October 17, 2005
Irving Lewis "Scooter" Libby is in Trouble
Reuters Correspondent Adam Entous reported October 15, 2005 that, Vice President Dick Cheney's top aide could face obstruction charges over whether he tried to shape a New York Times reporter's testimony about the outing of a covert CIA operative, people close to the case said on Sunday [October 15, 2005].
Scooter Libby deserves to be indicted if he tried to influence Judith Miller's grand jury testimony. I think hubris has finally gotten the best of Libby and the rest of the Bush Administration crowd who got us into a senseless war in Iraq.
Trying to sell a bogus rationale for the invasion and silencing critics of the war is what led someone in the Bush crowd to blow CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson's cover, and then try to cover it up. It was done to punish her husband, Joseph C. Wilson, for publicly debunking the Bush rationale for the war. Hence, the CIA leak investigation.
Posted by Munir Umrani at 02:39 AM | Comments (0)
September 23, 2005
Fewer Than Half of U.S. Citizens Believe U.S. Will Win Iraq War
CNN reported September 22, 2005 that, "A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Thursday [September 22, 2005] indicated fewer than half of Americans believe the United States will win the Iraq war, and 55 percent of those surveyed said it should speed up withdrawal plans."
I am one those. Here the CNN report.
Posted by Munir Umrani at 04:05 PM | Comments (0)
August 16, 2005
It's Time to Ask Bush About Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq
Dan Froomkin, deputy editor of the Nieman Watchdog Project and writer of the White House Briefing column for washingtonpost.com, noted on August 16, 2005 that,
Intelligent observers of the situation in Iraq are increasingly calling attention to the hugely contentious issue of permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq."And they are calling on the press to ask some key questions," he said. Here's a link to some of the questions some observers want answered.
Posted by Munir Umrani at 05:11 PM | Comments (0)
