June 7, 2004

I recently read up some useful information on how to interpret the designations of those fuel contracts for Viktor Bout’s airlines. According to the DESC website, a DoDAAC beginning with “T” is one used to supply a charter or contractor on US Government service, or aircraft (or anything else) belonging to a foreign government when…

A lot of the time, whatever the press say about the “atmosphere” or the “political climate” might seem to be a myth restricted to a few twerps somewhere in London. Surely, this is just what politicians say about each other and what journos write about them. Yesterday, though, it was concrete. Police helicopters clattered constantly…

Capitol Hill Blue: Bush’s Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides Well, looks like the denizens of the West Wing are beginning to feel the pain from working for George W. Bush. “In meetings with top aides and administration officials, the President goes from quoting the Bible in one breath to obscene tantrums against the media,…

A curious offshoot of the raging scandal around Ahmed “The greatest Arab since Mohammed” Chalabi and his exposure as an Iranian spy has been pointed up by Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo. As the far more important questions build up, a small British angle has emerged with a story in the Daily Telegraph about…