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To ward off subpoenas, White House offers Rove, Miers testimony behind closed doors
Post Date: 2007-03-20 15:30:35 by aristeides
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To ward off subpoenas, White House offers Rove, Miers testimony behind closed doors Ron Brynaert Published: Tuesday March 20, 2007 House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sanchez called a meeting this morning to authorize subpoenas for five current and former White House and Justice Department officials, RAW STORY has learned. Later in the day, the White House offered to allow two officials to give limited testimony "behind closed doors." According to a press release, "The Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL) will meet TOMORROW, March 21st at 10:15 am in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building to consider subpoenas ...
Ousted Hispanic Prosecutor Was "Diverse Up-and-Comer"
Post Date: 2007-03-20 14:28:39 by aristeides
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Ousted Hispanic Prosecutor Was "Diverse Up-and-Comer" By Paul Kiel - March 20, 2007, 2:11 PM In April, 2004, times were different. U.S. Attorney for New Mexico David Iglesias hadn't yet drawn the ire of prominent conservatives by failing to indict a Democratic state senator shortly before the election or declining to pursue their pet voter fraud cases. Then, he was in no danger of being fired. Rather, he was on the short list for being promoted to be the Director of the Executive Office of the United States Attorney. At least, that's according to an email from Kyle Sampson that listed U.S. attorneys who "might be enticed to leave their districts and come to ...
Unusual coalition (AMERICAN FREEDOM AGENDA)
Post Date: 2007-03-20 14:19:20 by aristeides
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Unusual coalition Conservative activists concerned about what they say is the erosion of civil liberties plan to propose legislation to limit presidential authority. Tomorrow at the National Press Club, Bruce Fein, David Keene, Richard Viguerie and Bob Barr will announce the formation of the American Freedom Agenda, which they describe as "a coalition established to restore checks and balances and civil liberties protections under assault by the executive branch." They will "present a legislative package to restore congressional oversight and habeas corpus, end torture and extraordinary rendition, narrow the president's authority to designate 'enemy ...
White House to Meet with Dems at 2 PM
Post Date: 2007-03-20 14:10:05 by aristeides
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White House to Meet with Dems at 2 PM By Paul Kiel - March 20, 2007, 1:06 PM House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) will hold a presser after his meeting wtih White House counsel Fred Fielding, so stay tuned.
Open Letter to Kanadian Fifth Columnist Lyn Cockburn
Post Date: 2007-03-20 13:08:45 by Tauzero
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Dear Lyn: I doubt that you realize it, but I really think you need to be told: You are a FILTHY CUNT. Now I don't say that lightly, because it is very rare that I feel the need to use strong language. Nor am I intending to insult you, because I think 'filthy cunt' is an apt description of you in a figurative sense because of your recent column on Ernst Zundel ("Zundel merits laughter", Edmonton Sun, Sunday 18 Feb 2007). So let me explain myself, not that a FILTHY CUNT LIKE YOU would be able to understand it. First of all, I call you a FILTHY CUNT because I am trying to get thru to you at the gut level. I am trying to open up your mind by stirring up your emotions. ...
Lawmakers Threaten FBI Over Spy Powers
Post Date: 2007-03-20 12:57:15 by Brian S
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(03-20) 09:37 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats sternly warned the FBI on Tuesday that it could lose its broad power to collect telephone, e-mail and financial records to hunt terrorists if the agency doesn't quickly address widespread abuses of the authority detailed in a recent internal investigation. Their threats came as the Justice Department's chief watchdog, Glenn A. Fine, told a House panel that the FBI engaged in widespread and serious misuse of its authority in illegally collecting the information from Americans and foreigners through so-called national security letters. If the FBI doesn't move swiftly to correct the mistakes and problems revealed ...
Senate OKs Limits on Gonzales' Authority To Unilaterally Fill U.S. Attorney Vacancies
Post Date: 2007-03-20 12:54:28 by Brian S
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(03-20) 09:41 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to end the Bush administration's ability to unilaterally fill U.S. attorney vacancies as a backlash to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' firing of eight federal prosecutors. Amid calls from lawmakers in both parties to resign, Gonzales got a morale boost with an early-morning call from President Bush, their first conversation since a week ago, when the president said he was unhappy with how the Justice Department handled the firings. With a 94-2 vote, the Senate passed a bill that canceled a Justice Department-authored provision in the Patriot Act that had allowed the attorney general to appoint ...
House Committee to Meet Tomorrow to Vote on White House Subpoenas
Post Date: 2007-03-20 12:09:55 by aristeides
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House Committee to Meet Tomorrow to Vote on White House Subpoenas By Paul Kiel - March 20, 2007, 11:51 AM At 10:15 tomorrow morning, the House Judiciary Committee will vote on whether to issue subpoenas to Alberto Gonzales' chief of staff Kyle Sampson, Karl Rove, former White House counsel Harriet Miers, deputy White House counsel William Kelley, and Rove's aide Scott Jennings, as well as White House and Justice Department documents, which have not been provided to date. Today, current White House counsel Fred Fielding is expected to notify the congressional committees whether the White House will make Rove and others available. But House Democrats appear determined to hear from ...
