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By Mike Allen, The Politico White House loyalists have begun arguing that clemency for I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby — either a pardon or a commuted sentence — would be a way for an embattled President Bush to reassert himself, particularly among conservatives. The White House has not ruled out a pardon for Libby, sources say….
Bush won’t reveal fate of many ‘ghost prisoners’
therawstory Report: Many CIA ‘ghost prisoners’ still ‘disappeared’ Michael Roston Published: Tuesday February 27, 2007 A report released yesterday by Human Rights Watch revealed that at least thirty-eight men detained in the Central Intelligence Agency’s secret prisons are still unaccounted for… time for Congress to boost its oversight in order to “monitor and police the…
Release of Memos Fuels Push for Inquiry Into Bush’s Terror-Fighting Policies
New York Times, By CHARLIE SAVAGE and NEIL A. LEWIS – A day after releasing a set of Bush administration opinions that claimed sweeping presidential powers in fighting terrorism, the Obama administration faced new pressure on Tuesday to support a broad inquiry into interrogation, detention, surveillance and other practices under President George W. Bush. Justice Department officials…
Fax Your Rep: History Favors The Impeaching Party
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CIA Lays Out Errors It Made Before September 11
By Mark Mazzetti, New York Times A report released Tuesday by the Central Intelligence Agency includes new details of the agency’s missteps before the Sept. 11 attacks, outlining what the report says were failures to grasp the role being played by the terror mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and to assess fully the threats streaming into…
