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Aide’s testimony shows White House violating its own e-mail policy
Michael Roston, Raw Story The Thursday testimony of J. Scott Jennings, an aide to President George W. Bush, offered further insight into the routine violations of e-mail archiving rules by White House staff. “I came to the White House, as you said, in 2005, and when I came, I was given two e-mail accounts as…
Abramoff could get reduced sentence
Prosecutors reward disgraced lobbyist for cooperation with investigators By Joel Seidman, NBC News producer Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, currently serving a five-and-a-half-year sentence for his conviction in the SunCruz Casinos gambling boat fraud case, may get his sentenced reduced because of his continued cooperation with investigators. In a separate case, Abramoff pled guilty to fraud,…
Justice Department Will Not Probe Waterboarding
By Dan Eggen, Washington Post Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey said this morning that waterboarding was deemed legal by the Justice Department at the time it was used by the CIA on three al-Qaeda captives, and as a result the Justice Department “cannot possibly” investigate whether a crime occurred. In testimony before the House Judiciary…
Kill Or Convert, Brought To You By the Pentagon
Max Blumenthal, The Nation Actor Stephen Baldwin, the youngest member of the famous Baldwin brothers, is no longer playing Pauly Shore’s sidekick in comedy masterpieces like Biodome. He has a much more serious calling these days. Baldwin became a right-wing, born-again Christian after the 9/11 attacks, and now is the star of Operation Straight Up…
Bush vetoes bill outlawing CIA waterboarding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President George W. Bush on Saturday vetoed legislation passed by Congress that would have banned the CIA from using waterboarding and other controversial interrogation techniques. Lawmakers included the anti-torture measure in a broader bill authorizing U.S. intelligence activities. “Because the danger remains, we need to ensure our intelligence officials have all the…
