Untitled document While the Republicans worked hard yesterday to protect Bush and his administration from political prosecution for war crimes, a judge ruled that former administration officials don’t have immunity. A federal judge in Idaho has ruled that former attorney general John D. Ashcroft can be held personally responsible for the wrongful detention of a […]
Bush’s final gamble: giving Iraq a dictator? Andrew Sullivan The news was buried in a New York Times story last week but it confirmed what others in the Washington chattering classes have been observing lately. The context is that the White House has been inviting outsiders in to the Oval Office to discuss strategy in […]
This is how the Bush administration thinks of America. They believe no American has the right to freedom anymore. U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian courts under legislation proposed by the Bush administration, say legal experts reviewing an early version of the bill. A 32-page […]
I have really been waiting for this to happen: The CIA officer whose identity was leaked to reporters sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide and presidential adviser Karl Rove on Thursday, accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, […]
Arlen Specter is once again holding oversight hearings into the administration: The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, accusing the White House of a ”very blatant encroachment” on congressional authority, said yesterday he will hold an oversight hearing into President Bush’s assertion that he has the power to bypass more than 750 laws enacted over […]
The Bush dictatorship is in full swing and today the Boston Globe takes a look at how it got to this point: President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when […]
The ports deal goes down so Bush pushes for another deal with Dubai– President Bush is expected on Friday to announce his approval of a deal under which a Dubai-owned company would take control of nine plants in the United States that manufacture parts for American military vehicles and aircraft, say two administration officials familiar […]
So what can we expect tomorrow when the hearings into the wiretapping kick off. WellTime magazine has a little preview. According to the documents, Gonzales plans to assert in his opening statement that seeking approval for the wiretaps from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court could result in delays that “may make the difference […]
Hmm does this really shock anyone? From this morning’s New York Times: The Bush administration is rebuffing requests from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for its classified legal opinions on President Bush’s domestic spying program, setting up a confrontation in advance of a hearing scheduled for next week, administration and Congressional officials said Wednesday. […]
Since the hurricane season is in limbo right now, you would think it is the perfect time to hunker down and fix the problems that were exposed during Katrina. Unfortunately the White House doesn’t feel the same way: The Bush administration, citing the confidentiality of executive branch communications, said Tuesday that it did not plan […]