Bush has admitted to the declassification of parts of the pre-war intelligence: Bush acknowledges declassifying Iraq intelligence President George W. Bush acknowledged on Monday he ordered the declassification of parts of a prewar intelligence report on Iraq to respond to critics. But Bush said he could not comment on an assertion that he authorized Vice […]
By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer The recent indictment of Vice President Cheney’s top aide has struck a nerve with the American public. Four in five, 79 percent, said the indictment of former Cheney aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby on perjury and other charges is important to the nation, according to a poll by the […]
Heres an update on my previous postRove = Offical ‘a’. This is the Associated Presses report on this issue: ‘Official A’ Stands Out in Indictment By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer In a sign of the trouble lingering for the Bush administration, the indictment handed up Friday in the CIA leak probe refers to someone […]
Scooter Libby has been indicted on 5 counts as follows: 2 counts of perjury 2 counts of making false statements 1 count of obstruction of justice According to the New York Daily News, Dave Addington is coined to replace Scooter Libby. Addington was the official who authored the memo justifying torture and holding terrorist prisoners […]
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 […]
On October 18, the Senate judiciary committee will start hearings into the ties between Timothy Flanigan and Jack Abramoff. Flanigan was nominated by President Bush in May to become Deputy Attorney General at the Justice Department. Abramoff was a lobbyist for Tyco, where Flanigan became a senior vice president in 2002. Flanigan joined Tyco following […]
Perjury? Obstruction of Justice? Sounds like charges that are being talked about in the Valerie Plame leak case. These same charges could come to Ohio though. Governor Bob Taft was convicted of four counts of failing to report donations and gifts yesterday. Now he could face the same charges that are being talked about in […]
The President this week said he would fire anyone in his administration that broke the law. Prior to that he said he would fire anyone involved in the leaking of classified information. He also said he has instructed everyone in his staff to fully cooperate with investigators. Bloomberg News reported yesterday that the investigation may […]