Michael Rolston, Raw Story Rep. Henry Waxman’s House Committee on Oversight and Government reform is close to reaching a deal that would limit the scope of its probe into e-mail accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee and used by White House employees, according to a report in today’s edition of Roll Call. “Just prior…
By ANDREW O. SELSKY, Associated Press Writer A military judge on Monday dismissed terrorism-related charges against a prisoner charged with killing an American soldier in Afghanistan, in a stunning reversal for the Bush administration’s attempts to try Guantanamo detainees in military court. The chief of military defense attorneys at Guantanamo Bay, Marine Col. Dwight Sullivan,…
By Pete Yost, The Associated Press A newly disclosed effort to keep Vice President Dick Cheney’s visitor records secret is the latest White House push to make sure the public doesn’t learn who has been meeting with top officials in the Bush administration. Over the past year, lawyers for President Bush and Cheney have directed…
By Michael Isikoff, Newsweek The Senate and House Intelligence Committees are asking former attorney general John Ashcroft to testify about a March 2004 hospital-room confrontation during which he refused to sign off on a continuation of President Bush’s warrantless eavesdropping program, according to congressional and administration sources. The sources, who asked not to identified talking…
