I remember the night that this happened and Drudge saying she was going to be arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer. Guess they will have to look harder to find someone else now: WASHINGTON (AP) A grand jury has declined to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney in a March incident in which she admitted […]
Remember when this guy was Bush’s pick to head Homeland Security? Bernard Kerik once enjoyed a national reputation as a brash, self-made law enforcer. As New York’s police commissioner, he was at Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s side during the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. By late 2004, President Bush wanted him for homeland security chief. Kerik’s […]
Just now coming in that a grand jury in Frankfort, Kentucky has indicted Republican Governor Ernie Fletcher on misdemeanor charges in connection with state hiring practices. The corruption keeps coming from the GOP. Hey KY – Welcome to Ohio now where we can share in the dis-honor of having criminals in the governor’s mansion. I will have […]
Raw Story has the full transcript, but here are the parts that stuck out to me: Karl Rove has described his three and a half hour fifth meeting with a grand jury as “hell,” and is more worried about being prosecuted than ever, MSNBC is reporting. The three and a half hour duration is considered […]
Every day seems to bring new stories of how Rove is closer to being indicted in the Plame case. Take this from today’s LA Times: Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald is believed to be considering perjury or obstruction charges against Rove or charges that he offered misstatements to investigators. A grand jury in the case […]
With everyone paying attention to Bush and his now known involvement in the CIA leak case, one thing has been overlooked – what impact this revelation has on Libby’s defense. Today the Washington Post looks at that angle: Fitzgerald argued, in essence, that the White House effort to rebut Wilson’s criticism was so intense, and […]
With someone like Dick Cheney, a person who is on his third term as vice-President and has served for numerous other administrations, you would think he knew how Washington should work. Then again, you can’t teach an old dog new (or old) tricks: NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- A source described as close to the Bush […]
President Bush constantly maintains that his domestic spying program is legal. If that is the case then why must we hear about this? The White House has been twisting arms to ensure that no Republican member votes against President Bush in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation of the administration’s unauthorized wiretapping. Congressional sources said Deputy […]
In an article appearing in tomorrow’s Washington Post and available online now, we learn that it wasn’t just the opinion of Fitzgerald and the grand jury that Libby perjured himself but one judge who had made rulings in the case also felt the same: [Judge David] Tatel wrote that interviewing Miller would be crucial to […]
We knew it was coming but it has now been made official. The Justice Department is set to launch an investigation into who leaked the secret eavesdropping program to the press. This is according to the Associated Press: The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the leak of classified information about President Bush’s secret […]