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Obama’s illusions on foreign policy »

Re-printed from the Philadelphia Inquirer with express permission. Joseph C. Wilson IV is a retired career diplomat, a former U.S. ambassador, presidential foreign-policy adviser, and author of “The Politics of Truth” Sen. Barack Obama declared in Pennsylvania on March 27 that his foreign policy would “return” to that of George H.W. Bush and that Sens. [...]

Smears and Tears: How Obama’s National Security Week Turned Into the Mendacity of Hype »

Originally published at Huffington Post. Reprinted here with express permission. ________________________ The past week marked the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War and the milestone of the 4,000th American soldier killed in that disastrous adventure. Commemorating and underscoring the urgent need for a new policy direction, Senator Clinton delivered a serious and detailed address clearly [...]

The So Called “Hillary Lies About Bosnia” »

Barack and company are increasingly desperate.  For a group of folks who insist the campaign is over, Hillary is toast, etc., etc., they are certainly straining at gnats.  The latest is their hyperventilation over the so-called “lie” of Hillary about her trip to Bosnia.  Here’s the clip: What Hillary said about the plane is exactly [...]

Obama’s Hollow “Judgment” and Empty Record »

Originally published at Huffington Post. Reprinted here with my express permission. __________________________ Barack Obama argues that he deserves the Democratic nomination and Hillary Clinton doesn’t because he possesses superior “judgment,” as he calls it, on the key issues we face as a nation. As definitive proof he offers one speech he made in 2002 during [...]

That inconsequential subcommittee »

Last night’s MSNBC debate co-moderator Tim Russert is on Morning Joe, bringing up Clinton’s point about Barack Obama failing to convene a single substantive hearing of the European Affairs subcommittee of the U.S. Senate’s Foreign Relations committee, to which Obama was appointed in January 2007. Obama’s response in the Ohio debate last night? He was [...]

McCain Gears Up »

Taylor Marsh has a wonderful post tonight on the primary results, titled “Is he still talking?” You must read it all. That title made me laugh out loud. The second I saw her title I knew what she was talking about. Earlier, I had been flipping channels and landed on Fox where Hume et al. [...]

How Kumbayah! Obama’s Top Attorney Wants to Pardon Scooter Libby! »

Those are big smooches landing smack on Scooter’s “other cheek.” I did not know this. But, Jane Hampsher at FireDogLake, who covered the Scooter Libby trial like no other blogger, had plenty to say: “Pardoning Scooter — Still A Bad Idea, Senator Obama.” Here’s the scoop from The Hill about Obama’s top general counsel:

Sam Provance, Joe & Valerie Wilson, and Ron Slater »

Here at No Quarter, we are all familiar with the price that whisteblower Joe Wilson and his wife Valerie Plame Wilson paid for speaking out on Bush’s false rationales for going to war. Through Larry’s posts, we’ve met Sam Provance, who “exposed the torture in Abu Ghraib and as thanks had his career ruined, was [...]

Friday Fizzle, Sizzle + WIDE OPEN THREAD »

UPDATE — A Fun Interview with Valerie Plame Wilson on Her Movie Deal: “Plame on spy movies and going Hollywood,” at Politico.com (Tidbits: “We have a powerful script.” … “[T]here’s a story of political intrigue, an espionage story and a love story. It’s about the loss of innocence, about speaking truth to power. And it [...]

Joe Wilson Has Choice Words for Novak (+Open Thread) »

Greg Sargent of Talking Points Memo’s Horse’s Mouth blog called Joe Wilson today for his reaction to the Novak story we covered yesterday: Joe Wilson: “Chronic Liar” Robert Novak Is “Going Straight To Hell” October 8, 2007 — 4:19 PM EST // // I just got off the phone with former Ambassador Joe Wilson, and [...]

Your Choice: Laugh, Scream or Cry! »

Sunday funnies — from Mike Soraghan for The Hill: “Columnist Robert Novak said Saturday Ambassador Joe Wilson did not forcefully object to the naming of his CIA operative wife, Valerie Plame Wilson, when Novak spoke to him prior to the publication of a column that sparked a federal investigation and sent White House aide I. [...]

TGIF Must-Reads (Add Your Own) »

Sy Hersh’s “Iran Plans” isn’t the only great piece in the new issue of The New Yorker. Steve Coll took on Petraeus last month; now he dissects the Jena Six case in “Disparities” and looks at nationwide statistics for “America’s ‘school-to-prison pipeline’” for black youths. (Louisiana, the setting for the Jena Six, isn’t the worst. [...]

Wilson Case Dismissed »

Posted by Jim Marcinkowski SECRET/NOFORN/NOMORONS/NOREPUBS/NOPOLITOCOS/NOHACKS TO: CIA STATIONS WORLDWIDE FM: LEGAL COUNSEL – LANGLEY, VIRGINIA RE: DISMISSAL OF WILSON/PLAME DISCLOSURE CASE – SUMMARY REF: Valerie Plame Wilson et al v. I. Lewis Libby, et al. As you are no doubt aware, last week Judge John D. Bates of the federal district court in WDC dismissed [...]

Joe Wilson Endorses Hillary Clinton »

Posted by SusanUnPC … Rumored for a day or so on the Drudge Report, the Clinton campaign made it official on July 16 with a press release on its campaign site: Fmr. Ambassador Joseph Wilson Endorses Clinton The Clinton Campaign today announced the endorsement of leading Iraq war critic and former Ambassador Joseph Wilson. “I [...]

Source Documents from Valerie Wilson Civil Suits »

by Larry C Johnson Today’s decision by one judge who dismissed the civil suit Joe and Valerie Wilson filed against Dick Cheney and others for the leak of Valerie’s covert identity is not unexpected and entirely procedural. If you are really interested you can read the opinion for yourself. I was particularly intrigued that Judge [...]