John Brennan Lied and Must Be Fired
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 2nd, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
John Brennan Lied and Must Be Fired
Trevor Timm, The Guardian
As reports emerged Thursday that an internal investigation by the Central Intelligence Agency’s inspector general found that the CIA “improperly” spied on US Senate staffers when researching the CIA’s dark history of torture, it was hard to conclude anything but the obvious: John Brennan blatantly lied to the American public. Again.
The Boehner Lawsuit and Our Bored Icon President
Ed Rogers, Wash Post
Yesterday, the House moved to legally challenge the president over his obligation to enforce our laws. The impending lawsuit is a grand move, the result of which could offer an epic interpretation of our democratic balance.
There Must Be Accountability for CIA’s Snooping
Revelations on New Nixon Tapes
Bob Woodward, Washington Post
President Richard Nixon’s decision to install a secret recording system — and then to retain the tapes — perhaps ranks as the most consequential self-inflicted political wound of 20th-century America. The criminality, abuse of power, obsession with real and perceived enemies, rage, self-focus, and small-mindedness revealed on those tapes left him abandoned by his own party and forced him to resign 40 years ago.
