By ANTHONY MITCHELL, AP NAIROBI, Kenya – CIA and FBI agents hunting for al-Qaida militants in the Horn of Africa have been interrogating terrorism suspects from 19 countries held at secret prisons in Ethiopia, which is notorious for torture and abuse, according to an investigation by The Associated Press. Human rights groups, lawyers and several…
Michael Roston, rawstory.com The Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today requested e-mails from the Republican National Committee related to the possible misuse of federal government employees and resources for political purposes. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) warned that there were “Serious questions…about the legality and propriety” of a presentation delivered by…
The trail of breadcrumbs in the US attorney scandal starts at the Department of Justice, goes into the White House and heads right down the halls into the Oval Office. By Larry Beinhart, alternet.org About a year from now, pundits and instant historians will point back at the firing of the federal prosecutors and say,…
Michael Roston, rawstory.com House Democrats leading the investigation of the firing of eight US Attorneys are questioning the legal strategy of a top Justice Department official. Monica Goodling, who serves as liaison to the White House, hopes to avoid providing testimony ordered through a subpoena by invoking her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. However, in…
