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You say IMPEACH–Does your Rep Have to Listen?
When Vermont’s, San Francisco’s, and Other Cities’ and Towns’ Constituents Call For Impeachment of the President and Vice-President, Must Their Federal Representatives Listen? The Ethics of Representative-Constituent Relations By ETHAN J. LEIB AND DAVID PONET The results of the 2006 midterm election were widely interpreted as a rebuke to the Republican Party, and some voters…
Pentagon urges Congress to keep Guantanamo open
By David Morgan, Reuters The Pentagon on Wednesday urged Congress to avoid an early closing of the U.S. military prison in Cuba, despite widespread recognition that the infamous jail has eroded U.S. standing in the world. Defense officials told the U.S. House of Representatives that it could take about three years to try 60 to…
A Future without Impeachment Paints a Bleak Picture
World Can’t Wait By Cheryl Abraham Despite heroic efforts by Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) to bring 35 Articles of Impeachment against Bush, the wildfire of information and affirmation of these articles in print and in the blogosphere, and the efforts of so many within the impeachment movement, the main-stream media continues to marginalize Kucinich’s effort…
Gitmo detainee to be released is ‘broken into pieces’
David Edwards and Jason Rhyne, Raw Story The first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be convicted by an American military tribunal will be released from prison on Saturday — but six years of harsh treatment in US custody leave him ill-prepared to readjust to normal life, a psychologist says. Australian-born David Hicks, who was captured in…
Conyers: FBI director notes prove Bush officials tried ‘to goad a sick, medicated Ashcroft’ to approve warrantless wiretapping
Nick Juliano, Raw Story Attorney General John Ashcroft was “feeble, barely articulate (and) clearly stressed” when then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card visited his hospital room to push for legal approval of a warrantless wiretap program approved by President Bush, according to newly released notes from FBI Director…
