Gonzales Aide Goodling to Invoke Fifth Amendment
March 26, 2007
Monica Goodling, a Justice Department official involved in the firings of federal prosecutors, will refuse to answer questions at upcoming Senate hearings, citing Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, her lawyer said Monday. “The potential for legal jeopardy for Ms. Goodling from even her most truthful and accurate testimony under these circumstances is very real,” said the lawyer, John Dowd.
White House Use of Outside Email Accounts Questioned
March 26, 2007
Emails released by the Department of Justice over the past two weeks in conjunction with a Congressional investigation into the firings of eight US attorneys show that White House officials have communicated with staffers at the DOJ about the attorney purge using email accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee in possible violation of the Presidential Records Act.
Kerry Sponsors Senate bill giving bloggers FOIA powers
March 17, 2007
Senator John Kerry today announced his support for a legislative initiative designed to assist the freedom of the press. The bill would make the federal Freedom of Information Act more powerful, primarily by making it harder for the Administration to deny or delay the release of information. It does that by requiring that an agency respond to FOIA requests within 20 business days and establishes a publicly available tracking system for requests. In addition, the legislation would help bloggers,
The Means And Ends of Bush’s White House Receive a Verdict
March 17, 2007
The conviction of I Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, on criminal charges of obstruction of justice and perjury brings only a partial conclusion to the sordid political tragedy that is the Bush presidency. Yet the judgment on this matter goes to the heart of the administration. The means and the ends of Bush’s White House have received a verdict from the bar of justice.
War on Iraq: Neocons in Cheney’s Office Fund al Qaeda-Tied Groups … and No One Cares?
March 17, 2007
Seymour Hersh’s recent report that Iran-Contra veterans working out of Dick Cheney’s office are using stolen funds from Iraq to arm al Qaeda-tied groups and foment a larger Sunni-Shia war is a very big deal.
All roads lead to Rove
March 15, 2007
The White House political director was clearly at the center of the partisan plot to fire U.S. attorneys, despite the administration’s clumsy attempts to pretend otherwise
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton foresees a “remaining military as well as political mission” in Iraq, and says that if elected president, she would keep a reduced military force there to fight Al Qaeda, deter Iranian aggression, protect the Kurds and possibly support the Iraqi military.
And there you have it.
Evidence Mounting for Armchair Revolution
March 7, 2007
Five giant corporate entities own most of media now and there is essentially no free press interested in doing investigative journalism anymore – but if it does, it’s smeared as that “leftist” or “liberal” press. The truth of current events can often be found on the web. But even when we know the (questionably vetted) truth, does that really change anything, I mean, in the long run?
The ‘Looming Evil Strike’ Against Iran
March 2, 2007
“I wouldn’t want to live in or near Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman or even Abu Dhabi, due to their close proximity to the Strait of Harmuz. If things get ugly, these areas will be toast.”
