It will be interesting to see how the administration tries to downplay this report: United Nations inquiry has called for the immediate closure of America’s Guantanamo Bay detention centre and the prosecution of officers and politicians “up to the highest level” who are accused of torturing detainees. The UN Human Rights Commission report, due to […]
Now we learn of allegations of wide-spread insider trading occurring in our nation’s capital: After a comment by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) on Air America’s Majority Report Wednesday evening, RAW STORY has learned that House Democrats are pushing the ethics committee to investigate allegations of congressional offices providing privleged information to Wall Street investors. An […]
The CEO of Diebold has immediately resigned from the company according to Raw Story: The chief executive officer of voting rights company Diebold who once famously declared that he would “deliver” Ohio for President Bush has resigned effective immediately, RAW STORY has learned. “The board of directors and Wally mutually agreed that his decision to […]
This in via Reuters: Five US soldiers charged with abuse: military Five U.S. soldiers in Iraq have been charged with abusing detainees whom it is claimed they had punched and kicked, the U.S. military said on Monday. “The allegations stemmed from an incident on September 7 in which three detainees were allegedly punched and kicked […]
The following was obtained from Raw Story. Prosecutor in leak case seeks indictments against Rove, Libby, lawyers close to case say 10/26/2005 @ 10:28 am Filed by Jason Leopold and John Byrne Special Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has asked the grand jury investigating the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson to indict Vice President […]
It seems that the United States media is once again to blame. As Rumsfeld addressed reporters yesterday about the allegation of U.S. forces burning Taliban corpses in Afghanistan he made it clear that he was upset this story was getting reported. Take this quote from today’sChicago Sun Times: ”We also recognize the damage that can […]
Seems like Delay’s attorney is really grasping for straws. According to the Associated Press, his arraignment was delay today pending a change of venue motion filed by the defense. Why the change of venue? Well let me show you what the AP reported on it. In respectful tones, DeGuerin (Delay’s attorney) noted that Perkins (the […]
Sunday, on CNN’s Late Edition, they made the mistake of giving Pat Robertson a larger audience again. This time he used his time in the spotlight to further taunt Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez. Robertson made two claims, which are being Venezuela’s vice-President as irrational. In the first claim, Robertson said that Chavez paid Osama Bin […]
In June of this year, a panel of congressional Democrats held a hearing into the overspending and contracts involving Halliburton. During this hearing, testimony was given by some prominent individuals who are close to the situation. Rory Mayberry, who was a supervisor for Halliburton’s subsidiary Kellogg Root and Brown gave video testimony about rancid food […]
Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham allegedly demanded and recieved a bribe from a Pentagon contractor. Duke’s defense is trying to play it down since the allegations did not come in the form of an indictment. “This complaint is not a serious legal filing; it’s a public relations exercise, It cites no testimony, no documents – in […]