[Video] Bush/Cheney Indictment Vote in VT
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US President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney Indictment Vote Brattleboro, Vermont March 4, 2008.
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US President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney Indictment Vote Brattleboro, Vermont March 4, 2008.
Michael Roston, rawstory.com Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) kicked off this morning’s hearing with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales by warning that the Justice Department faced “a crisis of leadership perhaps unrivaled in its 137 year history,” and warned of “Katrina-style cronyism” in the Department’s hiring practices. The Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman warned of politicization in the…
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Report Details Complaints Over Interrogations By ERIC LICHTBLAU and SCOTT SHANE May 21, 2008 Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company WASHINGTON – F.B.I. agents complained repeatedly, beginning in 2002, about the harsh interrogation tactics that military and C.I.A. interrogators were using in questioning terrorism suspects, like making them do dog tricks and parade in…
White House insiders: Gonzales hurt himself before panel WASHINGTON (CNN) — White House insiders tell CNN that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales hurt himself during testimony before a Senate committee Thursday on the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. The sources, involved in administration discussions about Gonzales, told White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux that two senior level…
CNN Political Ticker The Senate will hold a politically-charged vote Monday related to a no-confidence resolution in the embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. In a statement issued Friday, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, an author of the no-confidence resolution, said if all senators followed their conscience, “this vote would be unanimous.” “However, the president will…
The New York Times Time Runs Out for an Afghan Held by the U.S. By CARLOTTA GALL and ANDY WORTHINGTON KABUL, Afghanistan — Abdul Razzaq Hekmati was regarded here as a war hero, famous for his resistance to the Russian occupation in the 1980s and later for a daring prison break he organized for three…
therawstory Rove not covered by executive privilege in political prosecution case, lawyer says John Byrne Lawyer: Rove won’t take the Fifth if he testifies Representatives of the Bush White House are no longer advising former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove that he is protected by executive privilege as regards testimony about the…