By Tara Lohan, AlterNet. At no time in our country’s history has the abuse of power by the executive branch been more flagrant and more dangerous to democracy. In just the past month, the Bush administration has ordered employees to ignore congressional subpoenas, asserted broad new parameters for executive privilege and issued an executive order…
By Jason Leopold, t r u t h o u t Two years ago, US District Court Judge James Robertson sent a letter to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., notifying him of his resignation from a secret intelligence court set up to monitor the federal government’s domestic surveillance activities. Robertson’s abrupt departure came on…
By Marcy Winograd, Afterdowningstreet.org Congressman Waxman, Chair of the House Oversight Committee, told an impeachment delegation meeting with him in his Los Angeles office, Tues., Aug. 7, 2007, that he would mull over his constituents’ articulate arguments, watch the Bill Moyers’ interview on impeachment, and weigh whether there was sufficient evidence to, not just impeach,…
[Richard S. Russell writes about IfP Madison’s Torture Theater July 7, 2007 on the Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin, Madison campus.] OK, I know that’s a misleading title, but I hope it got your attention anyway. The hood I’m referring to is black, was made of cloth, and spent a couple of hours…
