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…
(Gold Star Father Carlos Arredondo with the traveling memorial to his son.) afterdowningstreet.org Bush Meets With and Honors Man Three Days After He Attacked Gold Star Father By Hannah Johns (Chris Hill, ‘National Director of Ops’ for the Gathering of Eagles in DC on 9/18/07, while assaulting Mr. Arredondo and with Bush (left to right)….
