[Videos]: Winter Soldier 2008 – Veterans share Iraq horrors
Upon the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, hundreds of US veterans of the war say the American military has been covering up widespread civilian killings in that country.
Upon the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, hundreds of US veterans of the war say the American military has been covering up widespread civilian killings in that country.
By Greg Miller, Los Angeles Times As the debate over new espionage legislation intensified last week, senior Democrats in Congress gathered around a speakerphone late Thursday to work out with Director of National Intelligence J. Michael McConnell what they thought were the final pieces of a deal. Instead, the deal unraveled, according to officials involved….
Rawstory — … Also in Rome, an otherwise peaceful anti-Bush protest turned violent as police clashed with stick-wielding demonstrators. Protesters wearing hoods and helmets and brandishing sticks were seen throwing bottles and other projectiles at police, who used tear gas to try to disperse them. Three police officers and a protester were in the melee,…
The Middletown Press — The city Democratic Committee unanimously passed a resolution calling for he impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in an effort to make a statement that Bush has committed serious enough crimes to be removed from office, said Councilman Gerald Daley. While the resolution won’t actually result…
Representative Dennis Kucinich holds press conference to announce articles of impeachment against V.P. Dick Cheney. Speakers Daniel Ellsberg, Cindy Sheehan, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, others see it as first step to impeach Bush — and restoring constitutional liberties. Code Pink Chorus joins in.
Michael Roston, Raw Story Alberto Gonzales’s Justice Department has issued legal opinions in recent weeks seeking to bolster the White House’s claims of executive privilege against Congressional investigations. At the same time, a bipartisan group in Congress is fighting what it sees as hostility toward the exercise of attorney-client privilege in federal corporate crime prosecutions….
MetroWest Daily News — Women upset about President Bush’s policies and recent commutation of I. Lewis Libby’s prison sentence protested during yesterday’s Fourth of July parade. The group of four women stood on a hill in front of the First Congregational Church on East Central Street. “The Fourth of July is about freedom,” said Louise…