Nadler To Hold Hearing On State Secrets
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 4th, 2009 4:40 am by HL
Nadler To Hold Hearing On State Secrets
We’ve told you about one way in which President Obama has so far continued his predecessor’s tactics: by invoking the state secrets privilege to argue for the dismissal of lawsuits in the war on terror. And now Congress will consider…
Visclosky’s Top Aide “Retires” Amid PMA Probe
Not a great day for Rep. Pete Visclosky. First, he announces that, amid a federal probe of a lobbying firm to which he has close ties, he’s handing off responsibility for a key appropriations bill. Now, the Northwest Indiana Times…
Cheney’s Campaign To Keep Lawmakers In Line On Torture
The Washington Post reports today that, during 2005, Dick Cheney sat in on several of those CIA torture briefings, in an effort to persuade wavering lawmakers to keep backing the torture program. The news doesn’t really come as a shock…