Dodgeball Trophy?

Crazies? Beanball all politicians. Ay Never ever vote ro encourage them.

Those of us who can take such freedom for granted should salute these honorees and their many colleagues who risk life and liberty every day to do their jobs.

I am not sure what to make of this. It is not as though the US government is absent from the discussion. I suppose that sentence might mean: As long as we support the US establishment on the whole, we can pick at the edges a bit and still keep our jobs.

They make me sick too.

Give the psychos trophies.

Let them carry the decomposed.

Babies, Mothers, Lovers. O Prizes!

I'd rather kiss toothless naked apes.

gandhi Loved John Ruskin's thoughts.

These stooges eat grizzled many mutts.

Put lock strap muzzles over the mouths.

Get facelifts so they appear as the are. pigs.

Sad. If they get legs blown away in future wars?

Let politicians enter 3- bag race contest at dessert places.

Let them fill out applications for Hell Cajun Catfish Cooks.

View DVD Atonement, or reruns of kicker Charlie Chaplain.

Some restraint, please.

From the link referring to Scott Horton's footnote:

I myself was twice warned by PBS producers, in advance of appearances on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, that I could use the word “torture” in the abstract but that I was to refrain from applying it to the administration’s policies. And after an interview with CNN in which I spoke of the administration’s torture policy, I was told by the producer, “That’s okay for CNN International, but we can’t use it on the domestic feed."

This passage raises some very interesting questions. Given the parallels in the warnings from PBS and CNN, it appears that somehow, these producers are basically censoring the news. On what authority are they doing this? Is corporate management of both organizations requiring it, or is the government forcing these organizations to censor?

This puts the failure of the media to follow up on the "Pentagon propaganda" issue in an interesting light. Is this another story that has been censored?

How many other stories have been censored? [Paging Sibel Edmonds. Sibel Edmonds to the white courtesy phone.]

Will there still be censorship on January 21, 2009?

...the official washington chattering-class disconnect between our ideals, as in celebrating the true defense of and adherence to first amendment principles, and our actions, in which our government operates illegal torture centers and is defended in the same editorial pages of the washington post for doing so. foolish to expect consistency, i guess...

you're spot on about the true obama defining himself in this cascade of appointments -- no surprise that he's truly centrist, only surprising if you've not been paying attention (or busy constructing false narratives). the brennan ascension is troubling, but who are acceptable alternatives? the intelligence community has seen its work become so politicized that anyone from the outside coming in would be immediately suspicious.