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Holder Can't Prosecute Bush Abuses Too Many Democrats Aided and Abetted Them

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Attorney General, Orrin Hatch, Eric Holder, Gop, George Bush, Democrats, Confirmation Hearings, Hillary Clinton, Senate Judciciary Committee, Civil Liberties, Warrantless Wiretapping, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Holder is seemingly willing to let bygones be bygones when it comes to prosecuting Bush's crew because it would pry open the Democrats dirty but hardly unknown secret.

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Support John Conyers' Truth Commission

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Eavesdropping, Detention, Tammy Baldwin, Truth Commission, Cheney, Surveillance, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, William Delahunt, Jerrold Nadler, Bush, Dick Cheney, Conyers, Intelligence, Kidnapping, Rick Boucher, Hank Johnson, Janice Schakowsky, Report, Enhanced Interrogation, War Powers, John Conyers, Judiciary Committee, Steve Cohen, Valerie Plame Wilson, House, Interrogation, Warrantless Wiretapping, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Imperial Presidency, Rendition, Prisoner, Sheila Jackson Lee, Luis Gutierrez, Bobby Scott, Blue Ribbon Commission, Bush Administration, Chris Weigant, War Powers Commission, Co-Sponsor, Wiretapping, Torture, Extraordinary Rendition, hr104, Representative, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Are you frustrated by all the "we need to look forward, not backward" language from Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders? Well, now you can do something about it.

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Getting Ready for the Bush Pardons

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, US Attorneys, White House, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Warrantless Wiretapping, Karl Rove, Michael Milken, Michael Mukasey, Cheney, Guantanamo, Obama, Truth and Reconciliation, Barack Obama, Bush, Constitution, Courts, Wiretapping, Scooter Libby, Torture, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

It would be wrong for an outgoing President who presided over disastrous... enterprises like the torture program to unilaterally slam the door on all future investigations into that conduct.

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Jason Linkins

Cheney "Aggravated" By New York Times Pulitzer

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Bill Bennett, Domestic Surveillance, Dick Cheney, Media News

Bill Bennett's fawn-tastic Morning In America exit interview with Dick Cheney is filled with precisely the sort of ass-kissing and side-stepping you'd...

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Jason Linkins

Alberto Gonzales Memoir: What To Expect

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.31.2009 | Media

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, US Attorneys Scandal, CIA Tapes Destroyed, Monica Goodling, Wiretapping, Fired Attorneys, Alberto Gonzales, Justice Department, Alberto Gonzales Book, Torture, Media News

The drive to produce a book likely stems from these post-White House blues, something Gonzales seems to acknowledge.

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Obama Going Easy on Bush? Say It Ain't So

Lee Camp | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: War Crimes, Warrantless Wiretapping, Bill Clinton, Plaxico Burress, Bush Administration, Richard Nixon, Kenneth Foster, Martha Stewart, George W. Bush, Harry Whittington, Ricky Kiser, Michael Vick, Eliot Spitzer, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Lee Camp

If you use dogs to harm dogs, you're sentenced to jail time. If you use dogs to harm humans, you receive no repercussions except a moderate grilling on Meet The Press.

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The Ten Lies of Dick Cheney (Part One)

Andy Worthington | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Jack Cloonan, Sere, Torture Memo, Timothy Flanigan, Waterboarding Torture, Terrorism, John Yoo, Vanity Fair, Abu Zubaydah, Warrantless Wiretapping, Donald Rumsfeld, Senate Armed Services Committee, CIA Torture, David Addington, Dick Cheney, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, David Rose, ABC News, President Bush, Alberto Gonzales, Torture, Guantanamo, Cheney Interview, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Cheney's version of the truth on interrogations does not stand up to scrutiny, and features ten lies that should not be allowed to pass without further comment and analysis.

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A Disturbing Thought

James Zogby | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Justice, Thomas Tamm, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, George Bush, Politics News
James Zogby

There must be accountability, as painful as that may be -- or Thomas Tamm would have acted and suffered in vain, and our nation would have failed to honor its commitment to the rule of law.

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Dick Cheney, Interior Decorator

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Vice President, Attorneys General, Wiretapping, Habeas Corpus, Doj, Torture, Bush, Cheney, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

It was, perhaps, a dark and rainy day. Through a clearing in the forest the King's horsemen came upon the menacing silhouette of a distant medieval f...

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Revealed: The Whistleblower Who Exposed Warrantless Wiretapping

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping Whistleblower, Warrantless Wiretapping, Thomas M Tamm, Fed Whistleblower Warrantless Wiretapper, Thomasm Tamm Whistleblower, Politics News

Thomas M. Tamm was entrusted with some of the government's most important secrets. He had a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance, a...

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Truth and Reconciliation

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: War Crimes, Warrantless Wiretapping, CIA Interrogations, Bush Administration, Truth and Reconciliation, Justice, Iraq, Politics News
Geoffrey R. Stone

Criminal prosecutions of the members of the Bush administration will not enable us to do what we most need to do, which is to gain a full public understanding of what was done over the past eight years.

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Judge orders Justice to produce wiretap memos

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, George Bush, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A judge has ordered the Justice Department to produce White House memos that provide the legal basis for the Bush administration's ...

