DAVID ESPO, Associated Press …Under Gonzales and Bush, “the Department of Justice suffered a severe crisis of leadership that allowed our justice system to be corrupted by political influence,” said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who has presided over the investigation into the firings of eight prosecutors whom Democrats say were axed for political reasons. Majority…
Nick Juliano, Raw Story Before the top US military and diplomatic officials in Iraq testify in front of Congress next month, the House will receive a dire independent assessment of progress there, the Washington Post reports. The newspaper also reveals that Gen. David Petraeus “softened” intelligence findings on Iraq’s progress in advance of his appearance….
By William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t The departure of Alberto Gonzales from the Attorney General’s Office brings America to a place of definitions, and hanging in the balance is the very idea of the nation itself. The basic concepts and fundamental principles of our republic now stand as the…
Naomi Klein, The Nation Recently, as protesters gathered outside the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) summit in Montebello, Quebec, to confront US President George W. Bush, Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the Associated Press reported this surreal detail: “Leaders were not able to see the protesters in person, but they…
