opednews by Frank J. Ranelli The contentious and conservative, erstwhile Speaker of the House bemoans how Bush has helped America become a country that is “no longer serious”, harshly criticizes the Bush administration’s handling of terrorist groups, calling the war on terror “phony”, and claims hyper-partisanship is a “stupid way to run a country”. (Original…
Michael Roston, Raw Story The Thursday testimony of J. Scott Jennings, an aide to President George W. Bush, offered further insight into the routine violations of e-mail archiving rules by White House staff. “I came to the White House, as you said, in 2005, and when I came, I was given two e-mail accounts as…
By Carol D. Leonnig and Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post A federal intelligence court judge earlier this year secretly declared a key element of the Bush administration’s wiretapping efforts illegal, according to a lawmaker and government sources, providing a previously unstated rationale for fevered efforts by congressional lawmakers this week to expand the president’s spying powers….
Michael Roston, Raw Story The Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee started a hearing on the firing of eight federal prosecutors by asking if President George W. Bush was directly responsible for the termination of the prosecutors. “We are quickly reaching the point where, given the claim of executive privilege, the logical question is what…
