Month: May 2007

Bush Era

Ex-Rove aide pleads Fifth on contacts with Abramoff

May 22, 2007 Comments Off on Ex-Rove aide pleads Fifth on contacts with Abramoff

Michael Roston, Raw Story Susan Ralston, the former executive assistant to top White House adviser Karl Rove, invoked her rights against self-incrimination while she was being asked to answer questions by the House Committee on […]

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Conyers wants unredacted documents from Goodling

May 22, 2007 Comments Off on Conyers wants unredacted documents from Goodling

By Susan Crabtree, The Hill House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) wants more information than Monica Goodling, a former senior aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, is willing to provide when she testifies […]

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Second Iraq Troop Surge Starts

May 22, 2007 Comments Off on Second Iraq Troop Surge Starts

By Stewart M. Powell, Hearst Newspapers The Bush administration is quietly on track to nearly double the number of combat troops in Iraq this year, an analysis of Pentagon deployment orders showed Monday. This “second […]

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Comey’s testimony raises vital questions about NSA scandal

May 22, 2007 Comments Off on Comey’s testimony raises vital questions about NSA scandal

By Glenn Greenwald, Salon The testimony yesterday from James Comey re-focuses attention on one of the long unresolved mysteries of the NSA scandal. And the new information Comey revealed, though not answering that question decisively, […]