The news yesterday that Timothy Geithner may have helped cover up AIG’s financial problems is sparking a House investigation: A House committee is planning to grill Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner about his role in the massive bailout of failed insurer American International Group Inc. The House Oversight Committee is responding to news that key details […]
It sounds like Howard Dean really got under the skin of some people: Liberal Sen. Jay Rockefeller denounced Howard Dean’s call for the Senate healthcare bill to be axed as “nonsense and irresponsible.” Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and the White House both fired back at Dean on Wednesday for saying that liberals should kill the Senate bill. […]
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 […]
Earlier it was the discovery that Scooter’s defense could be an embarrassment to the administration. Now we learn of others who may come under scrutiny by the case: A former top State Department official suspected of being the first person to discuss the identity of a CIA official with reporters is expected to testify in […]