By Jeremy Jacobs, The Hill The Senate Judiciary Committee continued to ramp up its pressure on the White House Thursday, authorizing Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) to subpoena documents relating to the administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. Republican Sens. Orrin Hatch (Utah), Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and ranking member Arlen Specter (Pa.) joined all Democrats on the panel…
Michael Roston, Raw Story The Office of Vice President Dick Cheney told an agency within the National Archives that for purposes of securing classified information, the Vice President’s office is not an ‘entity within the executive branch’ according to a letter released Thursday by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. “The Oversight Committee…
Nick Juliano, Raw Story Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty came to Congress Thursday looking for a do-over.Former White House liaison Monica Goodling called into question McNulty’s prior statements regarding the firing of at least eight US Attorneys for allegedly political reasons when she testified before Congress last month. Testifying before a House subcommittee, McNulty sought…
By Carol D. Leonnig, Washington Post Karen Stevens, Tovah Calderon and Teresa Kwong had a lot in common. They had good performance ratings as career lawyers in the Justice Department’s civil rights division. And they were minority women transferred out of their jobs two years ago – over the objections of their immediate supervisors –…
