That is exactly what the CIA has done: The CIA destroyed videotapes it made in 2002 of two top terror suspects because it was afraid that keeping them “posed a security risk,” Director Michael Hayden has told agency employees. Hayden’s revelation to the CIA employees became public Thursday and it caused a commotion on Capitol […]
The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to authorize more subpoenas in the U.S.A. purge. Five of the subpoenas are targeting Justice Department officials. In the wake of this growing scandal, we also find out from Murray Waas that Bush worked to shut down another investigation that may have targeted Gonzales: Shortly before Attorney General Alberto […]
This sounds so damn familiar: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words that have crept into the language, such as “pizzas” which will now be known as “elastic loaves,” state media reported Saturday. The presidential decree, issued earlier this week, orders all governmental […]
The Times (UK) have reported on further details from Amnesty International regarding the detention of some 14,000 people by US and British Military Forces. As I said in an earlier post, it’s about time some independant international board was given the consent to investigate and visit these places without any red tape and report on […]
Poor Ricky Santorum. The guy can’t stay out of trouble: Progressive ethics watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee alleging that Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) violated the Senate Gift Rule by accepting a mortgage from The Philadelphia Trust Company, a bank that serves affluent clients, […]
Well it appears that Iran is looking to develop a nuclear bomb. IAEA confirms Iran prepares for nuclear enrichment 31 Jan 2006 18:55:07 GMT Source: Reuters VIENNA, Jan 31 (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog confirmed on Tuesday that Iran had begun preparing for nuclear enrichment, which can make fuel for bombs, and continued to […]