VIDEO-Cheney: The Dark Side
Excerpts from PBS documentary “The Dark Side” about Dick Cheney conscious lying about Iraq and its connection with 9-11
Excerpts from PBS documentary “The Dark Side” about Dick Cheney conscious lying about Iraq and its connection with 9-11
Jason Rhyne, Raw Story House Judiciary John Conyers (D-MI) will file a report today charging two White House officials with contempt of Congress for their continued refusal to honor subpoenas in connection with the firing of US attorneys last year — but he’s also offering them one last chance. In a Monday letter to White…
By Larry Beinhart, AlterNet The New York Times made it official. The Economy is a problem! So, now, at last we can discuss it. Not just discuss it, in rapid order “recession” became the word of the day, from White House, Congress, the Fed and the media. It’s blamed, mostly, on the subprime crisis. But…
Really. We don’t.
By Susan Jo Keller, New York Times A federal judge in Oregon ruled Wednesday that crucial parts of the USA Patriot Act were not constitutional because they allowed federal surveillance and searches of Americans without demonstrating probable cause. The ruling by Judge Anne L. Aiken of Federal District Court in Portland was in the case…
Think Progress A recently-unearthed video from 1992 shows Vice President Dick Cheney predicting the mess that occupying Iraq would create: If you get into the business of committing U.S. forces on the ground in Iraq, to occupy the place, my guess is I’d probably still have people there today instead of having been able to…
John Byrne, Raw Story President Bush authorized a “series of secret surveillance activities” by executive order after Sept. 11, 2001, according to a letter from Bush Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell to Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA). The disclosure marks the first time “that the administration has publicly acknowledged that Bush’s order included undisclosed activities…