Center for American Progress Think Again: The Media (Finally) Talk About Torture By Eric Alterman, George Zornick | April 17, 2008 At some point following the March 2002 capture of Al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah, the National Security Council’s Principals Committee, comprised of several Bush administration officials at the highest level, met in the White [...]
Archive for April 24th, 2008
24 Apr
Bush’s Bankruptcy Legacy: Three Years and Nearly 1.5 Million Bankruptcy Filings Later
Bush’s Bankruptcy Legacy: Three Years and Nearly 1.5 Million Bankruptcy Filings Later A line formed outside the door of the U.S. Customs House in Denver, CO, in 2005, as people rushed to file for bankruptcy before Bush’s bankruptcy bill took effect. SOURCE: AP/David Zalubowski By Amanda Logan, Christian E. Weller | April 17, 2008 [...]
24 Apr
This Week in Congress 4.21.08 – 4.25.08
This Week in Congress 4.21.08 – 4.25.08 April 21, 2008 Farm Bill House and Senate conferees will be working hard this week to try to finish a compromise bill by Friday. Last week the president signed a one-week extension to the 2002 Farm Bill. Republican leaders and the White House have said that this [...]
24 Apr
FBI Director’s Torturous Testimony
FBI Director’s Torturous Testimony “We followed our own protocol.” Those are the words you can hear FBI Director Robert Mueller repeat again and again as Congressman Robert Wexler grows more incredulous. The FBI knew that the CIA and the Defense Department (under authority from the highest levels of the Bush administration) were using torture on prisoners [...]
