Tom Engelhardt, The Nation
At any moment, somewhere in the now-Bush-administration destabilized “arc of instability,” with its six crisis areas, a seventh crisis could indeed rise, demand attention, and refuse to be ejected from the premises. There are many possible candidates.
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Michael Roston, rawstory.com The former second-in-command at the Justice Department from 2003 through 2005 on Tuesday detailed a March 2004 incident in which top members of the Bush administration, including Alberto Gonzales and members of Vice President Dick Cheney’s staff, worked to subvert a legal certification process for the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping program….
Libby judge questions Bush commutation as Judiciary Committee prepares hearings therawstory by Michael Roston The House Judiciary Committee plans hearings next week into President George W. Bush’s decision to commute the sentence of convicted former White House aide I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby. They are likely to focus their inquiry into whether Bush’s commuting of a…
Obama Releases Secret Bush Anti-Terror Memos WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration threw open the curtain on years of Bush-era secrets Monday, revealing anti-terror memos that claimed exceptional search-and-seizure powers and divulging that the CIA destroyed nearly 100 videotapes of interrogations and other treatment of terror suspects. The Justice Department released nine legal opinions showing…
Yvette says no to Dick By Dana Rubinstein The Brooklyn Paper Vice President Dick Cheney must be impeached for “high crimes and misdemeanors,” a Brooklyn lawmaker charged last week, joining an elite group of seven members of Congress calling for the Veep’s firing. “This Administration has continued to erode the trust of the American people…
Exclusive: Cheney’s admissions to the CIA leak prosecutor and FBI crooksandliars.com Murray Wass Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a still-highly confidential FBI report, admitted to federal investigators that he rewrote talking points for the press in July 2003 that made it much more likely that the role of then-covert CIA-officer Valerie Plame in sending…
