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    • Top Bush aides directed torture from the White House

      Posted by Sandyenglish

      Speaking to the WSWS, Francis Boyle, a professor of international law and human rights at the University of Illinois, said, "Clearly this was criminal activity at the time they committed it. At the very least, it violated the Geneva Conventions, the Convention Against Torture, the War Crimes Act, and the federal anti-torture statutes. Clearly these would be impeachable offenses."

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      Mukasey refuses inquiry for Bush aides

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      Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused Friday to refer the House's contempt citations against two of President Bush's top aides to a federal grand jury. Mukasey said White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former presidential counsel Harriet Miers committed no crime.

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    • A criminal conspiracy: White House, CIA hid torture tapes from 9/11 Commission

      Posted by Sandyenglish

      The CIA withheld videotapes of the abuse of suspected Al Qaeda members from the 9/11 Commission despite repeated requests for information on interrogations directed to top CIA and White House officials, according to the executive director of the commission. The CIA has acknowledged that in November 2005, more than a year after the requests were made, it destroyed tapes of CIA interrogations of two alleged Al Qaeda leaders, Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.

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    • Why the DOJ Was Running a War on Obscenity

      Posted by Villagenyc

      Lambert’s attorney Mark Errebo said that he had worked on a number of federal cases in his practice but that it was rare for him to deal directly with the U.S. Attorney, especially in a case such as this. But, Errebo said all it took was a phone call for him to realize the “sense of urgency” that federal law enforcement officials felt regarding Lambert’s case. “I knew it was a priority when the actual U.S.attorney for the district, Bill Mercer, called.

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    Jeff comments on:

    A New Dick Cheney/Alberto Gonzales Mystery

    Bill, it’s great to have you back!

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    3:57 pm 6/24/07
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    Jeff comments on:

    Will White House sacrifice Gonzales to save Rove?

    I think if Goodling gets immunity, Gonzales is likely to resign.

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    12:17 am 4/18/07
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    Jeff comments on:

    Gonzales aide Goodling resigns

    Will the last scapegoat please turn out the lights in the attorney general’s office?

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    2:51 pm 4/06/07
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    Damianmann comments on:

    Bush opposes English as national language

    I have no problem with this. Iet WOULD be helpful to have a multi-lingual country by law., Iguess. It's already a multi-lingual country.

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    10:26 am 5/21/06
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