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Waxman to Rice: Answer 11 ignored letters on Iraq claims
therawstory Michael Roston Published: Monday March 12, 2007 The Chairman of the House’s Oversight and Government Reform Committee today demanded that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice respond to 11 outstanding requests for information sent by his office since 2003. The letters primarily concerned claims, later proved erroneous, on the threat posed to the United States…
Cheney, “not in Executive Branch”, to claim Executive Privilege
Cheney’s office implies it has executive privilege of its own Michael Rolston, Raw Story Weeks after claiming that it was not a part of the executive branch, the Office of Vice President Dick Cheney appears to be readying an independent assertion of executive privilege. The move emerged in an exchange of letters with the Senate…
Long Beach, CA Congressional Candidate Peter Mathews on Impeachment
IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS WILL CLEAR THE AIR By Peter Mathews Of the many issues facing the 37th Congressional District and the nation that are important to me, there is one that I want to address in particular: Impeachment. Do the Republicans who have supported this president and his massive increase in the powers of the executive…
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Kent, Ohio officer tickets man for ‘Impeach Bush’ sign
James Ewinger, Plain Dealer Reporter A soft-spoken teacher posted the words “Impeach Bush” in a public garden, and Kent police cast him as an outlaw.Today Kevin Egler is fighting that in Kent Municipal Court, and the case is emerging as a free-speech issue of interest well beyond the boundaries of placid Portage County. Police ticketed…
Judge Allows Abu Ghraib Lawsuit Against Contractor
By Josh White, Washington Post A federal judge in Washington ruled yesterday that a civil lawsuit alleging abuse and torture at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq can go forward against a U.S. military contractor, setting the stage for what could be the first case in a U.S. civilian court to weigh accountability for the…
Documents show Gonzales approved U.S. attorney firings
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – Attorney General Alberto Gonzales approved plans to fire several U.S. attorneys in a November meeting, according to documents released Friday that contradict earlier claims that he was not closely involved in the dismissals. The Nov. 27 meeting, in which the attorney general and at least five…
