egadmin-gate

* "Rep. Waxman reminds us that tomorrow at 10am Eastern, Congressional Dems will be convening a panel to discuss the the national security implications of the Plame leak. Former CIA officials will be testifying." (link)
will cspan cover it?

* "California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's approval rating dropped to a new low even before a controversy developed about his hefty side income from fitness magazines... Only 34 percent of adult Californians approve of the job Schwarzenegger is doing as governor, compared with 51 percent who disapprove" (link)
CA residents should be ashamed for fucking up their democracy when they voted for this guy.

* "Several widows whose husbands were killed on 9/11 have excoriated the report issued by the 9/11 Commission on the first anniversary of the commission's report, and have joined with other activists to call for a more thorough investigation.
They plan a press conference in the National Press Club Friday afternoon, particularly aimed at independent media and the foreign press corps" (raw story)
targeting foreign media is a brilliant ploy (unless you are an amgrunt)
altho friday afternoon US time is pretty dumb. ron has more

* "Lewis “Scooter'’ Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief
of staff, told special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald that he first
learned from NBC News reporter Tim Russert of the identity of CIA
agent Valerie Plame, the wife of former ambassador and Bush
administration critic Joseph Wilson. Russert has testified before
a federal grand jury that he didn’t tell Libby of Plame’s
identity." (atrios)
why the frown timmeh?

* egadmin-gate has gone ballistic. see john for all the latest bits and pieces. "We've got the Washington Post, the New York Times, Bloomberg and, of all publications, the friggin' Wall Street Journal all competing to be THE news service that breaks the true story of what the White House did with regards to RoveGate."
at this rate, we are gonna have to repatriate some of the orange cloth we gave to ukraine. or maybe its time to buy shares in whoever makes the orange jumpsuits.