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U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 14, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- The leader of the world's Roman Catholics has been to the White House only once in history. That changes this week, and President Bush is pulling out all the stops: driving out to a suburban military base to meet Pope Benedict XVI's plane, bringing a gian.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Dec 4, 2007 @ 2:29pm neoform

Yahoo News -- President George W. Bush Tuesday said Iran was still a danger and refused to take military options off the table, despite a US intelligence report saying it had halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003. "The best diplomacy, effective diplomacy, is on.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Nov 2, 2007 @ 10:13pm neoform

ABC News -- ABC News' Jonathan Karl Reports: News flash -- The White House has selectively edited a report on Iraq, taking out negative information and distorting the report's meaning. This isn't about intelligence or weapons of mass destruction. It's my report on.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 24, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- The Bush administration's disaster assistance chief promised no repeat of the Hurricane Katrina experience Wednesday, saying "this is a new FEMA" as Washington weighed options to help California wildfire victims. "We're going to make sure this operatio.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Sun Sep 30, 2007 @ 5:00pm neoform

New York Times -- Not long ago, the satirical newspaper The Onion ran a fake news story that began like this: “At a well-attended rally in front of his new ground zero headquarters Monday, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani officially announced his plan to run f.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 28, 2007 @ 2:31pm neoform

www.roguegovernment.com -- As George Bush made his appearance and speech today at the United Nations in NYC, 1,000 people issued a citizen's arrest warrant against him for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The day began with twelve separate feeder marches converging from a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 27, 2007 @ 2:25pm neoform

Salon -- Dan Rather's complaint against CBS and Viacom, its parent company, filed in New York state court on Sept. 19 and seeking $70 million in damages for his wrongful dismissal as "CBS Evening News" anchor, has aroused hoots of derision from a host of commentat.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Thu Sep 27, 2007 @ 9:34am neoform

www.prospect.org -- In his new new book, the ACLU's Anthony Romero argues that the Bush administration's post-9/11 dismantling of our civil liberties has implications far beyond the "War on Terror." Khaled El-Masri, a German citizen suspected of links to terrorism, was ab.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Fri Aug 17, 2007 @ 9:25am neoform

Salon -- A federal jury in Miami today unanimously found U.S. citizen Jose Padilla guilty of "conspiracy to support Islamic terrorism overseas." In so doing, the jury dealt an enormous blow not only to Padilla himself, but also to the theory which the Bush adminis.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 29, 2007 @ 12:44pm neoform

FOX News -- A Purdue University graduate student was convicted of threatening to kill President Bush, vice president Dick Cheney and others in postings on the Internet. Vikram Buddhi, 35, an Indian national who was attending advanced engineering classes at Purdue'.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 12, 2007 @ 12:34am neoform

New York Times -- President George W. Bush cannot order the military to indefinitely imprison a suspected al Qaeda operative, who is the only foreign national held in the United States as an "enemy combatant," a court ruled on Monday. The 2-1 appellate ruling was a majo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 30, 2007 @ 2:57pm neoform

New York Times -- On this Memorial Day, thousands of United States men and women are engaged in untold acts of bravery and drudgery on behalf of what our leaders have defined as vital American interests in Iraq and Afghanistan. But even as the flags wave to honor soldie.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 8, 2007 @ 9:58am neoform

Daily Mail -- When you've just made it sound like the Queen is more than 200 years old, there may be a few ways of recovering from the gaffe. But turning to her and giving her a sly wink is probably not included in any book of royal etiquette. That's what happene.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 2, 2007 @ 1:06pm neoform

New York Times -- For more than five years, President Bush authorized government spying on phone calls and e-mail to and from the United States without warrants. He rejected offers from Congress to update the electronic eavesdropping law, and stonewalled every attempt to i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 23, 2007 @ 9:36am neoform

Forbes -- Campaigning in 2000, Texas Gov. George W. Bush would repeatedly raise his right hand as if taking an oath and vow to "restore honor and integrity" to the White House. He pledged to usher in a new era of bipartisanship. The dual themes of honesty and bi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 16, 2007 @ 1:09am neoform

SF Gate -- President Bush wrapped up his Latin America tour on Wednesday with a pledge to Mexican President Felipe Calderon that he would seek an accord that straddles the middle ground between amnesty to illegal residents and booting out more than 12 million people.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Mar 13, 2007 @ 8:32am neoform

New Standard News -- Among a new batch of documents rights groups have forced the gov't to release, a Bureau communication refers to a presidential Executive Order endorsing some forms of torture witnessed at Iraq prison. Repeated references in an internal FBI email sugges.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 9, 2007 @ 11:13pm neoform

Salon -- Multiple media outlets are focusing on the unsurprising story that the FBI seems to have been abusing its powers under the Patriot Act to issue so-called "national security letters" (NSLs), whereby the FBI is empowered to obtain a whole array of privacy-i.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Wed Mar 7, 2007 @ 12:51pm neoform

Slate -- The U.S. attorneys purge scandal is heating up. The House and Senate have convened hearings for Tuesday, promising an orgy of named names and pointed fingers. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., now admits what he once denied: that he may have had a hand in the r.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Mar 6, 2007 @ 9:56pm neoform

Washington Post -- A White House privacy board is giving its stamp of approval to two of the Bush administration's controversial surveillance programs _ electronic eavesdropping and financial tracking _ and says they do not violate citizens' civil liberties. Democrats ne.. Read More