There have been numerous rumours over the past several months that vice-President Dick Cheney would be out of office in the near future. Some went on pure speculation, while others waged their bets on an accumulation of events surrounding Cheney. It is time to look at this possiblity again. Not going through the previous reasons […]
Bloomberg is reporting that the investigation into the phone jamming scandal is now widening: To Republicans, the New Hampshire phone-jamming incident is an isolated case of political dirty tricks that took place more than three years ago. To Democrats, it’s a scandal with echoes of Watergate that may reach all the way to the White […]
One of the arguments that we keep hearing about the warrantless wiretaps is that it could of helped prevented 9/11 if the “tool” was available prior to the attacks. That is another point that is totally false. The FBI actually wanted to tap Moussaoui prior to the attacks but didn’t do so because their lawyers […]
The NSA spying story has just gotten worse: WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 – In the anxious months after the Sept. 11 attacks, the National Security Agency began sending a steady stream of telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and names to the F.B.I. in search of terrorists. The stream soon became a flood, requiring hundreds of agents to […]
In keeping the NSA spying story alive, the New York Times gives us a more detailed look today into how the NSA assumed their powers: WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 – The National Security Agency acted on its own authority, without a formal directive from President Bush, to expand its domestic surveillance operations in the weeks after […]
Eugene Robinson is an op-ed columnist for the Washington Post. I have always liked reading his articles. He seems to take a rational approach to the problems facing this country, and today’s article is no exception. Since the holiday season is a time of generosity and goodwill toward all — even those who torture the […]
It turns out in the days following September 11 that Bush tried to get extraordinary powers granted to him through Congress but those attempts failed. This new information comes from an article appearing in today’s Washington Post: The Bush administration requested, and Congress rejected, war-making authority “in the United States” in negotiations over the joint […]
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 […]
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,” […]