Matthew Rothchild, Editor of The Progressive, writes about Bush's hidden objective to secure military bases in Iraq--a subject deemed not worthy or reporting by the mainstream media.Army Lies to Mother of Slain Guardsman for Two Years
Two years after National Guardsmen Spc. Patrick McCaffrey and 1st Lt. Andre Tyson were killed in Iraq, the truth about their deaths has been exposed. Military officials initially told the families that the two men had been killed in an ambush by insurgents but an Army investigation concluded that they were in fact murdered by members of the allied Iraqi Civil Defense Corps.Polls, Pundits and Pols
"You'd never know it from some of the reporting and bloviating on the debate over an Iraq withdrawal, but all major polls show that the public favors withdrawals, with strong support for a timeline or total pullout within a year," writes Greg Mitchell. "But reading the latest poll results, one might conclude the opposite of what many reporters and pundits now seem to be suggesting: that, actually, the GOP faces an uphill fight on re-selling the Iraq war, now in its fourth year."Pierre Marcelle | So When Is It Exactly That We're Closing Guantanamo?
Since "George W. Bush (that is, the boss)" says he wants to close Guantanamo, Pierre Marcelle wonders when it's going to happen ...Cheney Says He Might Testify in Leak Case
Vice President Dick Cheney said Thursday he might have to testify in the CIA leak trial of his former chief of staff. Cheney made the comment in a CNN interview, following last month's suggestion by prosecutors that the vice president would be a logical witness in the case of I. Lewis Libby, who is accused of perjury, obstruction and lying to the FBI.Congressional Report on Abramoff Exposes Ney and Ralph Reed
Congressman Bob Ney told Senate investigators he made no effort to help a client of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, despite extensive evidence to the contrary, a Congressional report said Thursday.Aide to GOP Rep. Reaped Millions From Lobbying Firm
A senior aide to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis (R-Redlands) received nearly $2 million in departure payments from a Washington lobbying firm when he returned to Capitol Hill to work for Lewis, who is now under federal investigation for ties to that firm.ACLU Seeks Disclosure of Pentagon Files on Haditha
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on Thursday demanding that the US Defense Department publicly release its files on the investigation into the deaths of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq. The Freedom of Information Act request also seeks records relating to any killing of civilians by US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan since January 1, 2005, the ACLU said.FBI: Data Brokers Probably Act Illegally
Despite the use of private data brokers by federal and local law enforcement agencies, the FBI said Thursday that practices by such companies to gather Americans' private telephone records without warrants or subpoenas are almost certainly illegal.
Technorati tags: Polls, Pundits, Politics, Guantanamo, Cheney, CIA Leak Investigation, Libby, Abramoff, Ney, Ralph Reed, ACLU, Haditha, Pentagon, Military, Iraq, US Government, Bush, Government Lies and Secrecy, news, commentary
No comments:
Post a Comment