July 11, 2009
In 2005 Eric Lichblau and James Risen of the New York Times revealed the existence of the "Terrorist Surveillance Program," a program under which the Bush Administration eavesdropped on the international phone calls and emails of Americans without obtaining warrants. Yesterday, the Inspector Generals' report reveals that under Bush the surveillance program went far beyond [...]
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December 4, 2008
An interesting criminal case was dismissed this week. The underlying indictment charged Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales with:
[E]ngaging in an organized criminal activity related to the vice president's investment in the Vanguard Group, which holds financial interests in the private prison companies running the federal detention centers. It accuses Cheney [...]
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