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Conyers Threatens Subpoenas for Yoo, Addington, other torture advocates
therawstory Conyers to torture memo author: Testify voluntarily or face subpoena Nick Juliano House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers has threatened to subpoena several former officials in the Bush administration if they do not agree to testify about their roles in the preparation of the so-called “torture memos” that authorized severe interrogation tactics in the…
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Iraq Counts Dead Troops As “Active” To Provide For Widows & Orphans
align=”right”Number Of Iraqi Forces Trained Is Uncertain By PAULINE JELINEK Apr 25, 2008 – 4:49 PM (ET) Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All right reserved. © 2008 IAC Search & Media. All rights reserved. WASHINGTON (AP) – Iraq’s government has kept thousands of dead, injured or absent policemen and soldiers on the payroll as a way…
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Bushies allowing Katrina devastation: a GOP success story
NOLA.com Voter registration down in N.O., especially among Democrats and African-Americans by Michelle Krupa, The Times-Picayune A new study by a political scientist confirms what election-watchers have suspected since Hurricane Katrina: The number of voters in the New Orleans area has fallen sharply, with African-Americans and registered Democrats losing the most ground. The political landscape…
