The New York Times

September 25, 2008
Bush Aides Linked to Talks on Interrogations
By MARK MAZZETTI

WASHINGTON - Senior White House officials played a central role in deliberations in the spring of 2002 about whether the Central Intelligence Agency could legally use harsh interrogation techniques while questioning an operative of Al Qaeda, Abu Zubaydah ( Read more... )

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and DAVID ESPO, Associated Press Writers 14 minutes ago

The White House bowed on a major sticking point in the $700 billion financial bailout plan Wednesday, and President Bush readied a prime-time speech to the nation as the administration scrambled to pull loudly resistant lawmakers onboard and stave off a deepening ( Read more... )

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by iliketodrum
Sun Sep 14, 2008 at 10:18:29 PM PDT

Sept 14th, 2008 will go down as a monumental economic event in Unites States history, having massive global implications.

In the last few hours 2 of the remaining 4 investment banks (Bear Sterns would have been the 5th) have essentially failed.

Lehman Brothers founded in 1850, is one of the few ( Read more... )

House gives go-ahead to sue Iraq over torture

By JIM ABRAMS - 1 hour ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former POWs and civilians who were tortured or held hostage during the 1991 Gulf War could pursue lawsuits against Iraq under legislation the House has approved.

The White House, saying the bill would threaten economic and political progress in Iraq, threatened ( Read more... )

September 5th, 2008

Independent.co.uk ( Read more... )

Judge Rejects White House Request To Delay Enforcing Subpoenas On Aides

August 27, 2008 2:03 p.m. EST

Kris Alingod - AHN News Writer

Washington, D.C. (AHN) - A federal judge has rejected the Justice Department's request to stay a court ruling requiring top presidential aides to testify and provide documents to Congress about allegedly politically- ( Read more... )

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Glenn Greenwald

Wednesday Aug. 20, 2008 08:01 EDT
(updated below)

The Washington Post's White House reporter, Michael Abramowitz, was asked yesterday during a chat to name some of his "favorite people who work at the White House but who are not in the spotlight," and Abramowitz happily and easily offered a long list:
I like your ( Read more... )