Bush and Cheney: 'neocons'

* froomkin: "It's worth noting that bloggers have in several cases now been much more meticulous readers of the filings in the Libby case than mainstream news reporters. But -- especially if they themselves don't trumpet the importance of what they've spotted -- what they write may get lost in the noise.
Another example: I wrote on Feb. 10 about the scoop Murray Waas got in the National Journal -- based on his close reading of a document that had been public for more than a week. Afterwards, I learned that bloggers posting at The Next Hurrah and Firedoglake had actually spotted the same detail much earlier."
yay emptywheel.

* wapo ed: "The de facto principles governing the punishment of U.S. personnel guilty of prisoner abuse since 2002 now are clear: Torturing a foreign prisoner to death is excusable. Authoring and implementing policies of torture may lead to promotion. But being pictured in an Abu Ghraib photograph that leaks to the press is grounds for a heavy prison sentence."

* "General Miller has denied recommending the use of guard dogs to intimidate prisoners during interrogations in Iraq. He also recently said he would not testify in the courts-martial of Sergeants Cardona and Smith, invoking his right to avoid self-incrimination. As someone who voluntarily spoke at length about my actions in Iraq to investigators, without a lawyer present, I can't have a favorable opinion of General Miller. By doing the military equivalent of "taking the Fifth," he's decided to protect himself, apparently happy to let two dog handlers take the fall — a stunning betrayal of his subordinates and Army values." (link)

* "The Pentagon has since made post-conflict stability concerns a major part of contingency planning right alongside preparing for the war itself, according to a new policy directive." (link)
geniuses

* i just noticed that Ledeen inadvertently calls both Bush and Cheney 'neocons' in his interview with Larisa