This Whole ‘Leon Panetta’ Thing May Not Have Worked Out
Monday, August 24th, 2009
Today is “Liberal Day” in the executive branch — it comes but once a year! — what with the release of the 2004 CIA inspector general report on all of the death it caused, as well as Eric Holder’s decision to appoint a prosecutor to investigate, uh, something, to some extent, with regards to the CIA. You know where they’re upset about these two things? At the CIA! Specifically, longtime Washington operative Leon Panetta — he is upset. He has been cursing at Obama and whining about stuff for months, and will probably quit soon. MORE »
Ha ha, Reuters, you are dirty. You have crossed even Mark Sanford’s line. (Thank you “R T” for this foulness.) [
Goddammit we have been trying to maintain a tone of respectful civility here, issuing all sorts of grim edicts about how nobody is allowed to say things about the orifices of a certain candidate for high public office because it is just gross and wrong, and then MARK MURRAY writes this thing about a frigging PROBE and what are we supposed to do, ignore it? First Read is in the tank for the sex toy industry. [
The FBI subpoenaed as many as 10 associates for Al Sharpton yesterday, demanding financial records dating back to 2001. According to some source who talked to the New York Daily News, “The FBI and IRS are investigating whether Sharpton improperly misstated the amount of money he raised during his 2004 White House run to illegally obtain federal matching funds.” This is all well and good, but can’t we prosecute someone a little more important, for something a little more devious? [
