The Bush Motorcade in Bellevue
A protest for President Bush as he arrives in Bellevue, WA to raise money for Republican Dave Reichert.
A protest for President Bush as he arrives in Bellevue, WA to raise money for Republican Dave Reichert.
By Phil Stewart, Reuters Hours before President George W. Bush visits Italy, 26 U.S. citizens go on trial in absentia in Milan on Friday accused of carrying out one of Washington’s most controversial policies in its war on terrorism. The U.S. citizens, almost all believed to be CIA agents, have been charged with kidnapping a…
Democrats.com — Hello. Just want to make sure everyone in Illinois is aware of HJR0125. HJR0125 is the Illinois General Assembly’s Joint House Resolution to impeach President Bush. We need to encourage Illinois state representatives to include Cheney, Rice and Rove in the resolution and pass the resolution as soon as possible. The link to…
By William Fisher, t r u t h o u t A Justice Department proposal to limit lawyers’ access to the nearly 400 detainees at Guantanamo Bay is drawing sharp criticism from much of the legal community in the US. In a court filing, the DOJ claimed that the lawyers’ use of mail to communicate…
[Go to http://wikileaks.cx/wiki/Wikileaks instead to bypass injunction] therawstory US Court shuts down leaked doc emporium by Nick Juliano Wikileaks, the Web site that has revealed countless government secrets, has been forced offline by a California judge. The site, which allows whistleblowers to post documents anonymously, is being sued by a Swiss banking group implicated in…
By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers Under a little-noticed provision in the USA Patriot Act, the Treasury Department has ordered severe restrictions against foreign banks or countries for reasons beyond the stated purpose of the law and without producing evidence. Section 311 of the 2001 Patriot Act was drafted to halt terrorist financing and money…
By Brian Ross, ABC News Intelligence analysts and the former White House counterterror official describe as “pure pablum” the unclassified version of the National Intelligence Estimate released today on terror threats to the United States. “Nothing in here is going to surprise anybody who’s been following this,” said one senior U.S. intelligence official. “It’s more…