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Two Bush-Era Officials In Running To Be Next FBI Director

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Two officials who worked for President George W. Bush, including one who threatened to resign to block legally questionable anti-te...

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E-Mails Show How Cheney Forced DOJ Lawyers To Approve Torture

The Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three newly-disclosed Justice Department e-mails thoroughly vindicate the most cynical suspicions about how former vice president Dick Cheney bent ost...

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Decanting the Truth

Jim Lichtman | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a press interview regarding the Iraq war, Vice-President Dick Cheney was asked "Over 70 percent of Americans disagree with this war, what is your r...

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Fired US Attorney: Ashcroft Was "Pushed Out" Because He "Refused To Sign Off On The Warrantless Wiretaps"

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

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In March 2004, then-acting Attorney General James Comey refused to sign an order extending President Bush's warrantless domestic spying program "amid ...

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