So far
the summer has been mild in the Washington, D.C., area. But for former Vice
President Dick Cheney the temperature is well over 100 degrees. He is sweating
profusely, and it is becoming increasingly clear why.
Cheney has broken
openly with former President George W. Bush on one issue of transcendent
importance — to Cheney. For whatever reason, Bush decided not to hand out
blanket pardons before they both rode off into the sunset.
Democrats renew their calls for some kind of investigation and criticize former Vice President Dick Cheney.
Reporting from Washington -- Democratic lawmakers criticized former
Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday for allegedly ordering that a CIA
counter-terrorism program be kept secret from congressional leaders,
with two senators questioning the legality of such concealment.
A top Democrat called for an investigation. Republicans were far more circumspect, but some acknowledged the White House should have briefed Congress.
Exactly what the secret intelligence program was remained a mystery, but sources said the CIA had opened an internal inquiry.
It
is unclear how wide an investigation lawmakers would like to see, but
the latest controversy could fuel demands for an examination of the
CIA's relationship with Congress during the Bush administration.
Congressional Democrats -- in particular, House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi of
The House Judiciary Committee chose to interview former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove behind closed doors because they wanted more time to question him, and not as a concession to Bush Administration representatives, sources say.
The Obama administration is asking for two more weeks to weigh in on whether former Bush White House officials must testify before Congress about the firings of nine U.S. attorneys.
The request comes after an attorney for former Bush political adv
Bush's decision to commute the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who tried to cover up the shooting, was welcomed by both Republican and Democratic members of Congress. They had long argued that the agents were merely doing their jobs,
The decision to commute the sentences of Ramos and Compean, who tried to cover up the shooting, was welcomed by members of Congress who had long argued that the agents were merely doing their jobs.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The incoming Obama administration should launch a criminal investigation of Bush administration officials to see whether they broke the law in the name of national security, a House Democratic report said Tuesday.
The threat of 9/11 ignored. The threat of Iraq hyped and manipulated. Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib. Hurricane Katrina. The shredding of civil liberties. The rise of Iran. Global warming. Economic disaster. How did one two-term presidency go so wrong?
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