By Jason Leopold, t r u t h o u t Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff advised the CIA between 2002 and 2003 that its agents had the legal authority to use techniques that included waterboarding on one of the agency’s so-called “high level detainees,” according to a little-known report published in January 2005. That…
Harriet E. Miers, who succeeded Mr. Gonzales as White House counsel. (Original Article)
As a follow-up to our wildly successful impeachment Town Hall meeting with Minneapolis City Council Members Cam Gordon and Elizabeth Glidden and Council Member Remington coming out for impeachment, we’re calling on citizens to do three things: * Call your Council Member * Attend the City Council Meetings * Flyer neighborhoods to spread the word…
Matt Apuzzo, AP Afederal judge on Tuesday ordered the Bush administration to defend its decision to destroy videotapes of CIA interrogations of two al-Qaida suspects. In a one-sentence order, U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy rejected calls from the Justice Department to stay out of the matter and told lawyers to appear before him Friday…
