Judge delays prison again for Abramoff
• APA judge agreed to again put off prison for disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a former business partner, but the delays were shorter than what lawyers on both sides sought.
Contents Pages by Subject
Bush Administration
John Bolton's appointment is dead
• The Washington NoteThe last pre-election loophole through which John Bolton's confirmation might have snuck through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was at 2:15 this afternoon at a previously called "business meeting" of the Committee.
THE HIDDEN POWER (highly recommended)
• The New Yorker - by JANE MAYER“It’s Addington,” he said. “He doesn’t care about the Constitution.” Powell was referring to David S. Addington, Vice-President Cheney’s chief of staff and his longtime principal legal adviser.
FCC Opens Bureau of Public Safety and Homeland Security
• PC magazineThe Federal Communications Commission is creating a new bureau that will be responsible for a collection of security and public safety functions that had been scattered through several bureaus. Will include 911 and Enhanced 911 services as well as in
Senators Call for Release of Intelligence Estimate on Terrorism
• NY TimesThe top Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Intelligence Committee called for the White House to declassify the National Intelligence Estimate on terrorism. Bush administration did not intend to make the document public.
Agency blocked hurricane report
• APA federal agency has blocked release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes.
Legal aid service executive denies claim
• APThe board chairman of the federal legal aid service for the poor, despite secret transcripts to the contrary, denied to lawmakers that some officials wanted to fire the internal watchdog who questioned directors' commitment to the anti-pov
McCain wants Bolton confirmed quickly
• APSen. John McCain urged quick confirmation for John Bolton as U.N. ambassador, saying the nominee is needed to talk back to "two-bit dictators" such as Venezuela's president.
Retired Officers to Criticize Rumsfeld
• AP"I believe that Secretary Rumsfeld and others in the administration did not tell the American people the truth for fear of losing support for the war in Iraq," retired Maj. Gen. John R. S. Batiste said. "Mr. Rumsfeld must be replaced
Feds seek to block Oregon spying case
• ApU.S. Justice Department lawyers filed an appeal aimed at blocking a lawsuit by a former Islamic charity that has challenged a Bush administration secret surveillance program. U.S. District Judge Garr M. King ruled earlier this month that a lawsuit
White House, caving Congress reach accord on torture guidelines
• NY TimesThe White House and senior Republican lawmakers reached an agreement on guidelines for interrogating suspects in the US-led war on terror, ending a week of contentious negotiations. President Bush, reacting to the deal, said the agreement "clear
Torture provides Bush false evidence for monstrous lies
• Geov ParrishTorture is morally despicable. But it allows Bush and his cronies to lie credibly. And that's the point.
Restraining order against Bush denied
• Raw StoryA federal judge denied a former Republican congressional candidate’s request for a restraining order barring President Bush or Vice President Richard Cheney from bombing Iran or Syria.
Powell: 'Bush plan for terror detainees would endanger US troops'
• The International NewsFormer Secretary of State Colin Powell,said President Bush’s plan for treatment of terror detainees would set a precedent for other countries that would put US troops at risk. “Suppose North Korea wants to redefine or ‘clarify’” the Geneva Convention
Rendition Rendered
• The NationFor some time now we've known about the Bush administration's outsourcing of torture to foreign dictatorships. But for the first time we can see the whole process vividly detailed by a Western governmental source.
FTC yet to pay ChoicePoint victims
• APNearly 8 months after federal regulators trumpeted a settlement they secured with ChoicePoint Inc. over a data breach, the government has not paid any money to victims from a $5 million fund that was to be set up as part of the agreement.
John Bolton in danger of losing his job
• London TimesJOHN BOLTON, President Bush’s controversial Ambassador to the United Nations, is in danger of losing his job as opposition to his appointment increases in the Senate.
Poll finds rebound in Bush approval
• USA TodayAmid falling gas prices and a two-week drive to highlight his administration's efforts to fight terrorism, President Bush's approval rating has risen to 44% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. That's his highest rating in a year.
Bush's 'rush' to redefine Geneva Conventions mostly about 'covering his own butt
• Raw Story (video)Keith Olbermann's broadcast on MSNBC featured a long look at the President's contentious Rose Garden press conference and pondered whether Bush's urgency to redefine the Geneva Convention had more to do with "covering his own backsid
How 3 G.O.P. Veterans Stalled Bush Detainee Bill
• NY TimesThe 3 senators, all military veterans, marched off to an impromptu news conference to lay out their deep objections to the Bush legislation. The next day the Armed Services Committee voted to approve a firm legislative rebuke to the president’s plan
Celebrate Constitution Day Bush-Style
• Bovard BlogBush is right. The Constitution is vital. It is also vital for Americans to find important contemporary ways to celebrate its anniversary. In this Age of Bush, here are a few ideas for properly commemorating the event:
Military Lawyers Caught in Middle on Tribunals
• NY TimesWhat followed was a scuffle that left at least some of the military lawyers embittered and stoked old tensions at the Pentagon between civilian leaders and uniformed military officers, who under Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld have often found t
Lawyer says FCC ordered study destroyed
• APThe Federal Communications Commission ordered its staff to destroy all copies of a draft study that suggested greater concentration of media ownership would hurt local TV news coverage, a former lawyer at the agency says.
Bush faces Senate rebellion on tribunals
• ReutersA Senate committee rebelled against President George W. Bush on Thursday, passing a bill it said would protect the rights of foreign terrorism suspects and repair a U.S. image damaged by harsh treatment of detainees.
Colin Powell Against Bush Anti-Terrorism Bill
• LA TimesPresident Bush's campaign for tougher legislation on terrorists suffered another blow when Colin Powell, who served as secretary of State during Bush's first term, supported efforts to block the plan to reinterpret Geneva Convention restricti
Dubai Ruler Sued in U.S. over Enslaving Small Boys
• ABC NewsThe ruler of Dubai came to Kentucky to buy race horses but ended up being served with a lawsuit alleging he enslaved thousands of small boys as camel jockeys.
Karl Rove's "good friend" 'Jeff Gannon'
Ernest HancockThe MainStreamMedia (MSM) will never touch this issue, but I suspect that it will soon come out with a vengeance. A Gay Escort gets a seat in the White House Press Room from a web blog and when outed.... silence. Hummmmmm
Bush prods Congress to pass terror
• APPresident Bush prodded Congress to pass two bills that the administration says are essential to fight the war on terrorism and proposes strategies for torturing and trying enemy combatants.
High-level Verizon exec. is ex-official who long-argued for more surveillance
• Raw StoryOne of the highest-level executives at Verizon Communications alleged to be providing the NSA with customer phone records under contract and without a warrant—has strong, decades-long ties to the CIA, Congress and Department of Justice.
Pollster Pleads Guilty to Making Up Results
• APThe owner of DataUSA Inc., a company that conducted political polls for the campaigns of President Bush, Sen. Joe Lieberman and other candidates, pleaded guilty to fraud for making up survey and poll results.
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