therawstory White House plans to block testimony from former top Rove aide; Miers has not decided Michael Roston An attorney for Sara Taylor, a former top aide to White House adviser Karl Rove, notified the Senate that she was unlikely to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee July 11. At the same time, former Counsel…
Associated Press A federal appeals court Friday ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging President Bush’s domestic spying program, saying the plaintiffs had no standing to sue. The 2-1 ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated a 2006 order by a lower court in Detroit, which had found the post-Sept. 11…
Michael Rolston, Raw Story Years Reporting in Washington, the conservative political pundit will seek to settle some scores with colleagues in the nation’s capitol. But he won’t be expressing any regrets for printing the name of and ‘outing’ covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, according to a Tuesday report in ‘Washington Whispers,’ a blog published…
By John Bresnahan, The Politico The House Judiciary Committee, upset over President Bush’s decision to grant clemency to I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, will hold a hearing on July 11 to examine presidential clemency power, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the panel’s chairman, announced on Tuesday afternoon. No witness list has been released yet. (Original Article)
