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• Raw StoryChief Libby trial blogger says she believes prosecutor 'wants Cheney,' 'won't rest on laurels'
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Bush Administration
Taliban 'targets Cheney' in Afghan suicide blast
• www.telegraph.co.ukThe former Afghan rulers said their bomber knew Mr Cheney was visiting the base and that he was the target of the attack.
Cheney arrives in Afghanistan
• Al JazeeraDick Cheney, the US vice president, has made surprise visits to Pakistan and Afghanistan for talks on means of combating a new Taliban offensive in Afghanistan and a resurgent al-Qaeda.
US demands tougher Pakistan action
• Al JazeeraDick Cheney, the US vice-president, told Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, to take tougher action against the fighters and their sympathisers during a surprise trip to Islamabad on Monday.
Evidence against Muslim charity appears fabricated
• LA TimesWhen the Bush administration shut down the nation's largest Muslim charity, officials of the Dallas-based foundation denied allegations it was linked to terrorists and insisted that a number of accusations were fabricated by the government. No
Bush warns US Congress against touching his war budget
• AFP[The only meaningful act Congress can do, and Bush can't veto.] Speaking to a gathering of US state governors at the White House, Bush said he expected a "healthy debate" on the war but said he was concerned about any move by Congress t
Dismissed US Attorney praised in evaluations
• New York TimesInternal Justice Department performance reports for six of the eight US attorney who have been dismissed in recent months rated them "well regarded," "capable" or "very competent," a review of the evaluations show.
Bush opposes genocide resolution
• Turkish WeeklyTurkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul stated over the weekend that US President George W. Bush will write to members of Democratic-controlled Congress to urge them to oppose the so called Armenian genocide resolution.
FRONTLINE's "News War" - Parts 1 & 2 of 4 now online
• Frontline PBSThe death of centralized media.
Cheney's Articles of Impeachment
• Gentleman's QuarterlyResolved, that Richard B. Cheney, vice president of the United States, should be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that these articles of impeachment be submitted to the American people
Bush compares Revolutionary, terror wars
• APPresident Bush honored the 275th birthday of the nation's first president on Monday, likening George Washington's long struggle that gave birth to a nation to the war on global terrorism. "Today, we're fighting a new war to defend
White House hates leaks, except when it doesn't
• USA Today"That is not the way this White House operates. The president expects everyone in his adminstration to adhere to the highest standards of conduct. No one would be authorized to do such a thing." If there's one thing memebers of the B
VIDEO - Chris Wallace's Wingnut Moment
• BradBlog.comFox 'News' Host Trys to Support Bush's Flip-Flop on North Korea
Show Down in Crawford, Texas: When the Truth Triumphed.
Melinda Pillsbury-fosterThere was one moment in the 2004 campaign when the truth won through. W. Leon Smith, Editor of the Iconoclast in Crawford, Texas, endorsed John Kerry for reasons that were objective and honest. The eruption of vilification from Bush supporters were
Jon Stewart Asks Bush to Clarify Iran Accusations
• CrooksAndLiars.comAfter unsuccessfully sorting through the contradictory claims, Stewart finds himself doing something he never thought he would…
House Republicans defend Bush in oil royalty error
• ReutersHouse Republicans sought to deflect blame off the Bush administration for not acting earlier to fix faulty oil drilling contracts that could cost the government billions in lost royalty fees, saying the Clinton administration was at fault for issuing
Supporting the Troops
• Washington Psot5 1/2 years of sustained combat have transformed the venerable 113-acre institution into something else entirely -- a holding ground for physically and psychologically damaged outpatients. Almost 700 of them -- the majority soldiers, with some Marine
Interesting memo for Libby's Defense
• Office of the VPHere's a PDF file of a memo from the Vice-President to Scooter Libby. Very interesting reading, that is if you notice all the redacted
Secrets Bush and Cheney Can't 'Declassify'
• by Gordon Prather (AntiWar)If "reporters" covering the Scooter Libby trial for perjury and obstruction of justice had bothered to read President Bush's Executive Order 12958 they would know it does not give the vice president the authority to declassify anything.
The 25 Most Corrupt Officials of the Bush Administration
• CREWCitizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington released a new report on the most corrupt officials in the Bush administration chronicling the criminal activities and misconduct of high level officials in the current administration.
Pentagon IG to release report on Office of Special Plans
• Raw StoryA long awaited Pentagon Inspector General's report into the Office of Special Plans and its activties surrounding pre-war intelligence in the lead up to the Iraq war has been completed, Raw Story has learned. According to sources close
Few Veteran Diplomats Accept Mission to Iraq
• NY TimesMany federal employees have outright refused repeated requests that they go to Iraq, while others have demanded that they not be sent outside the more secure Green Zone. Military officers complained about a request from Ms. Rice’s office that militar
40,000 Troops Slated For Iraq - excerpt from K. Obermann's Countdown show
•Is this just bad math or political math spin by the President? The actual number of troops being sent to Iraq may be close to 40,000. clip sponsored by India Sergeant @ LiveLeak
Broadening the Bush Library Debate
• Inside Higher EdAs professors at Southern Methodist University have mobilized against the plans to build President Bush’s library there, their focus has not been the library, but a policy institute to be affiliated with it that would have as its mission promoting th
Deputy Attorney General Defends Prosecutor Firings
• Washington PostA senior Justice Department official acknowledged yesterday that a top federal prosecutor in Arkansas was removed to make room for a former aide to presidential adviser Karl Rove, but he said that six other U.S. attorneys were fired for "perform
Stop the Bush Library
Melinda Pillsbury-fosterGeorge Bush, in his usual bullying way, is forcing his 'presidential library' down the throats of Methodists who are opposed to torture and other business as usual practices of the Bush Administration. There is an online petition allowing pe
Civility is for the civil, not for criminals: No question is out of line for Dick Cheney.
Melinda Pillsbury-fosterMost Americans believe our choices are no one's business but their own but they did not make those choices part of their professional resume. Dick Cheney has made a fortune from positioning himself and his family as 'moral' as understood
Olbermann Special Comment Fact Checking the President
• CrooksAndLiars.comKeith Olbermann takes a look at Bush's claims about thwarted terrorists plots and fact checks them. Pray tell, what shall he ever find?
Cheney's handwritten notes implicate Bush in Plame Affair
• TruthoutCopies of handwritten notes by Vice President Dick Cheney, introduced at trial defense attorneys for former White House staffer I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, would appear to implicate George W. Bush in the Plame CIA Leak case.
Justice Dept to release spy program details
• APAttorney General Alberto Gonzales said Wednesday he will turn over secret documents detailing the government's domestic spying program, ending a two-week standoff with the Senate Judiciary Committee over sureveillance targeting terror suspects.
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