Posted on Sat, Oct. 27, 2007
Lexington Herald-Leader
By John Cheves
McConnell marks funds for contractor
FIRM UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR BRIBERY
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MITCH IN THE HEADLIGHTS
Dennis Cook/ AP
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Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is pushing $25 million in earmarked federal funds for a British defense contractor that is under criminal investigation by […]
October 12th, 2007
October 12, 2007
C.I.A. Internal Inquiry Troubling, Lawmakers Say
By MARK MAZZETTI and SCOTT SHANEWASHINGTON, Oct. 12 — Members of the House and Senate intelligence committees expressed concern today about an unusual inquiry into the work of the Central Intelligence Agency’s inspector general, John L. Helgerson, saying that it could undermine his role as […]
Early August: False Intelligence + Frightened Congress =
W’s Expanded FISA Bill
should produce an awards show
in a lower level of a House parking garage
and have last year’s departed sleaze members
hand out this year’s trophies in manila envelopes.
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CREW RELEASES THIRD ANNUAL MOST CORRUPT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS REPORT
September 18, 2007
The 22 most corrupt members of Congress
* Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-NM)
* Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
* Sen. Lisa Murkowski […]
August 19, 2007
Concern Over Wider Spying Under New Law
By JAMES RISEN and ERIC LICHTBLAU
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 — Broad new surveillance powers approved by Congress this month could allow the Bush administration to conduct spy operations that go well beyond wiretapping to include — without court approval — certain types of physical searches of American citizens […]
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U.S. to Expand
Domestic Use
Of Spy Satellites
By ROBERT BLOCK
August 15, 2007; Page A1
The U.S.’s top intelligence official has greatly expanded the range of federal and local authorities who can get access to information from the nation’s vast network of spy satellites in the U.S.
The decision, made three months ago by Director of National Intelligence Michael […]
August 11, 2007
Reported Drop in Surveillance Spurred a Law
By ERIC LICHTBLAU, JAMES RISEN and MARK MAZZETTI
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 — At a closed-door briefing in mid-July, senior intelligence officials startled lawmakers with some troubling news. American eavesdroppers were collecting just 25 percent of the foreign-based communications they had been receiving a few months earlier.
Congress needed to […]
Failed Congress leaves town in disgrace
August 5, 2007 - 10:12am.
Leaders constantly trumped by lame-duck President House
By DOUG THOMPSON
The Democrats who came to power with so much hype and fanfare after the 2006 mid-term elections limped out of Washington Sunday, battered and bruised from multiple losses to the most unpopular President in modern American history.
After […]
Gonzales Now Says Top Aides Got Political Briefings
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By Dan Eggen and Paul Kane
Washington Post Staff Writer and washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Saturday, August 4, 2007; Page A05
Justice Department officials attended at least a dozen political briefings at the White House since 2001, including some meetings led by Karl Rove, President Bush’s chief political adviser, and others that […]
Editorial
The New York Times
Stampeding Congress, Again
Published: August 3, 2007
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Bush administration has repeatedly demonstrated that it does not feel bound by the law or the Constitution when it comes to the war on terror. It cannot even be trusted to properly use the enhanced powers it was legally granted after […]