The New York Times, Editorial As Monica Goodling, a key player in the United States attorney scandal, prepares to testify before Congress on Wednesday, the administration’s strategy is clear. It has offered up implausible excuses, hidden the most damaging evidence and feigned memory lapses, while hoping that the public’s attention moves on. But this scandal…
The Associated Press The Homeland Security Department is breaking the law by not telling the public exactly how personal information is used to screen international travelers, including Americans, congressional investigators said Wednesday. One of the screening programs at issue is a computer-based system called the Automated Targeting System that is used by the Customs and…
US Embassy in Iraq to Be Biggest Ever By Anne Gearan, The Associated Press The new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad will be the world’s largest and most expensive foreign mission, though it may not be large enough or secure enough to cope with the chaos in Iraq. The Bush administration designed the 104-acre compound–set to…
Vermont’s Progressive Party unanimously endorsed a resolution calling for the impeachment of President Bush Saturday. Fifty party members turned out in Montpelier for the Progressive’s quarterly meeting. They unanimously endorsed a resolution calling on Democratic Congressman Peter Welch to initiate impeachment proceedings of the President and Vice President. It’s similar to the impeachment resolutions approved…
