By Ian Austen, New York Times A training manual for Canadian diplomats lists the United States among countries that potentially torture or abuse prisoners. The manual is an internal document of the Department of Foreign Affairs. A spokesman for the foreign minister confirmed the contents of the manual after news reports about it circulated on…
Part I: Wexler’s Impeachment Interview w/ Randi Rhodes. During this interview Wexler’s online petition topped 200,000 signatures! Three Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee — Robert Wexler of Florida, Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin — have called on committee chair John Conyers to begin impeachment hearings against Vice President Dick…
DailyKos John Conyers: F**k Wexler, the signatories AND impeachment by dov12348 Yes, you’re doing a killer job running out the clock on this, John. I know you’re thinking that with each passing day the “time element” bullshit reason gets easier and easer. Before long it can be the ONLY reason: “Why, we simply have no…
rawstory Sixteen days of email missing from Cheney’s office A White House chart shown to Congress indicates no e-mail was archived on 473 days for various units of the Executive Office of the President, a House committee chairman says. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., says a White House spokesman’s comments suggesting no e-mail had disappeared conflicted…
