By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer A federal judge refused to dismiss terrorism charges against Jose Padilla over claims that the alleged al-Qaida operative was tortured in U.S. military custody, removing one of the last major obstacles to the start of his trial next week. U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke stressed in a 12-page order…
Typical cases involve falsified records, lost equipment, sleeping on the job By Mike Stuckey, MSNBC With no public discussion or input from Congress, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has quietly obtained armed federal police status for a small office of investigators whose big cases typically involve people sleeping on the job, falsifying documents or misplacing equipment.”I…
By Gail Russell Chaddock, The Christian Science Monitor Not since the Depression-era Congress of 1932 has Capitol Hill ramped up so quickly for oversight hearings and related legislation – most targeting the Bush administration. Both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue are hiring more lawyers, and watchdog groups say they are swamped with calls from committee staff…
Rutland Herald — Members of Vermont’s grassroots impeachment movement will meet with Vermont’s top two Democrats on Wednesday in a final effort to push along legislation calling for President Bush’s removal from office. Supporters hope to convince House Speaker Gaye Symington, D-Jericho, and Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin, D-Windham, to put their political support…
