On this date in Bush history, the former head of the Navy's NCIS reports allegations of prisoner abuse at Guantanamo. He later said that if an NCIS agent had taken part in prisoner abuse similar to what happened at Gitmo he "we would have relieved, removed, and taken internal disciplinary action against the individual - let alone whether outside charges would have been brought". David Brant said forced confessions may not be very reliable, and besides "it just ain’t right"..

Also on this date, President Bush expresses anger that the NY Times had revealed that the Bush adminstration had authorized spying on Americans without the warrants that the law requires. A strange reaction from the president given that he didn’t seem very upset when it had turned out that members of his own administration had leaked the identity of a CIA operative to the media. In fact, one person involved in that leak, Karl Rove, was (unbelievable as this may sound) allowed to continue working at the White House.

Today's entry excerpted from the 2007 Calendar: Poor George's Alamanac ( http://www.poorGeorgesAlmanac.com )