Daily Archives: January 7th, 2010 «

 

And it just keeps getting worse

Posted by: ST on January 7, 2010 at 8:01 pm » 23 Comments

Sigh. From a transcript of today’s press briefing with DHS Sec. Janet Napolitano and John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (via Keep America Safe): Q What was the most shocking, stunning thing that you found out of the review [of the watchinlisting system]? And, Secretary, to you, as well. MR. [...]

 

AP

Posted by: ST on January 7, 2010 at 7:42 pm » Comments Off

Report: Attack on CIA Planned by Bin Laden Aides

 

NJ Online

Posted by: ST on January 7, 2010 at 7:38 pm » Comments Off

N.J. Senate rejects bill legalizing gay marriage

 

“Senior” Obama admin official claims that Gitmo recidivism rate is Bush’s fault

Posted by: ST on January 7, 2010 at 7:11 pm » 12 Comments

Plum Line’s Greg Sargent excitedly reports on an unverifiable claim he received from a “senior Obama administration official” on the issue of Gitmo recidivism: One of the big stories of the morning — echoed widely by the news orgs and on the right — is that new government stats show that 20 percent of Gitmo [...]

 

SF Chron

Posted by: ST on January 7, 2010 at 2:54 pm » Comments Off

Prop. 8 trial will be shown on YouTube

 

B’berg

Posted by: ST on January 7, 2010 at 2:53 pm » Comments Off

Geithner’s New York Fed Told AIG to Limit Swaps Disclosure

 

Typical: WH won’t answer questions on broken C-SPAN promise

Posted by: ST on January 7, 2010 at 11:27 am » 7 Comments

This will surprise no one (via Memeorandum): On Tuesday, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs declined to answer questions about the president’s campaign commitment to hold health-care negotiations on C-Span. Gibbs said he had not seen a letter from C-Span’s Brian Lamb to congressional leaders requesting the coverage and thus could not comment on it. [...]

 

ABC News

Posted by: ST on January 7, 2010 at 11:17 am » Comments Off

Security for 9/11 Trials in NYC Will Cost More Than $400M

 

Pitt Live

Posted by: ST on January 7, 2010 at 11:16 am » Comments Off

Sestak puts blame on Democratic leaders for slipping support

 

CSM

Posted by: ST on January 7, 2010 at 11:14 am » Comments Off

Sarah Palin will headline first-ever Tea Party Convention