- Watching Justice – a new site/organization montioring the actions of the DOJ
- Mefi: Behind Diplomatic Moves, Military Plan Was Launched
- Bush Began to Plan War Three Months After 9/11
Before the war with Iraq, Powell bluntly told Bush that if he sent U.S. troops there “you’re going to be owning this place.” Powell and his deputy and closest friend, Richard L. Armitage, used to refer to what they called “the Pottery Barn rule” on Iraq: “You break it, you own it,” according to Woodward.
- Very interesting reading @ Atrios, Washington Monthly lately