Tag Archive: CIA

LiveBlog for Tuesday, August 25, 2009

• Actor and activist Tim Robbins calls in at 7:05am to talk about the upcoming international tour of his play, “The Trial of the Catonsville Nine,” and about the news of the day. • Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about the importance of passing meaningful health care reform. •…

LiveBlog for Monday, August 24, 2009

• The Rude Pundit (Lee Papa) calls in at 6:30am Pacific for more rudeness about Tom Ridge and the health care reform protests. • CNN’s Paul Begala calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform, Libya, and the President’s vacation. • The Justice Department’s ethics office has recommended reversing the Bush administration…

LiveBlog for Monday, July 20, 2009

• The Rude Pundit (Lee Papa) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the Sotomayor hearings and the Right’s reaction to them (also about his upcoming appearance in San Francisco on Sunday, July 26). • Administration officials defended President Obama’s broad health care proposals yesterday and urged a skeptical public not to judge the…

LiveBlog for Friday, July 10, 2009

• Comedian John Fugelsang joins us in studio at 8am Pacific to talk about the news of the day and promote his upcoming gigs. • AIG Insurance is preparing to pay millions of dollars more in bonuses to several dozen top corporate executives after an earlier round of payments set off a national furor. The…

LiveBlog for Thursday, July 9, 2009

• Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) calls in at 8:05am Pacific to talk about the economy and the stimulus. • Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) calls in at 8:35am Pacific to talk about the economy and the stimulus. • CIA Director Leon Panetta recently testified to Congress that the agency concealed information and misled lawmakers repeatedly since…

LiveBlog for Friday, May 15, 2009

• Angela V. Shelton and Frances Callier (Frangela) join us in studio at 8:30am Pacific for another edition of Fridays with Frangela! • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bluntly accused the CIA yesterday of misleading her and other lawmakers about its use of waterboarding during the Bush administration, escalating a controversy grown to include both political…

LiveBlog for Thursday, May 14, 2009

• Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the economy and other news of the day. • Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-VA) calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about the economy and other news of the day. • Cassandra Peterson (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark) joins us in studio at…

LiveBlog for Tuesday, April 21, 2009

• President Obama, visiting CIA headquarters yesterday, defended his decision to release Bush-era memos on interrogation tactics, saying the country will ultimately be stronger as a result. He met with officials and employees there and talked to them about the importance of the agency’s mission to national security. • President Obama gathered together every confirmed…

LiveBlog for Tuesday, March 3, 2009

• Dennis Herrera, City Attorney for San Francisco, calls in at 8:30am Pacific to discuss his arguments before the California Supreme Court this coming Thursday against California’s Prop. 8. • President Barack Obama is sending his Treasury secretary and budget director to Capitol Hill today to defend his proposed tax increases, which are being met…