“A Time For Anger, A Call To Action” – PBS’ Bill Moyers

AP President Bush exempted the Navy from an environmental law so it can continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the California coast — a practice critics say is harmful to whales and other marine mammals.The White House announced Wednesday that Bush had signed the exemption Tuesday while traveling in the Middle East….

Justice Dept official resigns over investigation connected with Abramoff by Marisa Taylor and David Whitney McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON – A senior Justice Department official has resigned after coming under scrutiny in the Department’s expanding investigation of convicted super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, according to a Justice Department official with knowledge of the case. Making the situation more…

Michael Roston, rawstory.com D. Kyle Sampson, the former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, will tell the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning that the firing of eight US Attorneys by the White House was justified and appropriate, but handled poorly. But, most surprisingly, Sampson is set to testify that the terminations were “political”…

therawstory by John Byrne Lawyer signals Rove cooperating with Justice Dept. Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove “won’t comply” with congressional subpoenas, according to a newspaper report of an event held in Los Angeles earlier this week. Rove spoke Tuesday evening at Loyola Marymount University, a Jesuit institution in Los Angeles, as…