VIDEO-Cheney: The Dark Side
Excerpts from PBS documentary “The Dark Side” about Dick Cheney conscious lying about Iraq and its connection with 9-11
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Leahy: Missing White House Emails Found, But Still Witheld From Congress
Think Progress …”Like the famous 18-minute gap in the Nixon White House tapes, it appears likely that key documentation has been erased or misplaced. This sounds like the Administration’s version of ‘the dog ate my homework.’” …Today, during a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting, Leahy revealed that the White House does indeed have the emails, but…
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U.S. officials can be sued in Sept 11 abuse case
By Christine Kearney, Reuters A Pakistani man who says he was abused in detention after the September 11 attacks can name the FBI director and former U.S. attorney general John Ashcroft in his lawsuit against the government, an appeals court ruled on Thursday. Javaid Iqbal, a Muslim, was held for more than a year at…
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Bush signs bill to preserve US Attorneys’ ‘independence’
Michael Roston, Raw Story Late on Thursday, President George W. Bush signed into law the “Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007.” The bill, which was introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), removed a controversial provision at the heart of the current US Attorneys controversy that allowed the Attorney General to appoint US Attorneys…
