The Washington Post reports that the failure of House Democrats to allow a vote on the terrorist surveillance law reduced cooperation from the telcos last week: Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell and Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey said in a letter sent yesterday afternoon to Capitol Hill that the companies were refusing to cooperate because they were uncertain about what legal liability they might face. “We have lost intelligence information this past week as

Josh Marshall warns of the grave threat the US military poses to our democracy: It would appear that we have another case where the Bush Pentagon, particularly the Office of Public Affairs is forcefully inserting itself into the civilian election process. Put aside the fact that Marshall does not reference any prior instance to justify his claim that this is “another” instance, let alone his later claim that there is a