By Michael Abramowitz, Washington Post Vice President Cheney said yesterday that he would not close the prison housing suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, going public with a perspective that differs from that of others in the administration, including President Bush. Bush has said repeatedly that he wants to close the prison once administration officials figure…
By Kara Oppenheim, The Hill House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) wants Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to provide Congress with information regarding an electronic government database that is believed to have been controversial among top-level Department of Justice officials. Conyers, along with Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Robert “Bobby” Scott, (D-Va.), sent a letter to…
By William Fisher, t r u t h o u t Amid claims of executive privilege by President Bush in the firing of US attorneys, a bipartisan coalition of civil liberties groups has published a new report charging that the administration’s stonewalling is simply part of a six-year pattern of unprecedented government secrecy. The report…
opednews Was Pat Tillman Murdered? Absolutely Yes, According to a Nam Vet by Bill Perry I’m NOT looking for an argument here, on what Wes Clark may, or may NOT have said on Keith Olberman’s MSNBC show. What I DO want to mention is my highly personal experience of killing 4 men at extremely close…
