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Analysis: Washington Is out of Step With America on Snowden
July 12, 2013 He went to China to reveal closely held America secrets, had his passport revoked and a warrant issued for his arrest, fled to Russia with the aid of an accused sex offender, and has been offered asylum by Venezuela, a country whose anti-Americanism is legendary. "He's a traitor," House Speaker ...
Analysis: The Real Problem With Hillary's Age
July 5, 2013 Republican spinning that Hillary Clinton is too old to be president is the sort of bad messaging strategy you see when people are not coordinating with a campaign or a candidate, mainly because neither exists on the GOP side at this moment. What message do comments on age reinforce about ...
The New Front in the IRS Scandal: The Inspector General's Office
June 26, 2013 When the Treasury Department inspector general for tax administrationappeared before a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on June 3, he did not shy away from introducing a highly politicized framework for understanding the Internal Revenue Service's actions in targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. "This is unprecedented, Congressman .... During the ...
NSA Leaks and the Pentagon Papers: The Difference Between Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg
June 17, 2013
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Edward Snowden has so raised the hackles of members of Congress and political commentators, it's worth taking a minute to try to understand why. It can't just be his leaks -- no similar reaction greeted revelations by Thomas Drake and William Binney, two recent NSA whistle-blowers who also sought to ...
Proof the IRS Didn't Target Just Conservatives
June 5, 2013 Close to a third of the advocacy groups named by the Internal Revenue Service as recipients of special scrutiny during tax-exempt application reviews were liberal or neutral in political outlook, a leading nonpartisan tax newsletterreported after conducting an independent analysis of data released by the agency. All told, around 470 ...
This Is Why People Hate the Government
May 16, 2013 The Treasury Inspector General report on the IRS mishandling of conservative advocacy group applications for tax exempt status between March 2010 and February 2012 was released Tuesday, and it is a doozy. The report, conveniently titled "Inappropriate Criteria Were Used to Identify Tax-Exempt Applications for Review" -- in case you ...
Joe Biden, White House Id
April 25, 2013 If Barack Obama has a bit too much restraint about his persona for the commentariat, Joe Biden is the White House's exuberant and impassioned id. From "This is a big fucking deal!" to remarks that fall in Onion territory, the tactile, voluble vice president has stepped forward at key moments ...
When America Was Female
March 6, 2013 The photos of the historic suffragette March on Washington on March 3, 1913, that were all over the place over the weekend were a reminder of how far America has come in the last century, and of how much American women have been at the forefront of pushing the international ...
Susan Rice learns what it's really like to be Hillary
December 14, 2012 U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice has withdrawn her name from consideration for nomination to be secretary of state. "If nominated, I am now convinced that the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly," she said in a letter formally taking herself out of consideration. And with that ...
Susan Rice's Senate opponents voted for resolution on Benghazi protests
December 5, 2012 Is voting for something in the Senate a less significant statement of beliefs than saying the same thing on a Sunday talk show? That's the standard the troika of GOP senators leading the charge against U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice is using today. Their comments come in ...
