therawstory
Josh Catone
Published: Thursday April 5, 2007
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) today rebuked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for not responding in a timely manner to requests made three months ago for written answers to questions.
David Edwards and Muriel Kane, Raw Story A new National Intelligence Estimate released on Monday indicates that 16 US intelligence agencies have concluded with a high level of confidence that Iran has not had an active nuclear weapons program since 2003 and that even if it resumed weapons development, it would be unlikely to obtain…
Washington State Senator Eric Oemig has introduced into the Washington State Senate Senate Joint Memorial 8016, calling for the impeachment of George W. Bush by the U.S. House of Representatives, on the grounds of lying to get the U.S. to invade Iraq, warrantless wiretaps, and the stripping of U.S. citizens’ rights. The joint memorial says…
By Claudio Gatti and Jad Mouawad, The New York Times Chevron, the second-largest American oil company, is preparing to acknowledge that it should have known kickbacks were being paid to Saddam Hussein on oil it bought from Iraq as part of a defunct United Nations program, according to investigators. The admission is part of a…
counterpunch Democratic Disconnect A Widening Chasm on Impeachment By DAVE LINDORFF The divide between Democratic leaders contemplating their re-election prospects in 2008 and rank-and-file Democrats is becoming a chasm–one so wide that Congressional Democrats may soon find it hard to straddle it. The issue is impeachment. […] The chasm is clearly widening between the leadership…
Congressman Robert Wexler — Our effort to hold the Bush/Cheney Administration accountable has taken another dramatic step forward. Last night, Congressman Dennis Kucinich introduced the first Articles of Impeachment ever to be introduced against President Bush. It includes, in total, thirty-five Articles detailing this Administration’s blatant abuse of power. Today, I enthusiastically co-sponsored this vitally…
