By David Swanson United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ), the largest coalition of peace organizations (over 1,400 of them) in the United States, held a national assembly in Chicago December 12-14, and drafted documents establishing the movement’s agenda for the coming year. Proposals to work for the prosecution of high officials guilty of war crimes,…
Senate report: Rumsfeld to blame for detainee abuse RAW STORY Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other members of the Bush administration “conveyed the message that physical pressures and degradation were appropriate treatment for detainees,” claims a Senate Armed Services Committee report issued Thursday. According to the committee, prisoners were tortured in the Iraqi prison…
Nadler’s Resolution Against Bush Pardoning Crimes He Authorized Picks Up Cosponsors afterdowningstreet.org (thomas) H.RES.1531 Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President of the United States should not issue pardons to senior members of his administration during the final 90 days of his term of office. Sponsor: Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8]…
Supreme Court to decide Ashcroft, Mueller immunity Agence France-Presse The US Supreme Court will hear a case Wednesday on whether cabinet-level officials could be held accountable for controversial tactics President George W. Bush ordered as part of the US-led “war on terror.” Former attorney general John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller have sought immunity…
