By ADAM COHEN, The New York Times:
"The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Watergate tapes case, and other legal and historical precedents, make it clear that executive privilege should not keep Congress from getting the testimony it needs....Senators Press for More Files on Removing Prosecutors
By DAVID JOHNSTON, New York Times:
"Four senators are concerned that the Justice Department has not turned over all relevant documents related to the dismissals of eight United States attorneys...."High Stakes: Chávez Plays the Oil Card
By SIMON ROMERO and CLIFFORD KRAUSS,New York Times:
"A showdown between President Hugo Chávez and U.S. and European companies over key oil projects could wind up with all sides losing...."Huge Protest in Iraq Demands U.S. Withdraw
By EDWARD WONG, New York Times:
"Tens of thousands of protesters loyal to Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr demanded an end to the American military presence in Iraq...."Destroy Gonzales-ism
By Brent Budowsky
"Thomas Paine once wrote that in absolute governments, the King is law, and in free nations, the Law is king.Iran Planning To Stop Using U.S. Dollar To Price Oil, Central Bank Governor Says
The fundamental problem is not that Alberto Gonzales lied, prevaricated, misrepresented or played Pinocchio when he falsely stated he was not involved in the decisions to fire the U.S. attorneys. Those actions were wrong and appropriate grounds for removal, but there is much, much worse.
Alberto Gonzales is a basically decent guy, a second-tier-quality lawyer elevated to great heights by blind obedience to the concept of absolute power and the unwise president who claims it for himself on matters that grossly violate the American notion of the rule of law.
Gonzales-ism is the problem, not Gonzales....
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In America nobody is above the law, and the principle of Gonzales-ism is that the White House counsel and the attorney general are just two more crony jobs given to weak and submissive sycophants who treat the King as his client, and treat the Constitution, the law and the people as petty cash to be bartered away because of the whims of the King.
In Gonzales-ism, the King is law; in America, the Law is king, and anyone who violates this notion that has defined America since 1776 is not fit to hold high office."
International Herald Tribune:
"KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Iran is planning to stop using the U.S. dollar to price oil, with less than half of its oil income now paid in the U.S. currency, Iran's central bank governor said.BBC NEWS | Americas | Guantanamo conditions 'worsening':
"That's the plan for the future, we are working on that," Governor Ebrahim Sheibany said in an interview with Zawya Dow Jones News Service late Tuesday when asked if Iran was planning to stop pricing oil in dollars.
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...Iran is doing fine without economic relations with Washington, and it has "perfect control" in keeping its currency stable, Sheibany said.
"We do not have any problem. We are trading with more than 70 countries, including (in) Asia and Europe," the governor said.
Iran's central bank is also shifting to holding its foreign reserves in a basket of 20 currencies and away from U.S. dollars, which now make up less than 20 percent of the reserves, Sheibany said...."
"Conditions for detainees at the US military jail at Guantanamo Bay are deteriorating, with the majority held in solitary confinement, a report says...."Guant�namo Detainees Stage Hunger Strike
New York Times
"A long-term hunger strike has broken out at the American detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, with more than a dozen prisoners subjecting themselves to daily force-feeding to protest their treatment, military officials and lawyers for the detainees say...."GOP-issued laptops now a White House headache - Los Angeles Times
"Democrats say a private e-mail system was used in violation of federal rules...."How NRC unit became gun-toting cops
MSNBC.com:
"With no public discussion or input from Congress, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has quietly obtained armed federal police status for a small office of investigators whose big cases typically involve people sleeping on the job, falsifying documents or misplacing equipment. 'I didn't realize you needed guns and handcuffs to protect yourself against paper cuts,' said Dave Lochbaum of the Union of Concerned Scientists, a longtime critic of the NRC's Office of Investigations...."
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