Keith Olbermann- Special Comment – Bush, Dems, and FISA

By Walter Pincus, The Washington Post With even more U.S. contractors now in Iraq and Afghanistan than U.S. military personnel, government officials told Congress yesterday that the Bush administration is not prepared to manage the contractors’ critical involvement in the American war effort. At the end of last September, there were “over 196,000 contractor personnel…

By Julian E. Barnes, The Los Angeles Times As the Bush administration deals with the fallout from the recent killings of civilians by private security firms in Iraq, some officials are asking whether the contractors could be considered unlawful combatants under international agreements. The question is an outgrowth of federal reviews of the shootings, in…

Jason Linkins, Huffington Post FEMA Administrator David Paulison, appropriately chastised by the “Anglo-Saxon” remarks of David Chertoff, wants you to know that he’s sorry for the pretend press conference his organization staged last week. A fall guy has been selected and dealt with, various personnel deck chairs are being reshuffled, and the whole episode is…

therawstory Michael Roston, Published: Monday April 16, 2007 The Justice Department failed to comply with a subpoena issued by the House Judiciary Committee last week, RAW STORY has learned. The subpoena sought documents related to the firing of 8 US Attorneys by the Justice Department.

Max Follmer, Huffington Post The federal agency tasked with investigating the Utah mine collapse denied a request by the families of six trapped miners that the United Mine Workers represent them in the probe of the matter, the union said Monday. All six of the families had signed documents designating the union as their representative…