WASHINGTON – Presidential advisor Karl Rove and at least one other member of the White House political team were urged by the New Mexico Republican party chairman to fire the state’s U.S. attorney because of dissatisfaction in part with his failure to indict Democrats in a voter fraud investigation in the battleground election state (Read…
David Edwards and Andrew Bielak, RAWSTORY-“It seems likely now that the president may have not only known about the torture program, but may have ordered it,” Turley told the AP. “That would be truly otherwordly, where the United States could be accused of running a torture program.” (Read More)
By Margaret Talev and Marisa Taylor McClatchy Newspapers – Fri, Mar. 09, 2007 WASHINGTON – A congressional investigation into the firings of eight U.S. attorneys reached into the White House on Friday, with Democrats saying that they’ll call in President Bush’s former counsel Harriet Miers and other unidentified White House officials for interviews […] there…
RAWSTORY, Michael Roston — Democratic leaders in Congress speedily announced this morning that they would conduct thorough oversight on reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation overstepped the boundaries of its authority under the Patriot Act. The head of the House Judiciary Committee warned that the potential for misconduct by the FBI “is almost without…
