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The following is an update to the Bob Ney story: House Speaker Dennis Hastert is trying to force out Ohio Rep. Bob Ney (news, bio, voting record) as chairman of the House Administration Committee, a week after Justice Department documents linked Ney to a bribery scheme involving convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Ney’s committee has jurisdiction […]

Turns out Alito also defended the Regan administration in warantless wiretaps. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito defended the right of government officials to order domestic wiretaps when he worked for the Reagan Justice Department, documents released Friday show. He advocated a step by step approach to strengthening the hand of officials in a 1984 memo […]