Democrats Ignore Mukasey Plea for New Gitmo Law
The attorney general warns that Gitmo prisoners could go free on U.S. streets. The Dems aren’t buying it.
Democrats Ignore Mukasey Plea for New Gitmo LawThe attorney general warns that Gitmo prisoners could go free on U.S. streets. The Dems aren’t buying it. Plame Probe Stymied By Bush Privilege ClaimAn unusual new privilege claim shields Cheney in Plame probe. Terror Watch: FBI Agents Infiltrate Muslim GroupsHow an undercover FBI informant busted an alleged terror ring. The Taliban’s Great EscapeA daring prison break shows that Afghanistan’s militants are backāand as bold as ever. Senate Report’s New Findings on Pre-War DeceptionBuried in a Senate report, new revelations about pre-war deception Terror Watch: New Report on FBI, CIA InterrogationA new Justice Department reports faults the CIA’s handling of prisoner interrogation. Iraq’s Chalabi Loses Post Over Ties to IranIs Iraqi double-dealer Ahmad Chalabi gone for good? Don’t bet on it. The Pentagon, the CIA, and Secret Iran MeetingsWhy was Langley cut out of clandestine meetings with Iranian informants? U.S. Air Force: Entire crew killed in Guam crashAll six airmen aboard the B-52 bomber that crashed Monday off Guam’s northwest coast were killed, Air Force officials confirmed Wednesday. Terrorism: Telecoms and Secret SurveillanceTelecoms and the Bush administration talked about how to keep their surveillance program under wraps. Obama ‘deeply committed’ to helping IsraelPresumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to maintain a close relationship between the United States and Israel. N. Korea pressed to verify end of nuke programU.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed her North Korean counterpart Wednesday to agree a plan for verifying its nuclear activity. Terror Watch: Fate of a British Terror SuspectWhy can’t the Brits deport a suspected terror figure? Nigerian militants: We’ll destroy oil pipelinesA Nigerian militant group issued a statement Wednesday saying it will destroy major oil pipelines “within the next 30 days” to disassociate itself from a government pipeline protection deal. Terror Watch: Canada Rejects CIA EvidenceCanada tosses CIA terror testimony obtained through waterboarding. China Sets Zones for Olympics ProtestsThe Chinese government will permit public protests inside three city parks, but demonstrators must obtain permits and abide by laws that usually make political demonstration nearly impossible. Extremist Cleric in Britain Moves Closer to U.S. TrialAn Egyptian-born Muslim cleric fighting extradition on terrorism charges failed in his bid to take the case to Britain’s highest appeals court in the House of Lords on Wednesday. |