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Cheney Likely Behind Letter Linking Iraq, Al-Qaeda
Sunday, 10 August 2008, 5:21 pm | Jason Leopold
In a new book published this week, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ron Suskind wrote that the Bush administration committed an impeachable offense by ordering the CIA to create a forged document showing a link between Saddam Hussein and the terrorist ... More >>
Power Grid Still in 'Dire Straits'
Sunday, 10 August 2008, 4:53 pm | Jason Leopold
Five years ago this month, a devastating blackout rippled through the Northeastern United States. The blackout plunged more than 50 million people into darkness for nearly three days and left a gaping $10 billion hole in the nation’s economy. More >>
Justice Probe Still Threatens Gonzales
Monday, 4 August 2008, 1:36 pm | Jason Leopold
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will face new legal jeopardy when the Justice Department’s Inspector General issues his next report on how the Bush administration let politics influence prosecutorial judgments, says ex-U.S. Attorney David Iglesias. More >>
New Details Emerge in Missing W. House Emails Case
Monday, 4 August 2008, 12:46 am | Jason Leopold
The Bush administration may have already hired an outside contractor to search individual computers for tens of thousands of missing e-mails that disappeared between 2003 and 2005. More >>
McCain's Spin on the 'Surge'
Thursday, 31 July 2008, 4:14 pm | Jason Leopold
Over the past several weeks, John McCain and his backers have touted his early endorsement of the Iraq War “surge” as evidence of his political courage, but it could be equally viewed as an act of political desperation, to forestall total calamity in ... More >>
"Torture Memo" Gave Legal Cover to Interrogators
Sunday, 27 July 2008, 7:40 pm | Jason Leopold
A Justice Department legal opinion issued in August 2002 advised the CIA that its interrogators would not be prosecuted for violating anti-torture laws as long as they acted in “good faith” while using brutal techniques to obtain information ... More >>
Investigators Give Troop 'Surge' Mixed Reviews
Sunday, 27 July 2008, 7:29 pm | Jason Leopold
President George W. Bush’s Iraq troop “surge,” which is now ending, got a mixed report card from congressional investigators, who found that many of Bush’s stated goals remained unmet. More >>
Critics Call Iran Sanctions An Act of War
Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 4:48 pm | Jason Leopold
Two weeks ago, Rep. Gary Ackerman, the Democrat from New York, delivered an impassioned speech on the House floor defending a controversial resolution he co-sponsored calling on President George W. Bush “to increase economic, political and diplomatic pressure ... More >>
Reasons to Oppose Drilling in ANWR
Sunday, 20 July 2008, 10:15 pm | Jason Leopold
Last November, the oil company British Petroleum (BP) plead guilty to a misdemeanor and paid a $20 million fine for violating the Clean Water Act related to a massive oil spill that occurred at BP’s Prudhoe Bay operations in Alaska’s North Slope ... More >>
Bush Blocks DOJ From Releasing CIA Leak Documents
Saturday, 19 July 2008, 4:34 pm | Jason Leopold
In the latest twist in the “Plame-gate” scandal, President George W. Bush has asserted executive privilege to block release of Vice President Dick Cheney’s interview with a special prosecutor about possible criminal violations in the leaking of a ... More >>
Kucinich Pushes on Impeachment
Monday, 14 July 2008, 1:11 pm | Jason Leopold
Congress has plenty of evidence that George W. Bush deserves impeachment for misleading the nation into war in Iraq, authorizing torture and other grave crimes, and violating the Constitution – and it is now time to act, says Rep. Dennis Kucinich. More >>
Kucinich to Introduce New Article of Impeachment
Monday, 14 July 2008, 11:44 am | Jason Leopold
Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich said he will introduce a single article of impeachment against President George W. Bush Thursday for “taking our nation and our troops to war based on lies.” More >>
Bush Looks to His (Secret) Legacy
Monday, 14 July 2008, 12:48 am | Jason Leopold
On Wednesday, just as the Senate passed sweeping new legislation to modernize a 30 year old federal surveillance law, President Bush signaled that he would swiftly veto a bill approved by the House earlier in the day that would overhaul the Presidential ... More >>
Iran Democracy Fund Shrouded in Secrecy
Monday, 14 July 2008, 12:06 am | Jason Leopold
Since 2006, Congress has poured tens of millions of dollars into a State Department program aimed at promoting regime change in Iran. More >>
Vet Groups to Appeal Judge's Decision
Sunday, 29 June 2008, 10:47 pm | Jason Leopold
A federal Judge has ruled that he lacks the legal authority to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to immediately treat war veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and could not order the VA to overhaul its internal systems ... More >>
Senate Approves Bill to Fund Iraq War Until Mid-09
Sunday, 29 June 2008, 9:43 pm | Jason Leopold
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a $162 billion emergency spending bill late Thursday to continue funding the occupation of Iraq and the war in Afghanistan well into 2009, without a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops. More >>
Ex Weapons Inspector: US Will Attack Iran
Friday, 27 June 2008, 2:03 pm | Jason Leopold
In 2002, Scott Ritter, the former Chief United Nations Weapons Inspector In Iraq, publicly accused the Bush administration of lying to Congress and the public about assertions that Iraq was hiding a chemical and biological weapons arsenal. More >>
Rising Health Care Costs Causing Economic Woes
Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 1:11 am | Jason Leopold
Skyrocketing health care costs are taking a toll on the nation’s long-term economic well being, requiring an immediate “multipronged solution” before the “window of opportunity” to address the issue closes, according to a new report by the Government ... More >>
Top Dems Hand Bush Key Victories
Sunday, 22 June 2008, 3:45 pm | Jason Leopold
In November 2006 when Democrats won control of Congress for the first time in 12 years, Rep. Nancy Pelosi explained the significance behind the record voter turnout that helped shift the balance of power in Washington. More >>
Democrats Give White House Blank-Check For Iraq
Saturday, 21 June 2008, 7:15 pm | Jason Leopold
A Democratic engineered emergency supplemental bill to continue funding the occupation of Iraq and the war in Afghanistan to the tune of $162 billion is expected to win bipartisan support, aides to leaders in the House said late Wednesday. More >>
