By Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t Blackwater employees were accused of committing criminal acts of violence, including an incident in December 2006, when an inebriated Blackwater employee shot and killed an Iraqi security guard to Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi, after a Christmas party. At a hearing Tuesday, the House…
By Dan Eggen, Washington Post No more than four Justice Department officials had access to details of the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance program when the department deemed portions of it illegal, following a pattern of poor consultation that helped create a “legal mess,” a former Justice official told Congress yesterday. Jack L. Goldsmith, former head…
By Robert Schmidt, Bloomberg U.S. businesses, with the help of civil libertarians, are on the verge of outmaneuvering federal prosecutors and persuading Congress to limit the government’s power to pursue corporate fraud. Lawmakers are considering a measure that would, among other things, bar the government from demanding that companies reveal confidential talks with their lawyers…
Conservative Activist Jerome R. Corsi speaking to a conference in Tulsa OK on stopping the NAFTA Super Hwy said President Bush and many others need to be impeached. From WikiPedia: “Jerome R. Corsi is an American author and conservative activist, who at one time was considered a candidate for the Constitution Party’s 2008 Presidential nomination….