Cunningham, Under Investigation, Signed Letter Criticizing Prosecutor
Post Date: 2007-03-20 11:27:56 by aristeides
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Cunningham, Under Investigation, Signed Letter Criticizing Prosecutor By Paul Kiel - March 20, 2007, 11:02 AM It was nothing personal. Four months after the San Diego United States Attorney's office launched an investigation into whether he had accepted bribes from defense contractors, and little more than a month before he pled guilty to those charges, Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-CA) signed on to a letter criticizing U.S. Attorney Carol Lam's "lax" handling of immigration crimes. The letter, signed by 18 other Republican lawmakers, was sent October 20, 2005. Cunningham pled guilty November 28 to bribery charges and resigned from office. You can see the letter, released ...
Gonzales Nixed Inquiry into Own Conduct at DOJ, Democrats Furious
Post Date: 2007-03-20 10:45:03 by aristeides
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Gonzales Nixed Inquiry into Own Conduct at DOJ, Democrats Furious By Matthew Cardinale, News Editor, Atlanta Progressive News (March 15, 2007) (APN) ATLANTA – At least four Members of US Congress and four US Senators today raised concerns about a breaking report in the National Journal that US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appears to have known he was going to be negatively implicated in a review at the US Department of Justice’s (USDOJ) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) when he advised President Bush regarding the review. The review was later squashed when Bush denied security clearances OPR needed to investigate Gonzales. “Your role in advising the ...
Bush Affirms Support for Gonzales
Post Date: 2007-03-20 10:04:41 by aristeides
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Bush Affirms Support for Gonzales By PETE YOST and LARA JAKES JORDAN The Associated Press Tuesday, March 20, 2007; 9:29 AM WASHINGTON -- President Bush sent a powerful message of support Tuesday for embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, calling his longtime friend to express unwavering support in the face of calls for his resignation. The White House also denied reports that it was looking for possible successors for Gonzales. "Those rumors are untrue," White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino said. Bush called Gonzales from the Oval Office at 7:15 a.m. EDT and they spoke for several minutes about the political uproar over the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, an ...
AMAZON: "DEATH OF A PRESIDENT" DVD AVAILABLE APR. 3
Post Date: 2007-03-20 09:59:19 by aristeides
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PATRICK HENRY BUILDING UPDATE (FIRE AT JUSTICE DEPT. BUILDING)
Post Date: 2007-03-20 09:49:10 by aristeides
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PATRICK HENRY BUILDING UPDATE The Patrick Henry Building (PHB) experienced an electrical fire on Monday, March 19. The following applies to the DOJ employees assigned to PHB: Monday, March 19, 2007 Building Closed – Building occupants enacted COOP procedures. Tuesday, March 20, 2007 PHB is expected to be open and operational. Employees should listen to local news media for updates.
Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self
Post Date: 2007-03-20 08:59:54 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self August 1, 2006 | Issue 42•31 WASHINGTON, DC—In a decisive 1–0 decision Monday, President Bush voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional powers. http://www.theonion.com/content/node/51129', 'enlarge_image_window', 'width=625px, height=529px, scrollbars=yes, lend=20px, top=20px');"> Enlarge Image President Bush announces announcement of the new power-granting announcement. "As president, I strongly believe that my first duty as president is to support and serve the president," Bush said during a televised address from the East Room ...
Documents are up at http://judiciary.house.gov/default.aspx
Post Date: 2007-03-19 22:50:20 by Mekons4
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There's THOUSANDS of them. Could take days to wade through, and they use a lot of shorthand and unfamiliar jargon and acronyms. It's going to take experts to evaluate a lot of them.
Rove's US Attorney talking point "damned lie"
Post Date: 2007-03-19 18:14:22 by Mekons4
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Rove's Talking Point By Paul Kiel - March 19, 2007, 4:58 PM The House and Senate judiciary committees want to hear from Karl Rove, and it looks like there's going to be a fight before they do. But Rove has already spoken twice on the U.S. attorney firings, and on both occasions, he auditioned a talking point that provides an excellent case for firing Carol Lam -- the only problem with it being that it's not true. On March 8th, Rove said that Lam had been fired because "[she] refused to file immigration cases… at the direction of the Attorney General, she was asked to file, and she said I don’t want to make that a priority in my office." One week later, he ...
Pelosi: "We Need a New Attorney General.''
Post Date: 2007-03-19 15:46:29 by aristeides
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Pelosi: "We Need a New Attorney General.'' By Paul Kiel - March 19, 2007, 2:48 PM House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) weighs in.
"The Phone Calls Would Have Been Flying" (FIRING OF U.S.A. CAROL LAM & CIA HOOKERGATE SCANDAL)
Post Date: 2007-03-19 14:11:48 by aristeides
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"The Phone Calls Would Have Been Flying" By Paul Kiel - March 19, 2007, 1:58 PM Yesterday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) revealed that U.S. Attorney Carol Lam had notified the Justice Department on May 10, 2006, that she intended to execute search warrants on CIA executive director Dusty Foggo. The next day, Alberto Gonzales' chief of staff Kyle Sampson wrote in an email that "the real problem we have right now" is with Lam, adding that they should have a replacement ready by November. U.S. News gives a little more context for Sampson's urgency: In politically sensitive cases, the U.S. attorney's office notifies senior Justice Department leadership of ...
