Obama Following Bush on Secrecy, Detention?
The Obama administration released some interesting news on Friday. Normally, Friday is the day of choice for the White House to announce policies and decisions which it doesn’t want to garner much media coverage. By the time everyone is back to work on Monday and reading the news, the story has been effectively buried over [...]
Thank You, Mr. Bush
When it was written in 1977, the musical “Annie” contained a song called “We’d Like to Thank You (Mr. Hoover),” but those who’ve been in the theatre in the last 8 years or so probably haven’t heard it. Much like you probably haven’t heard much about the Boulder Dam, but you probably know about the [...]
Rove, Miers to Testify
It was reported on Tuesday that former White House Counsel (and rejected Supreme Court nominee) Harriet Miers and former White House Adviser Karl Rove have finally “agreed” to testify before Congress, regarding the firings of U.S. attorneys under the Bush administration.
The question is, to someone who couldn’t care less about being cited for contempt of Congress, [...]