Voice for Peace Mass Mobilization in St. Paul, MN 9/23


Ithaca Times — Last Tuesday, a group of local activists held a friendly demonstration of gratitude outside of Congressman Maurice Hinchey’s (D-NY, 22) office at Cayuga and Green Streets, thanking Hinchey for being the seventh representative to sign on to and co-sponsor Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich’s impeachment bill. “Our main focus was to thank Hinchey,”…
BBC New probe into US attorney affair Alberto Gonzales resigned after being harshly criticised over the affair The US attorney general has appointed a special prosecutor to look into the firing of nine US attorneys in 2006. The move came as a report into the affair by the inspector general of the justice department criticised…
therawstory Ex-UN prosecutor: Bush may be next up for International Criminal Court Stephen C. Webster An ex-UN prosecutor has said that following the issuance of an arrest warrant for the president of Sudan, former US President George W. Bush could — and should — be next on the International Criminal Court’s list. The former prosecutor’s…
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…
JENNIFER LOVEN, AP News The White House on Wednesday defended the use of the interrogation technique known as waterboarding, saying it is legal — not torture as critics argue — and has saved American lives. President Bush could authorize waterboarding for future terrorism suspects if certain criteria are met, a spokesman said. A day earlier,…