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By Jeremy Jacobs, The Hill House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) on Friday asked the White House and the Pentagon for documents that could shed light on when the Bush administration learned of the friendly fire death of former NFL star Pat Tillman. Waxman, who held a hearing this week on…

Raw Story The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee quietly reintroduced a bill before Congress recessed last week aimed at reigning in President Bush’s ability to modify laws to his whims, Roll Call reports. Critics and watchdog agencies say Bush’s use of signing statements allows him and federal agencies to ignore provisions of the…

John Byrne, Raw Story President Bush authorized a “series of secret surveillance activities” by executive order after Sept. 11, 2001, according to a letter from Bush Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell to Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA). The disclosure marks the first time “that the administration has publicly acknowledged that Bush’s order included undisclosed activities…

SEATTLE TIMES – … Documents and interviews indicate that Harriet Miers, who was then the White House counsel, suggested in February 2005 that all the prosecutors be dismissed and replaced with new Republican appointees for Bush’s second term. … [The documents] show that the White House and other administration officials were more deeply involved in…

By Andrew Gumbel, The Independent UK The United States military announced yesterday that it was bringing death penalty charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other men suspected of orchestrating the September 11 attacks, and intended to try them under the Bush administration’s much-criticised military tribunal system, which is subject only to partial oversight by…