Three Strikes Mr. Bush

CBS/AP Two months ago, President Bush made a strong argument for updating a law which oversees the government’s ability to engage in surveillance of Americans and non-citizens, which requires warrants from a secret court. He spoke of the importance to our nation’s security to have a bill ready for him to sign, so as to…

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Prosecutors reward disgraced lobbyist for cooperation with investigators By Joel Seidman, NBC News producer Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, currently serving a five-and-a-half-year sentence for his conviction in the SunCruz Casinos gambling boat fraud case, may get his sentenced reduced because of his continued cooperation with investigators. In a separate case, Abramoff pled guilty to fraud,…

legislation Monday that would close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. “Guantanamo Bay has become a lightning rod for international condemnation,” Feinstein said. “Rather than make the United States safer, the image projected by this facility puts us at greater risk.” Since January 2002, the facility, also known as “Gitmo,” has housed suspected…