The Prowler
RED MEAT Despite reports to the contrary over the weekend, Attorney General Eric Holder‘s review of a possible criminal investigation into use of enhanced interrogation techniques is taking place with the approval, and even the encouragement, of the White House….
Steele Eyed Some members of the Republican National Committee who chose not to support Michael Steele for chairman are encouraging reporters to monitor the RNC’s FEC and expense filings after the second quarter. “You’ve got some Republi cans who just…
House Republican staffers on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform are mulling their next steps in investigating last week’s firing of Gerald Walpin as Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service and its AmeriCorps program. On…
(UPDATE: REVISED TO CORRECT BENENSON STATEMENT) (UPDATE II: LETTER FROM JOEL BENENSON INCLUDED BELOW*) Republican New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie was issued a House Judiciary Committee invitation to appear before one of its subcommitees next week, with the knowledge…
Hatching a Plot Given that Justice David Souter made his seat on the Supreme Court a liberal one, Republicans are raring for a fight on principles and for political points, if not blocking a nominee. So while Democrats prayed for…
LEAHY’S BRAIN As Vice President Joe Biden‘s staff continues his PR offensive to make it clear he and his senior aides will be critical to the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, lost is the far greater influence to…
Word coming recently that due to a series of diplomatic oversights, Queen Elizabeth was excluded from a planned U.S.-French commemoration of D-Day, despite her, as well as Britain’s, role in the war and the D-Day campaign, has put renewed focus…
The White House was aware that U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu would call for flat-topped roofs (both current and new construction) to be painted with white reflective paint. Chu made the remarks on Tuesday at a conference of Nobel…
Senior House Democrat leadership aides say that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi believes that members of the Central Intelligence Agency aren’t the only people who have been lying to her. “Since she stepped into the middle of this waterboarding controversy she’s…
