Someone Call Fitz! »

I think that Patrick Fitzgerald needs to get to the bottom of the outing of CIA spy Stacey Finley.

A man was sente…

Hayden Confirmed »

This was quick (Considering how long some judicial nominees have waited).
After hearing assurances he will be independent of the Pentagon, the Senate on Friday easily confirmed Gen. Michael Hayden, a career Air Force man, to head the CIA.
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Hayden, 61, would be the first active-duty or retired military officer to run the spy agency in [...]

First Cup 05.09.06 »

If it wasn’t for coffee, I’d have no discernible personality at all. ~ David Letterman
Wizbang (Kim Priestap) Why Price Controls Don’t Work — “When prices spike as they have with gasoline, lawmakers who don’t understand the free market think enacting price controls will solve the problem. In reality, price controls do the opposite, as [...]

First Cup 05.07.06 »

Coffee, according to the women of Denmark, is to the body what the Word of the Lord is to the soul. ~ Isak Dinesen
Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) The Spectre of Specter Descends On Hayden — “Earlier today I wrote that the nomination of General Michael Hayden would present Democrats in the Senate a golden [...]

Porter Goss Resigns »

AP is reporting:
CIA Director Porter Goss resigned unexpectedly Friday, leaving behind a spy agency still struggling to recover from the scars of intelligence failures before America’s worst terrorist attack and faulty information that formed the U.S. rationale for invading Iraq.
It was the latest move in a second-term shake-up of President Bush’s team.
Making the announcement from [...]