miers/gtech

* theres more here on the miers/gtech story. if you dont know the story, make sure you read this one. (i actually pointed to this possibility even before miers' nomination was announced.) so much fun. and dont forget that this issue is tangentially related to the niger fraud and traitorgate

* scott horton will be interviewing raimondo and michael scheuer on his show on saturday - which should be a rollicking fun time (link)

* scottritter and sy hersh gave a speech in nyc - it'll be rebroadcast on C-SPAN 2 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 at 4:30 PM and again at 10 PM, ET (link)

* david brooks on lehrer: 'even if miers wanted to withdraw, the president wouldnt let her' - theres only one reason he wants her there - to save his own ass in people v. blinky

* "The Bush administration seems to believe that the President has the power to make war on anybody it chooses without even having to consult with Congress. Senator Chafee observed to Secretary Rice, "Under the Iraq war resolution, we restricted any military action to Iraq." Then he asked, "So would you agree that if anything were to occur on Syrian or Iranian soil, you would have to return to Congress to get that authorization?" Rice's reply? "Senator, I don't want to try and circumscribe presidential war powers. And I think you'll understand fully that the President retains those powers in the war on terrorism and in the war on Iraq."" (link)