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Leahy asks for internal Justice Department investigation of Gonzales
By Nick Juliano, Raw Story The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, frustrated by his own battles with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, has asked the Justice Department’s top investigator to examine Gonzales’s “potential misleading, evasive or dishonest testimony.” Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Thursday asked Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine for the investigation….
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) signs Wexler letter calling to impeach Cheney
www.ImpeachforPeace.org by Mikael Rudolph – IFP cofounder Updated 5:15 p.m. Central Time Feb. 25th A spokesperson in Minnesota Representative and House Judiciary Committee member Keith Ellison’s office confirmed today that Representative Ellison has added his name to Florida Representative Robert Wexler’s letter calling for the HJC to immediately commence impeachment hearings investigating Vice President Richard…
Debunking the Neocons’ Iran War Measure
Gareth Porter, Huffington Post The Lieberman-Kyle amendment has just passed the Senate overwhelmingly after two sections were removed to satisfy Democrats that it will not serve as a backdoor authorization for war against Iran, using U.S. forces operating in Iran. Even after that compromise, it remains a poison chalice, because it endorses a set of…
War Czar: Permanent Iraq Bases Won’t Require Senate Ratification
By Spencer Ackerman, TPMMuckraker Could Congress stop a Bush administration-brokered deal to garrison U.S. troops in Iraq indefinitely? Not according to General Douglas Lute, the so-called “war czar.” Here’s Lute at today’s gaggle: Q General, will the White House seek any congressional input on this? GENERAL LUTE: In the course of negotiations like this, it’s…
Fascism is alive and well in Asheville, North Carolina
Mother Jones Man In “Liberal” Asheville Arrested For Holding “Impeach” Sign Jonas Phillips, a native of Asheville, North Carolina, sometimes stands at an Interstate overpass near his workplace and holds a sign that reads Impeach Bush-Cheney. Wednesday morning, he’d been standing there about ten minutes when he was approached by one Russell Crisp of the…
