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Cheney Deeply involved in CIA Leak
(Click here for MSNBC Video Report) “MSNBC learns from the perjury trial of VP Cheney’s top aide ‘Scooter’ Libby that VP Cheney is “deeply involved” in the CIA leak scandal. Information emerging from the case indicates that Libby will present “damning testimony” against the Vice President. Evidence will be presented that VP Cheney was the…
Schumer Office: Subpoenas Ready for Rove, Miers
New York Observer Paperwork authorized; Chuck ‘Can’t believe’ Gonzales will make it. First up: D. Kyle Sampson. By Jason Horowitz “You can argue whether it should be public or private, or you can even argue about whether it should be sworn testimony. You cannot argue that there should be no transcript. The fact that they…
Snow: Congress Has No “Oversight Responsibility over the White House”
By Paul Kiel, tpmmuckraker.com It’s official, this is a talking point. Just to show that this morning was no slip-up, here’s Tony Snow during today’s briefing: …There are — in this particular case, the Department of Justice — the Congress does have legitimate oversight responsibility for the Department of Justice. It created the Department of…
Gonzales Confirms more Spying Programs
Think Progress In his testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was asked by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) to address inaccuracies in his 2006 testimony in relation to the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. “There has not been any serious disagreement about the program that the president has confirmed,” Gonzales said…
Lawsuit Seeks to Hold High Level Administration Officials Accountable for Rendition & Torture
afterdowningstreet.org submitted by chip U.S. officials sent Canadian rendition survivor Maher Arar to Syria to be tortured. Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) lawyer Maria LaHood represents him in his struggle for justice. The Second Circuit Appellate Court has issued extremely rare order last month that approximately 12 judges will rehear Arar’s case on December 9,…
How Bush Gained the Power To Spy on You Without Security Justifications
Data Mining Our Liberties By Aziz Huq, The Nation After enduring weeks of blistering criticism for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s inartful elisions about the National Security Agency (NSA) spying activities, the Bush Administration has successfully forced on Congress a law that largely authorizes open-ended surveillance of Americans’ overseas phone calls and e-mails. How did they…
