opednews.com by Kathlyn Stone At 3 a.m. on the 4th of July, U.S. military forces and Iraqi national guards opened fire with a barrage of bullets and grenades on the Baghdad home of Abdel-Hussein Saddam. The severely wounded Abdel-Hussein was taken away and his 18-year-old daughter was left alone, injured and bleeding on the floor….
Associated Press President Bush invoked executive privilege Monday to deny requests by Congress for testimony from two former aides about the firings of federal prosecutors. The White House, however, did offer again to make former counsel Harriet Miers and one-time political director Sara Taylor available for private, off-the-record interviews. In a letter to the heads…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Judiciary Committee may seek testimony from controversial prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald about the obstruction of justice case against vice presidential aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby, two senators said on Sunday. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the ranking Republican member of the committee, said he wanted to hear from Fitzgerald because, “I still…
washingtonpost.com The Talk Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, raised the prospect today that President Bush commuted the prison sentence of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby in order to protect other administration officials. “I think we should put it on the table right at the beginning ……
