I don’t imagine that much will come of it, but the New York Times has learned that, during the Bush administration, employees of the CIA were instructed to unearth information that might be used to delegitimize the work of U-M professor Juan Cole, a well-regarded critic of the war in Iraq. The following clip comes […]
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Bush administration sought to discredit local academic, Juan Cole
Posted in Ann Arbor, Politics Also tagged abuse of power, academia, academic freedom, Bush, CIA, critical thinking, Daniel Ellsberg, dirty political tricks, enemies list, Glenn L. Carle, Iraq war, Juan Cole, Nixon, primary sources, propaganda, rat fucking, University of Michigan, Valerie Plame 4 Comments
Resurrecting “Beer with Bloggers”… May 31, 7:00 to 9:00, at the Corner Brewery
A long time ago, in the early days of blogging, back before most of you were born, I used to host events designed to lure painfully-akward bloggers out of their parents’ basements, so that they might drink beer and attempt to mate with their readers. This reoccurring event was called Beer with Bloggers, and, from […]