Greg Palast Voting rights attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called for prison time for the new US Attorney for Arkansas, Timothy Griffin and investigation of Griffin’s former boss, Karl Rove, chief political advisor to President Bush. “Timothy Griffin,” said Kennedy, “who is the new US attorney in Arkansas, was actually the mastermind behind the…
By Nate Anderson, Ars Technica Verizon is one of the phone companies currently being sued over its alleged disclosure of customer phone records to the NSA. In a response to the court last week, the company asked for the entire consolidated case against it to be thrown out””on free speech grounds. The response also alleges…
By Peter Spiegel and Julian E. Barnes, LA Times President Bush has mobilized his administration, including his top general in Iraq, in a major push to win more time and money for his war strategy. But one crucial voice has been missing from the chorus: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’. In fact, Gates’ recent comments…
Michael Roston, rawstory.com The governments of Saudi Arabia and the United States are working with other states in the Middle East region to sponsor covert action against Iran, according to a report in this month’s edition of The Atlantic. The report also suggests that covert attacks may occur against Iran’s oil sector. David Samuels, in…
