Impeach for Peace in Indiana…
A new chapter of Impeach for Peace is forming in Indiana. Wish to join the movement? Contact this chapter and let them know you’re interested in taking action!
A new chapter of Impeach for Peace is forming in Indiana. Wish to join the movement? Contact this chapter and let them know you’re interested in taking action!
By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys for alleged al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla spent months battling over issues ranging from torture allegations to the meaning of “jihad.” They pored over classified material and Arabic translations and traveled overseas to interview witnesses. On Monday, the two sides were poised to start opening…
The Huffington Post Sam Stein During his press conference on Monday evening, President Obama pledged to look forwards rather than backwards when it came to investigating the misdeeds of the Bush administration. It was a carefully crafted answer, designed to neither anger nor encourage individuals either side of this contentious issue. For possible victims of…
By Manu Raju, The Hill The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee is drafting a compromise to resolve the thorny issue of whether to provide retroactive liability protections for the phone companies that allegedly participated in the Bush administration’s secret wiretapping program. At a markup on a bill to overhaul the 1978 Foreign Intelligence…
By David Usborne, The Independent UK The two-star Army General who led the first military investigation into human rights abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has bluntly questioned the integrity of former US Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld, suggesting he misled the US Congress by downplaying his own prior knowledge of what had happened….
Time Thursday, Apr. 05, 2007 By JOE KLEIN The three big Bush stories of 2007–the decision to “surge” in Iraq, the scandalous treatment of wounded veterans at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the firing of eight U.S. Attorneys for tawdry political reasons–precisely illuminate the three qualities that make this Administration one of the…
By Keith St. Clair,The Fresno Bee A federal appeals court ruled Monday that some portions of the U.S. Patriot Act that govern dealings with foreign terrorist organizations are unconstitutional because the language is too vague to be understood by a person of ordinary intelligence. The ruling released Monday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of…