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House passes FISA update without telecom immunity
Nick Juliano, Raw Story House Democrats succeeded Thursday in passing a foreign surveillance law update that would restore judicial oversight to foreign intelligence gathering efforts aimed at Americans and would not grant legal immunity to telecommunications companies that facilitated the warrantless surveillance of Americans. On a 224-192 vote, largely along party lines, the House adopted…
Conyers on Rove: Contempt, have him arrested, or kick his ass
By Ryan Grim, The Politico Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers tell two other people: “We’re closing in on Rove. Someone’s got to kick his ass.” Asked a few minutes later for a more official explanation, Conyers told us that Rove has a week to appear…
GOP NM Senator Explains his impeachment vote…
align=”left”Video transcript: NM Senate Judiciary Committee/ March 5, 2007 | Comments by Committee member Senator Rod Adair and Senator Ortiz y Pino ” . . . One gentleman said that when he was little, the hair on his arms would stand up when soldiers walked by and that’s not the case today. Soldiers are making…
‘2,000 targets’ set for possible Iran strike
By Philip Sherwell in New York and Tim Shipman in Washington, Telegraph UK Senior American intelligence and defence officials believe that President George W Bush and his inner circle are taking steps to place America on the path to war with Iran, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. Pentagon planners have developed a list of up…
Bush Family Values: “60,000 Marriages Broken by Iraq, Including Mine”
By Stacy Bannerman, The Progressive. Posted March 5, 2007. Image from: VeteransToday.com Unlike active duty military, the National Guard had no functional family support system or services in place. While the Guard was scrambling to get it together, my husband was already gone, and I was alone, just months after we had moved to Seattle….
Conyers FINALLY subpoenas Karl Rove over Justice Department scandal
therawstory by Larisa Alexandrova House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) issued a subpoena Thursday to former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove for testimony about politicization of the Department of Justice (DOJ), including the case of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, who was jailed for bribery in what was widely seen…
