<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Inspector General quits at State Department : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>Inspector General quits at State Department : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Inspector General quits at State Department]]></title><description><![CDATA[No departure details given for man accused of impeding Blackwater probe<br/><br/>In addition to recusing himself from matters related to Blackwater, Krongard also said he is no longer involved in corruption investigations related to the flawed construction of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, a $600 million project that is beset by logistical delays and security concerns.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/43568/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/43568/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Gonzales Next Bush, Rove and Cheney Fall Guy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:<ul style='list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 0px 10px;'><li class='li'>Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys<br/><li class='li'>Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths<br/><li class='li'>Lack of accountability</ul>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13292/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13292/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush is A commander guy, not THE commander guy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''<br/><br/>Or something like that.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19102/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19102/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Blackwater 'Blood Money' Angers Iraqis]]></title><description><![CDATA[At least two Iraqi families of victims killed by Blackwater security guards in September tell ABC News they have refused compensation offered by the company.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/55095/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/55095/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI: Blackwater Killings Unjustified]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New York Times cited unidentified civilian and military officials in reporting for Wednesday's editions that the killings of at least 14 of the 17 Iraqi civilians shot by Blackwater personnel guarding a U.S. Embassy convoy were found to have been unjustified and violated standards in place governing the use of deadly force.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41599/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41599/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[New Emails Obtained Suggest White House Aides Lied about Firings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just breaking, MTB has obtained excerpts from the leaked emails suggesting the WHite House targeted federal attorneys for firing because they were not &quot;Bush loyalists&quot;<br/>Another Bush administration scandal, lies and cover-ups. <br/><br/>This update provides access to the actual email and may be the first place on the Internet to find it.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13275/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13275/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Spy Bill Stance Called Fear-Mongering]]></title><description><![CDATA[The administration admitted that the sweeping domestic surveillance originated in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks. However, declassified documents obtained by the National Security Archive and testimony that is part of these lawsuits suggest the National Security Agency program was put into place shortly after Mr. Bush was inaugurated, long before 9/11.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/50706/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/50706/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Senator Reveals Secret Bush Legal Opinions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whitehouse said that as a member of the Intelligence Committee, he had examined &quot;highly classified secret legal opinions&quot; issued by the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, which the administration used to get legal support of its surveillance program.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/43574/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/43574/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Aware of Advisers' Interrogation Talks]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;Well, we started to connect the dots in order to protect the American people.&quot; Bush told ABC News White House correspondent Martha Raddatz. &quot;And yes, I'm aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved.&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57980/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57980/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Blackwater USA ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blackwater USA is the most comprehensive professional military, law enforcement, security, peacekeeping, and stability operations company in the world.<br/>(you didn't know about this?)]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18663/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18663/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Dept. Probes Torture Memo Legality]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;The abject failure of legal scholarship in the Office of Legal Counsel's analysis of torture suggests that what mattered was not that the reasoning was sound, or that the research was comprehensive, but that it delivered what the Bush administration wanted,&quot; Whitehouse said.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/58913/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/58913/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush to relax protected species rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/72019/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/72019/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[George &quot;Dubya&quot; Bush Countdown Timer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Simply put, how long it will be until G.W. is no longer president of the United States.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/22218/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/22218/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[McClellan blames Bush for CIA leak deceit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President d**k Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative.<br/><br/>*me awaits the inevitable argument from the RED side.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/42132/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/42132/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I hate Bush but love Americans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here in Sweden, the debate rages on about whether it is possible to hate President Bush while loving America given that 50.7 per cent of Americans re-elected him. But when I see images of the brave men, women and children who courageously stand up for the rights of all those whose rights have been trampled under iron boots of Bush's neocon army, my faith in Americans is restored.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27472/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27472/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Fargo Man Under Investigation for Bush Assassination Plot]]></title><description><![CDATA[He supposedly at a 2005 rally in Fargo, had a gun and was about to kill Bush when he thought he was being watched.  Kudos to security for missing the gun.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/55091/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/55091/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Wolfowitz Gets New Job At State Department]]></title><description><![CDATA[The move by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice marks a return to government for Wolfowitz, a conservative with close ties to the White House. As deputy defense secretary under President Bush, he was a major architect of the Iraq war.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/48416/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/48416/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[ Off-color Bush featured in coloring book]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. President George W. Bush shows up in some very non-presidential situations in the new &quot;Off-Color Coloring Book: The Bush Years.&quot; Whether Bush is shown dressed as a cheerleader or drinking beer, the coloring book portrays the president in an unflattering light that its authors said is simply good-natured fun.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20208/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/20208/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The REAL 'State of the Union' Address.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once again, America and the world has been bush whacked by president George W. Bush. Here is his state of the union address, only a bit... more honest this time. You gotta love the ability to cut/ paste reality. political, comedy, news.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11482/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11482/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[China cracks down on corruption]]></title><description><![CDATA[China has punished more than 17,500 officials in the first eight months of this year on corruption charges, according to state news agency Xinhua.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/4226/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/4226/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Nominates Homophobic Fundie for Surgeon General]]></title><description><![CDATA[Again, Bush chooses ideology over competance, selecting Dr. James W. Holsinger Jr., who wrote a paper for the Methodist Church in which he compares human sex to pipe fittings.<br/>To wipe your ass with the paper, download the pdf here: <div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politi...mosexuality.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politi...mosexuality.pdf</a></div>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/24010/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/24010/1/</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>