Rudy Giuliani - Everything you hate about Bush, and worse

"Giuliani is definitely the "Teflon Don" of the current presidential campaign, in that even as more and more evidence surfaces about how deeply right-wing his politics actually are, I still run across a baffling number of people who insist that they'd vote for...

Protecting our nation's secrets - why have deadlines passed with no apparent ...

"Cheney has excused his entire office from oversight under the mistaken impression that he's a fourth branch of government that gets to choose whether it's part of executive branch or the legislative branch on a case-by-case basis. And yet we don't have any...

A proposal for a progressive agenda

"...Fundamentally, the ideas of the modern Republican Party leadership have been found incapable of addressing the problems facing the United States, both domestically and internationally. Thankfully, progressives have their own ideas that will prove successful at addressing...

Appeals court nixes lawsuit against warrantless spy program

"...This ruling comes on the heels of the July 3 decision that national security trumped the public interest in the NYT's quest for classified materials relating to the program. Although Sen. Patrick Leahy and Congressman John Conyers have both pushed ahead with plans to...

The White House is lying about correctly safeguarding classified information

"Representative Henry Waxman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is back at it, and this time he’s threatening to subpeona White House officials on June 28th (two days from today) to get answers..."

Executive offices exempt from Executive Orders

"Earlier this week, I blogged on how the Office of the Vice President was claiming to be exempt from the Executive Orders governing the protection of national secrets. Now we have an update to this ongoing issue. According to this 'Washington Post' story, White House...

Democrats To Undermine Missile Defense

Cuts pushed for planned missile program May 25, 8:47 PM ET, Yahoo News The Bush administration is facing the prospect of a sharp cut by the Democratic-contolled Congress in its request for $310 million to begin...

Senators Want CIA to Release 9/11 Report

Google News Alert for: 9/11 AccountabilitySenators Want CIA to Release 9/11 Report Thurs May 17, 2007By KATHERINE SHRADERAssociated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - A bipartisan group of senators is pushing...

Please Forget We're Wiretapping You

The real juice here is that now there is physical proof of the US Government's wiretapping scheme. Under previous accusations, the National Security Agency has been able to hide behind "national security" whilst being shy about producing evidence; in this case, the evidence...

Tony Snow Press Conference - oops, I mean water boarding conference

Water Boarding, Water Boarding, Water Boarding, Water Boarding, Water Boarding, Water Boarding News from The Associated Press "The White House said Friday that Vice President Dick Cheney was not talking about...

5 Scandals that Could Put Republicans in Jail

From James Ridgeway, Mother Jones: "The Foley cover-up is just the tip of the iceberg. If the Democrats succeed in retaking Congress this fall, here are five investigations they should get started on right away."

Bush goes after Dems during Stockton fundraiser

"President Bush, trying again to shift the focus of the midterm elections to the fight against terrorists, unleashed a blistering attack today on Democrats whom he described as soft on national security."

Sen. Specter prepping bill to sue Bush - Yahoo! News

"We will submit legislation to the United States Senate which will...authorize the Congress to undertake judicial review of those signing statements with the view to having the president's acts declared...

We could all be in deep, deep trouble

"Beirut was silent yesterday morning. Smoke still hung in the blue sky like a vague threat, but after a night of violence - physical and verbal - the port city waited. A few shops in the centre warily raised their...

National Security Agency Eavesdropping 101

Pentagon’s National Security Agency, which specializes in eavesdropping and code-breaking, is funding research into the mass harvesting of the information that people post about themselves on social...

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