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Bush Proposes Plan to Allow Logging in Alaskan Forest
Associated Press More than 3 million acres in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest would be open to logging under a federal plan that supporters believe will revive the state’s struggling timber industry. Environmentalists, however, fear that the proposal will devastate the forest. The Bush administration released Friday a management plan for the forest, the largest in…
Democrats introduce Bush, Cheney, Gonzales censure resolutions in House and Senate
Nick Juliano, Raw Story Democrats in the House and Senate have introduced resolutions calling for the censure of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Sen. Russ Feingold sponsored two resolutions in his chamber calling for the legislative action against the administration officials because of they misled the country in pursuing…
Nuremberg Prosecutor: Guantanamo “Violates Nuremberg Principles”
By Jane Sutton, Reuters The U.S. war crimes tribunals at Guantanamo have betrayed the principles of fairness that made the Nazi war crimes trials at Nuremberg a judicial landmark, one of the U.S. Nuremberg prosecutors said on Monday. “I think Robert Jackson, who’s the architect of Nuremberg, would turn over in his grave if he…
Activists in Vermont town want Bush, Cheney subject to arrest
MONTPELIER, Vermont (AP) — President Bush may soon have a new reason to avoid left-leaning Vermont: In one town, activists want him subject to arrest for war crimes. Kurt Daims of Brattleboro, Vermont, speaks Friday about his movement against Bush and Cheney. A group in Brattleboro is petitioning to put an item on a town…
Senate Showdown Over Warrantless Wiretapping
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…