THE WALL STREET BOMBING AND THE PALMER RAIDS
Post Date: 2007-03-18 19:05:33 by Uncle Bill
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THE WALL STREET BOMBING The Wall Street bombing was a terrorist incident that occurred at 12:01 pm on September 16, 1920 in the Financial District of New York City. It was the deadliest bomb attack on American soil for seven years, until the Bath School disaster. Thirty-eight were killed and 400 persons were injured by the blast.[1] Attack At noon, a horse-drawn wagon passed by lunchtime crowds on Wall Street, in New York City. The wagon then stopped across the street from the headquarters of the J.P. Morgan Inc. bank at 23 Wall Street, on the Financial District's busiest corner. Inside, 100 pounds (45 kg) of dynamite with 500 pounds (230 kg) of heavy cast-iron slugs exploded in a ...
Why do people love "Governments"?
Post Date: 2007-03-18 14:13:24 by Simmering Frog
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From Marc Stevens: STILL LOVE GOVERNMENTS? Written by Marc Stevens Tuesday, 13 March 2007 It's truly amazing despite all the crimes committed by governments, people still religiously cling to the idea governments are necessary to protect life, liberty and property. You can even point out governments not only have no duty to protect anyone, but also do a disasterous job at whatever they bother doing. Despite overwhelming evidence government is not only unnecessary, corrupt and a cancer on the world, its victims continue to revere them. Maybe this will help convince them governments are nothing more than gangs of killers, thieves and liars. Show a friend who believes governments are ...
93 prosecutors receive apology from Gonzales
Post Date: 2007-03-18 11:01:03 by robin
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93 prosecutors receive apology from Gonzales By Deb Riechmann Associated Press Article Launched: 03/18/2007 01:51:42 AM PDT WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has offered a mea culpa to the nation's 93 U.S. attorneys for the way the Justice Department fired eight of their colleagues. In a conference call Friday, planned as a pep talk to raise morale at the Justice Department after the firings and the FBI's misuse of the Patriot Act, Gonzales apologized for how the dismissals were handled and for suggesting there were problems with the prosecutors' job performances, according to an official familiar with the conversation. The official, who spoke on condition of ...
'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' Case Goes to High Court
Post Date: 2007-03-17 23:34:54 by mirage
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(March 16) - Joseph Frederick, a student rebel halfway through his senior year of high school, tried the patience of his principal when he displayed a drug-referenced sign reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" at a public parade in Juneau, Alaska, in 2002. The 18-year-old had fashioned a 14-foot paper banner, which he held as the Olympic torch passed across the street from his high school on a national relay leading up to the 2002 winter games in Salt Lake City. Frederick said he wanted to capture the attention of TV cameras -- and the ire of his principal. Principal Deborah Morse, who had previously disciplined Frederick for other acts of protest, confiscated the banner and suspended ...
"Dusty" Foggo one of former CIA Director Goss's main henchmen in enforcing the "no books" policy.
Post Date: 2007-03-17 14:56:11 by robin
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March 17-18, 2006 -- WMR has previously reported on how, under the regimes of CIA directors Porter Goss and Gen. Michael Hayden, the Bush administration has imposed a "no books" policy on former and current CIA employees. Under this regime, former CIA counter-terrorism operative Gary Bernsten, was faced with heavy CIA redactions in his book, JawBreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander. Berntsen later brought a civil suit against the CIA in the US District Court in Washington, DC. He named indicted former CIA Executive Director Kyle "Dusty" Foggo as one of former CIA Director Goss's main henchmen in ...
Valerie Wilson: confirms CIA Damage Assessment Report and roll up of her extensive global counter-proliferation network.
Post Date: 2007-03-17 14:51:30 by robin
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March 17-18, 2007 -- The testimony of former CIA covert agent Valerie Plame Wilson yesterday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform put to rest a number of issues concerning Mrs. Wilson's outing as an agent by the Bush White House and their allies in the media. CIA Director Michael Hayden told House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Sylvestre Reyes that Valerie Plame Wilson had been a CIA covert agent up until July 14, 2003, the day Robert Novak revealed her name and identity. End of story. Period. Victoria Toensing, Mary Matalinesque GOP moll paraded out by the GOP minority on Waxman's committee, has never ...
Gonzo apologizes to U.S. Attorneys, names new chief of staff
Post Date: 2007-03-17 01:19:30 by Mekons4
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Posted on Fri, Mar. 16, 2007 email this print this U.S. ATTORNEYS Gonzales apologizes to prosecutors By Marisa Taylor and Margaret Talev McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales apologized to the nation's 93 U.S. attorneys in a conference call Friday as he tried to hold on to his job amid the scandal over the firings of eight federal prosecutors. In another move to repair his credibility, Gonzales named a respected U.S. attorney from Virginia, Chuck Rosenberg, as his interim chief of staff to replace Kyle Sampson, who stepped down because of his involvement in the controversy. But pressure for Gonzales' resignation continued to build. In recent days, ...
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