....knew and covered it up for years.
Constitutional crisis over FBI raid on US congressman (tags)
The conflict between the US Congress and the Bush administration over the FBI raid on US Representative William Jefferson’s congressional office has rapidly escalated into a constitutional crisis. The episode highlights the contempt with which the Bush administration views such fundamental issues as the separation of powers and the autonomy of the legislative branch. It also reveals the atmosphere of crisis and tension which pervades the American political system.
Israel's Strange Connections to 9/11 (tags)
Israel's bizzare connectins to th 9/11 attacks.
Nightline: War Dead Reading , Censored in 24% of U.S.A. (tags)
24% of the US tv market will not hear Ted Kopel read off the names of American war dead. Sinclair Broadcasting (which gave Bush $130,000) is censoring it because it paints the war in an unfavorable light.
The Myth of Media Watchdogs (tags)
"Again, defenders of the media will claim that the media simply is performing its duties of "the public's right to know," but one must ask the simple question, "Know what?" If the media is presenting a false picture—and aiding and abetting a prosecutorial agent of the state in the commission of a felony—then we should ask whether or not journalists willingly are helping the state to lie."
Schwarzenegger: "I admired Hitler" (tags)
ABC News reports that Arnold Schwarzenegger gave an interview in which he praised Adolf Hitler and expressed a desire to follow in the spellbinding dictator's footsteps . . .
Notes on California Gil Garcetti's comments on ABC news.