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What Crocker and Petraeus didn’t say
(Adam Kokesh of IVAW protesting at Petraeus Hearings) By Nancy A. Youssef and Leila Fadel McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — The Bush administration’s top two officials in Iraq answered questions from Congress for more than six hours on Monday, but their testimony may have been as important for what they didn’t say as for what they…
Documents show new secretive US prison program isolating Muslim, Middle Eastern prisoners
Jennifer Van Bergen Published: Friday February 16, 2007 Program in apparent violation of federal law The US Department of Justice has implemented a secretive new prison program segregating “high-security-risk” Muslim and Middle Eastern prisoners and tightly restricting their communications with the outside world in apparent violation of federal law, according to documents obtained by RAW…
Gonzales uses US Attorney appointment power that Congress banned
Michael Roston, Raw Story In a Senate Judiciary Committee business meeting Thursday morning, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) revealed that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales once again used an interim appointment authority at the heart of the US Attorneys controversy that Congress banned in a bill sent to the President for signature on June 4. “Senator Feinstein’s…
White House Ordered to Provide Info on Millions of Missing Emails
White House Told to Provide E-Mail Info By Pete Yost, Associated Press A federal magistrate ordered the White House on Tuesday to reveal whether copies of possibly millions of missing e-mails are stored on computer backup tapes. The order by U.S. Magistrate Judge John Facciola comes amid an effort by the White House to scuttle…
Miers Refuses to Comply, Contempt Front and Center
By Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t Harriet Miers, former White House counsel, said on Tuesday she would not comply with Congressional orders. Congress has issued subpoenas for Miers’s testimony and any documents in her possession related to the US attorney purge. Her refusal could lead to criminal proceedings or to…
Canada Says ‘No’ to Indefinite Detention
Canada’s top court strikes down anti-terror measures – theRawStory – AFP, Fri Feb 23, 2007 Canada’s high court on Friday quashed extraordinary security detentions of foreigners suspected of terror ties without charges for many years, saying they breach civil rights. Lawyers for three men with alleged terror links asked the Supreme Court of Canada in…
