By Charlie Savage, Boston Globe Federal officials have disobeyed at least six new laws that President Bush challenged in his signing statements, a government study disclosed yesterday. The report provides the first evidence that the government may have acted on claims by Bush that he can set aside laws under his executive powers. In a…
By William Fisher, t r u t h o u t As the US struggles to fill critical posts in its diplomatic missions overseas – including its massive new embassy in Baghdad – the State Department is suspending the security clearances of dozens of experienced Foreign Service Officers based on flimsy allegations or bogus accusations….
By Jeremy Jacobs, The Hill Democrats Monday blasted President Bush’s extensive use of signing statements, with Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) calling the practice a “power grab.” Byrd and Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) criticized Bush after a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealed that President Bush has penned more signing statements objecting to the legality…
By Klaus Marre, The Hill The destruction of e-mails from top White House officials “could be the most serious breach of the Presidential Records Act in the 30-year history of the law,” according to an interim report from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The committee is investigating the use of non-White House e-mail…
