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What Really Happened in Ashcroft’s Hospital Room: The Battle For Secret Surveillance
Daniel Klaidman NEWSWEEK Issue dated Dec 22, 2008 It is one of the darkly iconic scenes of the Bush Administration. In March 2004, two of the president’s most senior advisers rushed to a Washington hospital room where they confronted a bedridden John Ashcroft. White House chief of staff Andy Card and counsel Alberto Gonzales pressured […]
MoreGeneral Barry McCaffrey Exposed For The Ultimate Spineless Shill That He Is
THE NEW YORK TIMES November 30, 2008 One Man’s Military-Industrial-Media Complex By DAVID BARSTOW In the spring of 2007 a tiny military contractor with a slender track record went shopping for a precious Beltway commodity. The company, Defense Solutions, sought the services of a retired general with national stature, someone who could open doors at […]
MoreGood Ol’ Charlie Gibson Gets In One Final Bootlicking Of President George “W/Torture” Bush
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Charles Gibson aboard for Bush interview ABC anchor will boat to Camp David with first family By Paul J. Gough Nov 25, 2008, 06:18 PM ET NEW YORK — During the same week Barbara Walters interviews the president-elect in Chicago, ABC’s “World News” anchor Charles Gibson will interview President George W. Bush and […]
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