Friday, July 27, 2007

THE SYSTEM CRUMBLES NYTimes: "The director of the F.B.I. offered testimony Thursday that sharply conflicted with Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales's sworn statements about a 2004 confrontation in which top Justice Department officials threatened to resign over a secret intelligence operation. The director, Robert S. Mueller III, told the House Judiciary Committee that the confrontation was about the National Security Agency's counterterrorist eavesdropping program, describing it as 'an N.S.A. program that has been much discussed'. His testimony was a serious blow to Mr. Gonzales, who insisted at a Senate hearing on Tuesday that there were no disagreements inside the Bush administration about the program at the time of those discussions or at any other time." WashingtonPost: "The Pentagon is making contingency plans for a gradual U.S. withdrawal of troops from Iraq, according to U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who called the planning a 'priority'." CrooksAndLiars: "If the Bush administration wanted to fuel conspiracy theories about its classified plan for maintaining governmental control in the wake of an apocalyptic terror attack, it could not have come up with a better strategy than refusing to let Congressman Peter DeFazio examine it." News: "Denmark has withdrawn most of the 430 troops it has stationed in Iraq earlier than expected, a report said today quoting the Danish military." DownWithTyranny: "The American Research Group has his approval rating down to 25% and sinking. 71% of Americans now disapprove of Bush's job performance." AlterNet: "News flash: The American economy is a hyperreality engineered by Ph.D.s working hand-in-hand with colluding media multinationals, political officials and some of the biggest names in business - and the banks that invest in them. In other news, greed is still good. Hedge funds have helped create a counterfeit economy that some experts say could lead to another full-blown economic depression." 10:49:26 AM

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