By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN, AP Writer Tue Feb 27, 3:43 AM ET
WASHINGTON – After the judge dismissed one of its members, the jury finished a fourth day of deliberations Monday without a verdict in the perjury trial of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.
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By Joby Warrick and Dan Eggen, Washington Post In September 2002, four members of Congress met in secret for a first look at a unique CIA program designed to wring vital information from reticent terrorism suspects in U.S. custody. For more than an hour, the bipartisan group, which included current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.),…
George W. Bush Belongs In Prison By Joel Hirschhorn published Nov 29, 2008 2008 © Associated Content, All rights reserved.    Respecting the Rule of Law Electing Barack Obama president was the first step in redeeming American democracy. The second step must be indicting ex-president George W. Bush, giving him a fair trial, finding him…
Justin Rood, ABC News A terrorist watch list compiled by the FBI has apparently swelled to include more than half a million names. Privacy and civil liberties advocates say the list is growing uncontrollably, threatening its usefulness in the war on terror. The bureau says the number of names on its terrorist watch list is…
After Downing Street — I went into the Vermont Statehouse cafeteria at noon on Tuesday, and found an empty seat at a table with three members of the House Judiciary Committee, which is where an impeachment resolution is currently stalled. As they explained all the reasons why they couldn’t bring up the resolution for discussion,…
RAW STORY — Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla., plans to introduce a resolution that would censure President Bush over his decision to commute the prison sentence faced by former vice presidential aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the congressman said Thursday. “This presidential intervention is an unconscionable abuse of authority by George W. Bush, and Congress must…
Tanya Schevitz, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, February 14, 2007 It hasn’t reached the level of the campus peace movement during the 1960s, but students at more than a dozen colleges from San Francisco State University to Columbia University in New York will stage strikes and rallies Thursday to protest the war in Iraq. The anti-war…
