Cheney’s office implies it has executive privilege of its own Michael Rolston, Raw Story Weeks after claiming that it was not a part of the executive branch, the Office of Vice President Dick Cheney appears to be readying an independent assertion of executive privilege. The move emerged in an exchange of letters with the Senate…
By Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t Harriet Miers, former White House counsel, said on Tuesday she would not comply with Congressional orders. Congress has issued subpoenas for Miers’s testimony and any documents in her possession related to the US attorney purge. Her refusal could lead to criminal proceedings or to…
Ex-FBI Analyst Gets 10 Years in Spy Plot By JEFFREY GOLD Associated Press Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A former FBI intelligence analyst who worked under two vice presidents was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for passing secret U.S. documents in an effort to topple the Philippine government. Leandro Aragoncillo, 48, apologized in…
bradblog Blogged by Brad Friedman from Houston [Radio Host Peter B.] Collins asked [NY Rep. Maurice] Hinchey “what is your posture on impeachment of Vice President Cheney?” Hinchey, who is not one of the 15 current co-sponsors of Dennis Kucinich’s HR 333, calling for the Impeachment of Dick Cheney, laughed and said “I think that…
