By Dave Lindorff, OpEdnews.com In a fascinating with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, bloggers Mike Stark and Dave Johnson offer us a conversation in which Pelosi tells them she had decided “at least a year ago,” before Democrats had even taken control of the House and Senate, “that impeachment was something that we could not be…
Raw Story The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee quietly reintroduced a bill before Congress recessed last week aimed at reigning in President Bush’s ability to modify laws to his whims, Roll Call reports. Critics and watchdog agencies say Bush’s use of signing statements allows him and federal agencies to ignore provisions of the…
Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t An internal Department of Justice email dealing with a series of the most controversial aspects of the US attorney firing scandal was deleted by a DOJ official the day after Congress began to address the firings. Three months later, the official told Congressional investigators he…
By Thom Shanker and David Johnston, New York Times Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the September 2001 attacks, and others whose trials would risk exposing intelligence operations. This group, estimated at two dozen to 50, would be placed indefinitely in military brigs on American soil. (Original Article)
