Holder Will Have to Prosecute By David Swanson After comments made in his confirmation hearing, Attorney General nominee Eric Holder will be hard pressed not to prosecute Bush, Cheney, and their co-conspirators, or to appoint a special prosecutor. When Senator Patrick Leahy asked if waterboarding is torture and illegal, Holder agreed that it is. When…
New York Times OP-ED COLUMNIST A President Forgotten but Not Gone By FRANK RICH Published: January 3, 2009 WE like our failed presidents to be Shakespearean, or at least large enough to inspire Oscar-worthy performances from magnificent tragedians like Frank Langella. So here, too, George W. Bush has let us down. Even the banality of…
Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales of crime Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:49am EST Copyright 2008 Reuters. All rights reserved. HOUSTON (Reuters) – A grand jury in South Texas indicted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and former attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday for “organized criminal activity” related to alleged abuse of inmates in private…
Cases Against Detainees Have Thinned By Del Quentin Wilber – Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, November 2, 2008; A02 © 2008 The Washington Post Company    Algerians’ Habeas Corpus Hearings Will Begin With Fewer and Lesser Charges The six Algerians were scooped up in Bosnia and shuttled to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in early…
