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Elizabeth Holtzman, Huffington Post For the first time since the Bush administration took office, three members of the House Judiciary Committee, Robert Wexler (D-FL), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), are calling for hearings on the impeachment of Vice President Richard Cheney. Their position, while courageous, is not surprising. What is surprising is that…
Mukasey’s Secret Warrants Allowed Muslim Roundups After 9/11
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Army Buried Study Faulting Iraq Planning
By Michael R. Gordon, New York Times The Army is accustomed to protecting classified information. But when it comes to the planning for the Iraq war, even an unclassified assessment can acquire the status of a state secret. That is what happened to a detailed study of the planning for postwar Iraq prepared for the…
