winonadailynews.com By Janice Crabb, Ettrick, Wis. The war on terror has become a perpetual war. George W. Bush has taken powers unto himself that were never intended to be given to the executive branch. He has claimed the authority to tell Congress it doesn’t have any right to know what he’s doing. He’s claimed authority…
Ewen MacAskill in Washington and Julian Borger, The Guardian The balance in the internal White House debate over Iran has shifted back in favour of military action before President George Bush leaves office in 18 months, the Guardian has learned. The shift follows an internal review involving the White House, the Pentagon and the state…
Michael Roston, Raw Story Alberto Gonzales’s Justice Department has issued legal opinions in recent weeks seeking to bolster the White House’s claims of executive privilege against Congressional investigations. At the same time, a bipartisan group in Congress is fighting what it sees as hostility toward the exercise of attorney-client privilege in federal corporate crime prosecutions….
Daily Kos Glenn Greenwald has the stats… by ezdidit This isn’t just another impeachment diary. As an activist, a day rarely goes by when I have not either written a letter, sent a fax or email to a Congressman, a politician or a political aide, or a newspaper or magazine, e-signed a petition, or collected…
