Cheney: “I Don’t Recall” If I Ordered Gonzo To Pressure Ashcroft

by- Suzie-Q @ 3:10 PM MST
As Nicole pointed out yesterday, Larry King tells Wolf Blitzer that he asked the Vice President whether he was involved in the decision to send Alberto Gonzales and Andy Card to John Ashcroft’s bedside to pressure him into certifying the legally dubious “Terrorist Surveillance Program,” otherwise known as [...]

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New Documents Suggest Broader White House Involvement In Replacing New Mexico Prosecutor

by- Suzie-Q @ 2:40 PM MST

New documents turned over to Congressional investigators Wednesday show that a White House official echoed a message from the office of Senator Pete Domenici to the Justice Department seeking the installation of a new ‘team’ in New Mexico’s US Attorneys office.
“[Steve Bell, Chief of Staff to Senator Pete [...]

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How Rumsfeld paved the way for Blackwater

by Geezer Power …2:35 PM PDT
At war with the Pentagon
Guardian August 1, 2007
The world was a very different place on September 10 2001, when Donald Rumsfeld stepped on to the podium at the Pentagon to deliver one of his first major addresses as defense secretary under President George W Bush. For most Americans, there was [...]

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Will Bush Cancel The 2008 Election?

Sudhan@22:00 CET

August 1st, 2007 ·
 

By Harvey Wasserman & Bob Fitrakis
It is time to think about the “unthinkable.”
The Bush Administration has both the inclination and the power to cancel the 2008 election.
The GOP strategy for another electoral theft in 2008 has taken clear shape, though we must assume there is much more we don’t know.
Keep reading [...]

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Ware: Surge Is Undermining ‘The Very Government That America Created’

by- Suzie-Q @ 12:00 PM MST
Last night, during his interview with Larry King, Vice President Cheney claimed that “the reports I’m hearing, from people whose views I respect, indicate that the Petraeus plan is in fact producing results.”
On Anderson Cooper’s show later in the evening, CNN Baghdad correspondent Michael Ware, who spoke live [...]

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Censured General Evades Subpoena To Appear Before Tillman Hearing

by- Suzie-Q @ 10:23 AM MST

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) revealed in a Wednesday hearing that Lieutenant General Philip Kensinger, who was censured Tuesday by the Army for deceiving investigators regarding the announcement of the death of Army Specialist Pat Tillman, has evaded a subpoena issued by the House Committee on Oversight and Government [...]

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REPORT: Putting U.S. Troop Casualty Statistics In Perspective

by- Suzie-Q @ 9:33 AM MST

At least 73 U.S. troops are reported to have died in Iraq this past month. The numbers are a decline from the all-time highs of 108, 131, and 117 from the previous three months.
Media reports herald the statistics as encouraging and as demonstrating “steady progress” in Iraq. [...]

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Gooooooooooooood Morning Iraqqq!

by GEF @ 9:12 AM EDT
This Just In: “Throwing more Money and Troops into Vietnam Iraq still doesn’t work today just like it didn’t work yesterday!” Arr Arr Arr!

Joint Chiefs Nominee Notes Toll on Military, Need to Plan for Vietnam Iraq Drawdown
By William Branigin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 1, 2007; Page [...]

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