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Another Eyewitness, This Time With Pictures

…this time in the Cleveland Plain Dealer: For 35 years, Richard McCann largely kept his experiences as a swift boat commander in Vietnam to himself. “There is a horror to…

Sensitivity

…Cheney thinks they’re a bunch of pussies, too. In fact, the military may be chock-full of sensitive soldiers. Here’s one, Maj. Bob Pizzitola, quoted in The Army Times: “Hopefully, the…

…a good list: Department of State: Felix Rohatyn, Richard Holbrooke, or Sen. Joe Biden Department of the Treasury: Roger Altman Office of Management and Budget: John Spratt National Economic Council:…

…sure it’s quite accurate. Read the whole interview and note that Anonymous is frustrated that the insights of the analysts are being blocked by “senior bureaucrats”. Was this why Richard

…because Chalabi said so. This story raises an additional important question: who is the heavier drinker, Richard Perle or Doug Feith? Speaking of angry, this story does the trick as…

…brought deep dishonor to our country and built a durable reputation as the most dishonest President since Richard Nixon. [snip] …There was then, there is now and there would have…

…And no. I didn’t embellish the more recent quote (both quotes in this story.) Is there anyone — besides Richard Clarke — that the administration does not have compromising photographs…

…The book reports that the meeting with Bandar was held on Jan. 11, 2003, in Vice President Cheney’s West Wing office. Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs…

Shorter Angry Bear Fred Kaplan in Slate: Throughout that summer, we now well know, Tenet, Richard Clarke, and several other officials were running around with their “hair on fire,” warning…