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Conflict Over Executive Privilege Looms
By Emma Schwartz, Legal Times Now it’s Fred Fielding’s move. Congressional Democrats have always believed that the Justice Department’s plan to fire eight U.S. attorneys began in the White House, and last week they proved willing to take their investigation to its doorstep by subpoenaing two former Bush aides. The White House has yet to…
Former Gonzales no. 2 Comey says Fitzgerald “would make a spectacular attorney general”
Fitzgerald Deserves Top U.S. Law Post, Comey Says (Update3) By Patricia Hurtado and David Voreacos July 20 (Bloomberg) — Patrick Fitzgerald won the convictions of four Osama bin Laden associates in May 2001. In March, he got Lewis “Scooter” Libby. Last week, he nailed Conrad Black. Fitzgerald, 46, isn’t saying what he’ll do next in…
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich Eviscerates Bush, Calls War on Terror “Phony”
opednews by Frank J. Ranelli The contentious and conservative, erstwhile Speaker of the House bemoans how Bush has helped America become a country that is “no longer serious”, harshly criticizes the Bush administration’s handling of terrorist groups, calling the war on terror “phony”, and claims hyper-partisanship is a “stupid way to run a country”. (Original…
Well, this certainly explains it all
David Swanson, afterdowningstreet.org July 8, 1947–Mystery solved? Many will recall that on July 8, 1947, witnesses claimed that an unidentified object with five aliens aboard crashed onto a sheep and cattle ranch just outside Roswell, New Mexico. This is a well-known incident that many say has long been covered up by the U.S. Air Force…
America’s Plan for Baghdad
By Robert Fisk, The Independent UK Faced with an ever-more ruthless insurgency in Baghdad – despite President George Bush’s “surge” in troops – US forces in the city are now planning a massive and highly controversial counter-insurgency operation that will seal off vast areas of the city, enclosing whole neighbourhoods with barricades and allowing only…
