(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.”
Brookline, NH – NH State Representative Betty Hall will be the featured panelist at the last in a series of informative forums centered on our Constitution. The forum entitled, “Defending Our Constitution: Let’s All Come Up For AIR—Accountability, Impeachment and Responsibility” will be carried live in the Manchester Community Access Media (MCAM) TV 23 studio…
By Paul Shukovsky, Tracy Johnson and Daniel Lathrop The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Thousands of white-collar criminals across the country are no longer being prosecuted in federal court – and, in many cases, not at all – leaving a trail of frustrated victims and potentially billions of dollars in fraud and theft losses. It is the untold…
More Than Half Favor a Deadline for Withdrawal, Bush Suffers Longest Streak Without Majority Support Since Truman By GARY LANGER, ABC News Polling Director Feb 26, 2007 A record number of Americans disapprove of the war in Iraq and a clear majority now favors the eventual withdrawal of U.S. forces even if civil order has…
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…
From the Desk of Donald Rumsfeld … By Robin Wright, The Washington Post In a series of internal musings and memos to his staff, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld argued that Muslims avoid “physical labor” and wrote of the need to “keep elevating the threat,” “link Iraq to Iran” and develop “bumper sticker statements” to…
Preparing the Battlefield by Seymour M. Hersh July 7, 2008 Copyright © 2008 CondéNet. All rights reserved.    The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran. Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military,…
