Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:

• Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys
  
• Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths
  
• Lack of accountability

picked by indierockcafe 2 years ago

Just breaking, MTB has obtained excerpts from the leaked emails suggesting the WHite House targeted federal attorneys for firing because they were not "Bush loyalists"
Another Bush administration scandal, lies and cover-ups.

This update provides access to the actual email and may be the first place on the Internet to find it. picked by indierockcafe 2 years ago

The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''

Or something like that. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Whitehouse said that as a member of the Intelligence Committee, he had examined "highly classified secret legal opinions" issued by the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, which the administration used to get legal support of its surveillance program. picked by dollyllama 12 months ago

A White House manual(pdf) that came to light recently gives presidential advance staffers extensive instructions in the art of "deterring potential protestors" from President Bush's public appearances around the country. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

"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," Whitehouse said. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

Many women's groups are worried about Obama's picks for his White House staff. Apparently, there's not enough women.

Should he pick the right person for the job? Or the right gender? picked by JoshSF49 19 hours ago

I walked into Rumsfeld's office at 1:25 p.m. on April 19, 2006. He had just returned from a meeting at the White House, and the only other person present in the room was his new Chief of Staff, John Rangel.

*Oh it's a dupe and while it does bear repeating, do upvote the original. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

The Bush administration is laying out a new secrecy defense in an effort to end a court battle about the White House visits of now-imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
The administration agreed last year to produce all responsive records about the visits "without redactions or claims of exemption," according to a court order. picked by dollyllama 12 months ago

The administration’s decision to give the Defense Department and other agencies an early role in the process adds to years of delay in acting on harmful chemicals and jeopardizes the program’s credibility, the Government Accountability Office concluded. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago