Fox’s Roger Ailes says: “The candidates that can’t face Fox, can’t face Al Qaeda. And that’s what’s coming.”
I guess we at least agree about the nature of the organization?
Late Update: From TPM Reader RT: “I guess he validates the theory you shouldn’t negotiate with terrorists.”
Latest News from the Turkish/Iraqi (Kurdistan) Border: We got a statement from the DC rep of the Kurdistan Regional Government. He says there are no Turkish forces in Kurdistan “as of today.”
And we’ve got more background on what may have triggered the crisis: a little discussed turnover of security control in Iraqi Kurdistan from US control to that of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
Late Update: State Department spokeswoman tells us that the report of a Turkish military incursion into Iraqi Kurdistan “is not a true story.” More soon. — SA
Fred Thompson debuts new position on abortion just in time to debut new campaign for president.
Fox News takes a second stab at apologizing over the Conyers/Jefferson ‘goof’ …
We hear that the DOJ has closed its inquiry into former Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ).
No prosecution. No further action.
Breaking: Pundit actually praises Nancy Pelosi, says she could prove to be an “exceptional” speaker!
New Abramoff guilty plea: Italia Federici come on down!
For a backgrounder on Federici’s role in the case, see the TPMmuckraker bio.
About that Turkish incursion into Iraqi Kurdistan: apparently it didn’t happen.
Yesterday, in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, DOJer Bradley Schlozman claimed that the director of the Election Crimes branch, Craig Donsanto, had authorized his election timed ‘vote fraud’ indictments in Kansas City last year. But it turns on that fired US Attorney David Iglesias worked closely with Donsanto on this very issue when he was overseeing the DOJ’s vote fraud task force. And Iglesias tells us he doesn’t buy Schlozman’s testimony.