The Associated Press as chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney and assistant to President Bush. On Wednesday, I. Lewis ”Scooter” Libby became federal inmate No. 28301-016. Libby, who was convicted in March of lying and obstructing an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative’s identity, faces 2 1/2 years in prison. The…
By Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers Facing eroding support for his Iraq policy, even among Republicans, President Bush on Thursday called al Qaida “the main enemy” in Iraq, an assertion rejected by his administration’s senior intelligence analysts. The reference, in a major speech at the Naval War College that referred to al Qaida at least…
By Rob Kall, Opednews.com It’s time for you to take impeachment to your local Democratic groups, especially if your district’s representative is a Democrat or moderate or libertarian leaning Republican. Every week, more members of congress are signing on to Dennis Kucinich’s bill to impeach Cheney, and Cheney is smelling rottener and rottener every day….
CNN.com The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday accepted appeals from two men detained for years at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The surprise move gives new hope to suspected war criminals held on U.S. soil by the U.S. military. Oral arguments will be held in the fall. (Original Article)
