How much more will the people of this nation tolerate? How many more rights will be allow to be squashed by the government in the name of “security”. Bush defends his wiretapping as being a tool to keep American’s safe. The strongest argument, out of many, is the fact that we have no oversight to […]
This is not only disturbing, but also teetering on being unconstitutional. The National Security Agency has eavesdropped, without warrants, on as many 500 people inside the United States at any given time since 2002, The New York Times reported Friday. That year, following the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush authorized the NSA to monitor the […]
The White House took issue on Thursday with a claim by syndicated columnist Robert Novak that President George W. Bush knows who the source is who leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. “I don’t know what he’s basing it on,” said White House spokesman Scott McClellan, declining to comment further. Novak said Tuesday […]
The administrations defense for “rendition” has taken another strong hit. This morning’s New York Times gives us proof of that: WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 – The Bush administration based a crucial prewar assertion about ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda on detailed statements made by a prisoner while in Egyptian custody who later said he had […]
This is a nice piece of news: MONTREAL (AP) — In a surprise visit, former President Clinton will speak at the annual U.N. climate conference Friday, final day of a contentious two-week meeting, the United Nations confirmed. Bush administration envoys here were said to be displeased at Thursday’s news of the unusual appearance – of […]
The FBI is reopening their case into the forged documents that made the claim Iraq was seeking uranium from Niger. These are the very same documents that lead to the disclosure of Valerie Plame’s identity as a CIA operative. WASHINGTON  The FBI has reopened an inquiry into one of the most intriguing aspects of […]
What a day. We have heard that the President is going to deliver this major speech today about progress in Iraq and lay out a plan for ending this war. Instead we got the same old rhetoric of “more of the same”. The White House has released a new guide entitled “National Strategy for Victory […]
Mike Brown now has his new career ahead of him. That career is a consulting business on how to handle disasters. This from Scripps Howard: Ousted FEMA director Michael Brown, who was vilified over his handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, plans to make a fresh start in Colorado, selling his expertise about how emergency […]
Bill O’Reilly wants to “cut and run”. He is now siding with Democrats in calling for a timetable to exit Iraq. This from Editor and Publisher: O’Reilly Column Says U.S. Needs Timetable to Get Out of Iraq By E&P Staff Published: November 22, 2005 1:17 PM ET NEW YORK Conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly writes in […]
Arguments are once again heating up over detainee treatment at Guantanamo Bay. This time it is not from some U.N. group or international human rights organization: Via UPI: Blair: Guantanamo ‘must be stopped’ LONDON, Nov. 22 (UPI) — The U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is an “anomaly that has to be dealt with,” […]