Red Cross Says Detainees Reported Abuse Tuesday March 20, 2007 11:01 PM By KATHERINE SHRADER – Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Terror detainees once held in the CIA’s secret prisons were kept and questioned under highly abusive conditions, the International Committee of the Red Cross says in a confidential report based on interviews with…
(The following e-mail went out from Democrats.com which is a reminder that the attorney firing scandal is one more impeachable offense to add to the laundry list of charges against the Bush Administration already confirmed. This crime slipped beneath the radar for the most part, yet is one that didn’t evade the watchful eyes of…
Attorney Scandal Without Precedent: CRS Report Reveals Audacity of Dismissals By Scott Lilly, The Center for American Progress Tuesday 20 March 2007 Defenders of the Bush administration’s decision to fire eight U.S. Attorneys in December have argued that the move was not out of the ordinary since those appointed to that position are presidential appointees…
Justice Department memos show performance issues were being detailed after the fact in order to justify the terminations. By Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer March 21 2007 Senior Justice Department officials began drafting memos this month listing specific reasons why they had fired eight U.S. attorneys, intending to cite performance problems such…
