Agence France-Presse The US government cannot account for 190,000 weapons issued to Iraqi security forces in 2004 and 2005, according to an investigation carried out by the Government Accountability Office. According to the July 31 report, the military “cannot fully account for about 110,000 AK-47 assault rifles, 80,000 pistols, 135,000 items of body armour and…
Reuters Citing executive privilege, President George W. Bush on Wednesday rejected a subpoena for his close adviser Karl Rove to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee in a probe over fired federal prosecutors. The committee had subpoenaed Rove to testify at a hearing on Thursday morning in its investigation of the firing last year of…
[Note from Rob Kall at Opednews:Â Bush shill military leaders sell out America and our troops again by punishing lower level officers, not the top generals and Bush Admin officials who deserve punishment.] By JONATHAN KARL, ABC News ABC News has learned that seven Army officers will receive career-ending administrative punishments for mishandling the Pat…
John Byrne, Raw Story President Bush authorized a “series of secret surveillance activities” by executive order after Sept. 11, 2001, according to a letter from Bush Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell to Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA). The disclosure marks the first time “that the administration has publicly acknowledged that Bush’s order included undisclosed activities…
