By Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News Barrington “Barry” Godfrey of Houston tried to get mega-contractor KBR to quit overcharging the government for thousands of troops he said the company never fed. He alleges he was forced out for raising the issue, and that the Justice Department tried unsuccessfully to keep his allegations secret and then…
By Jason Leopold, t r u t h o u t While Dick Cheney has been talking tough over the years about Iran’s alleged nuclear activities, the vice president has been quietly pursuing nuclear ambitions of his own. For more than two years, Cheney and a relatively unknown administration official, Deputy Energy Secretary Clay Sell,…
Jason Rhyne, Raw Story House Judiciary John Conyers (D-MI) will file a report today charging two White House officials with contempt of Congress for their continued refusal to honor subpoenas in connection with the firing of US attorneys last year — but he’s also offering them one last chance. In a Monday letter to White…
From the Desk of Donald Rumsfeld … By Robin Wright, The Washington Post In a series of internal musings and memos to his staff, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld argued that Muslims avoid “physical labor” and wrote of the need to “keep elevating the threat,” “link Iraq to Iran” and develop “bumper sticker statements” to…
