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Monthly Archives: February 2006
Submission or resistance?
In September 1988 Salman Rushdie published The Satanic Verses. In February 1989 Ayatollah Khomeni issued his edict condemning Rushdie for blaspemy and apostasy; he also placed a multimillion dollar bounty on Rushdie’s head. (The bounty not only remains, it has has been increased.) Riots, bombings and assassinations resulting in the deaths of more than twenty people followed. In his 1990 book The Rushdie Affair: The Novel, the Ayatollah and the »
When bologna met grinder
Paul Mirengoff is too modest to post any of the many congratulatory messages we have received regarding his attempt to interview Senators Kennedy and Durbin this afternoon. All the kind words and congratulatory messages are appreciated. A few are too good to keep to ourselves. A propos of Senator Durbin’s promise to check out the Pajama Line, reader Philip Burstein writes: The Pajama Line is the line I’m in And »
When bologna met grinder
Paul Mirengoff is too modest to post any of the many congratulatory messages we have received regarding his attempt to interview Senators Kennedy and Durbin this afternoon. All the kind words and congratulatory messages are appreciated. A few are too good to keep to ourselves. A propos of Senator Durbin’s promise to check out the Pajama Line, reader Philip Burstein writes: The Pajama Line is the line I’m in And »
Questioned by a Republican? Impossible!
Chris Muir’s Day By Day comments on Paul’s participation in today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: It occurs to me that in all the years that Ted Kennedy and Dick Durbin have stood before microphones on Capitol Hill, answering questions posed by the Washington press corps, they might never have had to answer a question asked by someone who wasn’t a fellow Democrat. This may, indeed, have been a watershed moment. »
Questioned by a Republican? Impossible!
Chris Muir’s Day By Day comments on Paul’s participation in today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: It occurs to me that in all the years that Ted Kennedy and Dick Durbin have stood before microphones on Capitol Hill, answering questions posed by the Washington press corps, they might never have had to answer a question asked by someone who wasn’t a fellow Democrat. This may, indeed, have been a watershed moment. »
Media Alert
I’ll be on NPR’s “To the Point” tomorrow, talking about the NSA’s international terrorist surveillance program. I think my segment will start around 1:20 central time. The emphasis, I think, will be on the multiple reasons why the program is legal, in addition to being a good idea. Every once in a while–on relatively rare occasions–it actually comes in handy to be a lawyer. »
Media Alert
I’ll be on NPR’s “To the Point” tomorrow, talking about the NSA’s international terrorist surveillance program. I think my segment will start around 1:20 central time. The emphasis, I think, will be on the multiple reasons why the program is legal, in addition to being a good idea. Every once in a while–on relatively rare occasions–it actually comes in handy to be a lawyer. »
Democrats to Offer Contract with al Qaeda?
In 1994, the Republicans took control of both houses of Congress by offering a “Contract With America” that set out principles the Republicans would follow if they were elected. A.J. Strata thinks the Democrats have a similar strategy in mind for 2006, only this time, what the Democrats are proposing is not a Contract With America, but a Contract With al Qaeda. It’s a hard-hitting post, and I’m sure that »
Democrats to Offer Contract with al Qaeda?
In 1994, the Republicans took control of both houses of Congress by offering a “Contract With America” that set out principles the Republicans would follow if they were elected. A.J. Strata thinks the Democrats have a similar strategy in mind for 2006, only this time, what the Democrats are proposing is not a Contract With America, but a Contract With al Qaeda. It’s a hard-hitting post, and I’m sure that »
An Apt Comparison
You can link to the transcript of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing from Real Clear Politics. There’s lots of interesting stuff, but I thought the Attorney General’s repetition of the limited scope of the NSA program was significant, in light of the Washington Post’s apparently incorrect article yesterday: Sir, I believe that General Hayden, the deputy director of intelligence, yesterday, confirmed that before there is any interception, there is a »
An Apt Comparison
You can link to the transcript of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing from Real Clear Politics. There’s lots of interesting stuff, but I thought the Attorney General’s repetition of the limited scope of the NSA program was significant, in light of the Washington Post’s apparently incorrect article yesterday: Sir, I believe that General Hayden, the deputy director of intelligence, yesterday, confirmed that before there is any interception, there is a »
Scooped by my own partner
As John mentioned, this morning Senator Durbin met the new media and, more specifically, “Pajama Line.” This occurred because I had the good fortune of accompanying filmmaker Andrew Marcus of Pajamas Media to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the legality of the NSA intercept program. I’ll skip over Attorney General Gonzales’ excellent opening statement, which I’m sure has been well-covered by the blogosphere. I’ll also mention only in passing »
Scooped by my own partner
As John mentioned, this morning Senator Durbin met the new media and, more specifically, “Pajama Line.” This occurred because I had the good fortune of accompanying filmmaker Andrew Marcus of Pajamas Media to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the legality of the NSA intercept program. I’ll skip over Attorney General Gonzales’ excellent opening statement, which I’m sure has been well-covered by the blogosphere. I’ll also mention only in passing »
Durbin Encounters the New Media
As we noted earlier today, Paul is in Washington with filmmaker Andrew Marcus covering the Senate Judiciary Committee’s NSA hearings. The Senators periodically give interviews outside of the hearing room, and this morning Paul asked a question of Senator Dick Durbin. Paul’s question was a good one: FISA contains an exception for surveillance that is authorized by another statute, and the administration says that the Authorization for Use of Military »
Durbin Encounters the New Media
As we noted earlier today, Paul is in Washington with filmmaker Andrew Marcus covering the Senate Judiciary Committee’s NSA hearings. The Senators periodically give interviews outside of the hearing room, and this morning Paul asked a question of Senator Dick Durbin. Paul’s question was a good one: FISA contains an exception for surveillance that is authorized by another statute, and the administration says that the Authorization for Use of Military »
Gonzales Frames the Issue
The White House has sent out the text of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning. For the most part, he repeats the basic points on the legality of the NSA program which he has made elsewhere, and which we have already commented on at length. So I won’t repeat those points. I especially liked, however, the way Gonzales concluded his testimony: I have »
Gonzales Frames the Issue
The White House has sent out the text of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning. For the most part, he repeats the basic points on the legality of the NSA program which he has made elsewhere, and which we have already commented on at length. So I won’t repeat those points. I especially liked, however, the way Gonzales concluded his testimony: I have »
