Ruling comes in answer to lawsuits which claims millions are missing
Associated Press Nov 12, 07 7:57 PM CST
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A federal judge ruled against Bush today and ordered the White House to save all emails from now on, the AP reports. US District Judge Henry Kennedy's ruling came in answer to suits which claim that 5 million White House emails have already vanished—an issue that arose during the Valerie Plame CIA hearings almost two years ago.
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Last warning on mum aides in probe of
fired attorneys
Associated Press Nov 6, 07 7:24 AM CST
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Democrats have threatened a vote holding White House aides in contempt of Congress if they don't cooperate with an investigation into last year's firing of federal attorneys, the AP reports. A citation, approved this summer by a House judiciary committee, was filed yesterday. If approved by the entire House, a US attorney might prosecute the case.
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Musharraf power grab a 'big embarrassment' for the White House
New York Times Nov 4, 07 2:06 PM CST
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Pervez Musharraf is gripping not only Pakistan in a tight state of emergency, but also his allies in Washington, the New York Times reports. American officials are stuck monitoring developments as the US-backed military dictator threatens a shaky democracy and spurs civil unrest. Condoleezza Rice called Musharraf’s decision “highly regrettable,” but praised his earlier democratic efforts.
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Critics say Bush team deleted portions
on global warming
Associated Press Oct 24, 07 5:41 PM CDT
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The White House halved prepared testimony the CDC director gave to a Senate committee this week, zapping sections about diseases that might result from global warming. A Bush spokeswoman said the speech was not “watered down,” the AP reports, but sentences such as “scientific evidence supports the view that the earth’s climate is changing” were excised.
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AG nominee's testimony a "massive hedge," says Democratic senator
New York Times Oct 18, 07 8:31 PM CDT
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Michael Mukasey remained mum today on whether interrogation methods such as waterboarding constitute torture. But the president’s nominee for attorney general spoke out in favor of the White House’s eavesdropping program, the NY Times reports, frustrating and confusing Democrats on the second day of his confirmation hearings. Mukasey argued the president’s constitutional authority may allow him to supersede congressional law.
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Includes immunity for phone companies
Washington Post Oct 18, 07 4:07 AM CDT
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Senate Democrats and Republicans have brokered a deal on legislation regarding the White House domestic spying and wiretapping program—including a highly controversial grant of immunity to telecommunication companies that co-operated with warrantless wiretaps. The deal marks a victory for the White House because Democrats had to kill a House bill imposing tougher restrictions on government wiretapping, reports the Washington Post .
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As aides leave DC, doubts loom large about Iraq war
Washington Post Oct 7, 07 10:56 AM CDT
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The droves of White House aides who have left in recent months are a largely weary, angry bunch troubled by the administration's legacy, especially in Iraq, the Washington Post reports. "It constantly looms," said one former staffer of the war. Relentless criticism of the administration has taken its toll, others say, making already difficult jobs that much harder.
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Ex-prez would be promoter-in-chief abroad in wife's term
Guardian (UK) Oct 5, 07 11:27 AM CDT
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Bill Clinton plans to serve as a sort of diplomat-in-chief should his wife take up residence in the West Wing, he tells the Guardian in London, where he's on a fundraising jog and book-promotion tour. Hillary envisions a mission for him to "restore America's standing" after years of a unilateral position that has "enraged the world," said Clinton.
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Landslide passage for bill to bring private firms into civilian courts
New York Times Oct 4, 07 5:01 PM CDT
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The House of Representatives passed a bill today that would make private security firms accountable to US civilian courts; the vote was 389 to 30, with opposition coming only from Republicans. The White House and Pentagon want contractors kept under military jurisdiction, but if the Senate passes similar legislation by a similar margin, the president will be unable to veto it successfully.
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Seymour Hersh on the 'reconceived' campaign to provoke Tehran
New Yorker Oct 2, 07 7:53 PM CDT
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Having failed to convince Americans of an imminent nuclear threat from Iran, the White House “has reconceived” its campaign, writes the New Yorker’s Seymour Hersh, targeting Tehran instead as an exporter of terrorism, especially of weapons and insurgents to Iraq. By recasting Iran as an aggressor in Iraq, he writes, the administration is able to cast its obsession with Iran as an effort to save US lives.
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House panel: Firm ordered not to disclose information without White House OK
Los Angeles Times Sep 26, 07 10:54 AM CDT
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Documents revealed yesterday show that the State Department ordered Blackwater USA, the private security firm accused of shooting Iraqi civilians last week, not to disclose information about its Iraq operations without White House approval. The State Department order has interfered with a congressional probe into Blackwater, angering the reps investigating the security firm, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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