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Spying on Americans Is Missing the Mark, Obama Would Rein in Culture of Secrecy

Frank Naif | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Maryland Spying, Warrantless Wiretapping, Department of Defense, Federal Terrorist Database, Terrorism, Domestic Intelligence, Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Intelligence, Bush Spying Program, Spying on Americans, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, John McCain, US Spying Iraq, Home News
Frank Naif

It's hard to imagine that the McCain-Palin vision of a toughened, empowered intelligence community will be somehow more respectful of the rights of Americans than our current state of affairs.

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Just What This Heartsick American Needed: A Republican Beacon for Civil Liberties

David Quigg | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, The Dark Side, Warrantless Wiretapping, Civil Liberties, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Ronald Rotunda, Guantanamo, 9/11 Commission Chairman Thomas Kean, War on Terror, Habeas Corpus, Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, Jane Mayer, Kyndra Rotunda, Detainee Abuse, Enhanced Interrogations, Constitution, Torture, Politics News
David Quigg

A Republican almost made me burst into tears. In a good way. Gov. Kean's specifics are a reminder of how much is at stake now and of how bad things have been since 9/11.

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We Told You So: Government Spying Has Been Targeting Innocent Citizens, not Terrorists

Bob Barr | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bob Barr, Warrantless Wiretapping, Fisa, Libertarian Party, Politics News
Bob Barr

The Bush administration told us that the government had to engage in warrantless surveillance to stop terrorists from attacking America. Administrati...

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Some Administrations -- Not All -- Make Policy Decisions Based On Constitution

Sheila Suess Kennedy | Posted 10.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Constitution, 2008 Election, Economy, Economic Meltdown, Supreme Court, Warrantless Wiretapping, John McCain, Political Culture, Guantanamo, United States, Barack Obama, Patriot Act, Bush Administration, Free Market, Torture, Home News
Sheila Suess Kennedy

As we prepare to choose a new president, we should look closely at the candidates' approach to our constitutional culture. It will tell us much more than the issue papers and campaign promises that are mainstays of electoral strategies.

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Report: Gonzales Pointing Finger At Bush In Surveillance Investigation

The Atlantic | Murray Waas | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alberto Gonzales, Bush Warrantless Wiretapping, Alberto Gonzales Bush, Warrantless Wiretapping, Surveillance, Gonzales Warrantless Wiretapping, Gonzales Doj Investigation, Gonzales Bush, Politics News

In March 2004, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales made a now-famous late-night visit to the hospital room of Attorney General John Ashcroft, seeking...

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End the Fishing Expedition and Abide by (or Fix) the Law

Caroline Fredrickson | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Surveillance, Warrantless Wiretapping, Fisa, National Security Letters, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Patriot Act, Politics News
Caroline Fredrickson

The Bush administration surmised the terrorist threat had changed the United State's security situation so vastly that the National Security Agency "had to fish with a big net, not a hook"

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New FBI Rules Would Make Domestic Surveillance Even Easier

Washington Post | Carrie Johnson | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Wiretapping, Fbi, Justice Department, Justice Department Spying, Domestic Spying, Politics News

The Justice Department will unveil changes to FBI ground rules today that would put much more power into the hands of line agents pursuing leads on na...

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

Think Progress | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ashcroft Hospital Bed, US Attorneys Scandal, Bush Warrantless Wiretapping, John Ashcroft, John Ashcroft Warrantless Wiretapping, US Attorney Scandal, Domestic Spying Program, Warrantless Wiretapping, James Comey, Bush Domestic Spying, David Iglesias, Politics News

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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Fighting the Unconstitutional Spying Law

Anthony D. Romero | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Fisa, Aclu, FISA Bill, Warrantless Spying, Spying, Fourth Amendment, Domestic Spying, Politics News
Anthony D. Romero

The FISA bill goes further to extend the power of the executive to collect our communications than the president's original secret spying program. The Fourth Amendment was essentially eviscerated.

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A Talk with Gail Collins on Obama

Bob Ostertag | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warrantless Wiretapping, Politics News, Obama FISA, Obama on Fisa, Obama Blogs, Barack Obama on Fisa, Obama Fisa Compromise, Obama National Security, Obama Netroots, Barack Obama, Gail Collins Obama, Politics News
Bob Ostertag

I am excited about Obama's project of building a new coalition based on finding rational common ground on controversial issues. The question is this: common ground with who?

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FISA: Got Questions, Will (Help) Pay For Answers

Charlie Reina | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nsa, Warrantless Wiretapping, FISA Bill, Bush Fisa, Spying, Fisa, NSA Wiretapping, Domestic Spying, Politics News
Charlie Reina

We need to know why the president was so hot to do the tele-spying the way they did. Why go outside FISA? Why circumvent a law that already allowed them to tap all they wanted, effectively without restraint?

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Hillary's Statement on FISA

Peter Daou | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fisa, Hillary Clinton, Warrantless Wiretapping, FISA Bill, Politics News
Peter Daou

Hillary Clinton: "Any surveillance program must contain safeguards to protect the rights of Americans against abuse -- I could not vote for the legislation in its current form."

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A Loss of Freedom

Caroline Fredrickson | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Christopher Bond, Warrantless Wiretapping, Russ Feingold, Fisa, Chris Dodd, Aclu, Politics News
Caroline Fredrickson

After years of outrage and empty promises to rein in the president's warrantless wiretapping program, the House of Representatives recently passed an ...

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