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.
May 4th, 1970, thirty seven years ago today, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a student protest of the escalation of the military conflict in Southeast Asia, killing four students and wounding nine others. Specifically the protest was against the invasion of Cambodia, which President Nixon had initiated on April 25th and announced on…
By Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian UK The Bush administration’s plans to bring detainees at Guantanamo Bay to trial were thrown into chaos yesterday when military judges threw out all charges against a detainee held there since he was 15 and dismissed charges against another detainee who chauffeured Osama bin Laden. In back-to-back arraignments for the Canadian…
March 15, 2007 WASHINGTON (CNN) — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday he doesn’t care what the White House and Justice Department think of his subpoenas — he wants answers. […] “If I do not get the cooperation, I will subpoena,” said Sen. Patrick Leahy, the panel’s chairman, during the Thursday hearing….
Editor & Publisher By E&P Staff NEW YORK – With George W. Bush visiting Germany and other parts of Europe this week, German newspapers have been slamming the U.S. president in language stronger than most American dailies use. The Der Spiegel publication compiled some of the comments, which are quoted below. — Berliner Zeitung: “Rarely…
DailyKos, by Conchita — There are two golden opportunities to bird-dog Rep. Nadler this coming weekend, but before I go into details, I would like to let you know that an open letter to Rep. Nadler urging him to support Rep. Wexler’s call for impeachment hearings in the House Judiciary Committee was sent yesterday by…
