By Katherine Shrader, Associated Press National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell pulled the curtain back on previously classified details of government surveillance and of a secretive court whose recent rulings created new hurdles for the Bush administration as it tries to prevent terrorism. McConnell’s comments – made in an interview with the El Paso (Texas) Times…
By Robert O’Harrow Jr., Washington Post Under pressure from the White House and Congress to deliver a long-delayed plan last year, officials at the Department of Homeland Security’s counter-narcotics office took a shortcut that has become common at federal agencies: They hired help through a no-bid contract. And the firm they hired showed them how…
By Bruce Fein (Republican and former top legal aide to Pres. Reagan), http://www.slate.com/ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi  is proving to be the surprise O. Henry ending to last November’s elections. The American voters gave Democrats clear control of Congress, rebuked President George W. Bush, and voiced an unequivocal public craving to trade in customary narrow-minded…
by Thomas Bonsell, Opednews.com Impatience with the Democrats in Congress seems to grow daily about their inaction to begin impeachment proceedings of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, which a slight majority of Americans seem to want.Democratic leaders have ready reasons to not consider impeachment at this time. They cite lack of…
