Bush Era

I was Gagged by the Patriot Act

Patriot Abuse By Janet Nocek, The Hartford Courant When the USA Patriot Act was being reauthorized in 2005, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales claimed that not one single abuse of the “national security letters” provision […]

Bush Era

Gonzales Confirms more Spying Programs

Think Progress In his testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was asked by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) to address inaccuracies in his 2006 testimony in relation to the Bush administration’s […]

Bush Era

Specter raises prospect of impeachment

Michael Roston, Raw Story …Specter then angrily asked if the White House’s current assertions of executive privilege threatened the current form of government in the United States. “Do you think constitutional government in the United […]