(CBS/AP) Pressure mounted on the White House Thursday to fire Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for the abrupt dismissal of U.S. attorneys. More Republicans called for his ouster, and one Republican strategist close to the White House told CBS News that Gonzales is “finished.”
New Mexico’s Congress, having blocked efforts to debate impeachment, moved on to topics that can be called more legitimately, the State’s business. They cleared the slate of whether their young men & women should be dying in an illegal war, whether their citizens should be spied on, whether they should be illegally detained, tortured, etc….
by Todd Huffman, M.D., opednews.com The news this weekend of the arrest of three suspects allegedly plotting to sabotage the jet fuel lines servicing JFK Airport–a plot in its nascent stages and one not likely to have caused much in the way of actual damage besides psychological–will undoubtedly have the effect of increasing the supply…
…Mustn’t Rock the Boat!
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…
therawstory Kucinich to receive pro-impeachment petitions Nick Juliano Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is expected to say Thursday morning his push to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney is gaining support among the American people as he collects petitions with more than 100,000 signatures supporting the impeachment drive. “The Vice President actively and systematically sought to deceive…
By Robert Parry, Consortium News Bush has never stopped making statements about the Iraq War that are untrue, illogical or irrelevant. Yet, the Washington press corps remains almost as lax today about holding Bush accountable as it was in 2002 and 2003. So, when Bush mocks Democratic “politicians in Washington” who supposedly seek to substitute…
