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Bush« Previous EntriesWill International Law Reach Bush?Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008By Peter Dyer | Q: What do Radovan Karadzic, former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, and George W. Bush have in common? A: Each lives under the slowly growing shadow of a body of international criminal law. This law is evolving towards the ultimate goal of holding even the most powerful leaders personally accountable for crimes committed by the State. It is ... tagged Bush, Law and World-NewsAG candidate backs prosecution of President Bush for murderFriday, September 19th, 2008Rutland Herald | Charlotte Dennett, the Progressive Party candidate for Vermont attorney general, said Thursday that if elected she would prosecute President Bush for murder. Dennett, an attorney from Cambridge challenging incumbent Democrat William Sorrell, was joined by Vincent Bugliosi, a famed prosecutor who took on Charles Manson in the early 1970s, at a press conference in downtown Burlington. As Vermont attorney general, Dennett said she would appoint Bugliosi, who published a ... tagged BushBush’s War Widens DangerouslyThursday, September 18th, 2008By Tariq Ali | The decision to make public a presidential order of last July authorizing American strikes inside Pakistan without seeking the approval of the Pakistani government ends a long debate within, and on the periphery of, the Bush administration. Senator Barack Obama, aware of this ongoing debate during his own long battle with Hillary Clinton, tried to outflank her by supporting a policy of U.S. strikes ... tagged BushBush Admin - The Most Secretive Govt Ever?Tuesday, September 16th, 2008(IPS) | The administration of President George W. Bush continues to expand government secrecy across a broad array of agencies and actions -- and at greatly increased cost to taxpayers, according to a coalition of groups that promote greater transparency. Dr. Patrice McDermott, director of Open the Government, a watchdog group, told IPS, "The federal government under the Bush administration has shown its commitment to secrecy by where it has put ... tagged Bush and USA-NewsConference To Shape Plans For Obtaining Prosecutions Of High-Level U.S. War CriminalsSunday, September 14th, 2008Visit the Conference Web Site http://war-crimes.info A conference on plans to bring high-level American war criminals to justice will be streamed live from Andover, Mass., September 13-14. The conference has attracted eminent national and international legal authorities who will speak about the legal grounds for seeking prosecution of top administration officials, including George Bush, who appear to be guilty of war crimes. The URL address to view the conference live or to ... tagged BushBush Secretly Approved Orders Allowing Raids in PakistanFriday, September 12th, 2008By ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTI | President Bush secretly approved orders in July that for the first time allow American Special Operations forces to carry out ground assaults inside Pakistan without the prior approval of the Pakistani government, according to senior American officials. The classified orders ... tagged BushHistorians: Stop Bush/Cheney From Destroying Presidential RecordsWednesday, September 10th, 2008Thirty-two of the nation’s leading historians have sent letters to congressional leaders calling on them to stregthen the Presidential Records Act (PRA). The effort, led by the Center for American Progress Action Fund and joined by the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the National Coalition for History, notes that while the PRA requires the administration to preserve presidential records, “it fails to ... tagged BushThe deconstruction of a Bush speech-writerSunday, September 7th, 2008By Dr. Steve Best, Ph.D. | In 2002, arch-conservative Matthew Scully wrote a book called, Dominion: The Power of Man, The Suffering of Animals, and The Call to Mercy, that was universally and uncritically acclaimed by the animal advocacy movement. Because this movement is overwhelmingly single-issue in its focus, and in most cases doesn’t care about a person’s views or politics except how they ... tagged BushObama might pursue criminal charges against Bush administrationThursday, September 4th, 2008By Elana Schor in Washington | Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joe Biden said earlier this week that he and running mate Barack Obama could pursue criminal charges against the Bush administration if they are elected in November. Biden's comments, first reported by ABC news, attracted little notice on a day dominated by the drama surrounding his Republican counterpart, Alaska governor Sarah Palin. But his statements represent the Democrats' ... tagged BushBush’s Proposed Terror Legacy: A Legal Basis for Perpetual WarTuesday, September 2nd, 2008By Andy Worthington | Just when you think that there can be no more outrageous proposals from the current lame duck government, and that it's down to a straight race between Barack Obama, a man with respect for the rule of law, and John McCain, who, I fear, may allow the malign spirits of Dick Cheney and David Addington to maintain a presence in the corridors of power, George W. ... tagged BushBush Seeks to Affirm a Continuing War on TerrorSaturday, August 30th, 2008By ERIC LICHTBLAU | WASHINGTON — Tucked deep into a recent proposal from the Bush administration is a provision that has received almost no public attention, yet in many ways captures one of President Bush’s defining legacies: an affirmation that the United States is still at war with Al Qaeda. Seven years after the Sept. 11 ... tagged Bush and USA-NewsA New Rush to SpyMonday, August 25th, 2008NY Times | There is apparently no limit to the Bush administration’s desire to invade Americans’ privacy in the name of national security. According to members of Congress, Attorney General Michael Mukasey is preparing to give the F.B.I. broad new authority to investigate Americans — without any clear basis for suspicion that they are committing a crime. Opening the door to sweeping investigations of this kind would be an invitation ... tagged BushBush Covered up Musharraf Ties with Qaeda, KhanWednesday, August 20th, 2008(IPS) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's resignation Monday brings to an end an extraordinarily close relationship between Musharraf and the George W. Bush administration, in which Musharraf was lavished with political and economic benefits from the United States despite policies that were in sharp conflict with U.S. security interests. It is well known that Bush repeatedly praised Musharraf as the most loyal ally of the United States against terrorism, even ... tagged BushBush Is the Worst Commander in Chief EverWednesday, August 13th, 2008By Matthew Rothschild | Here’s the news flash from Wednesday’s New York Times: “Al Qaeda is more capable of attacking inside the United States than it was last year.” That’s not my conclusion. Or the conclusion of a Bush critic like Richard Clarke. No, that’s the conclusion of the Bush Administration’s senior terrorism analyst, Ted Gistaro. What a damning indictment! Not only has Bush failed, for seven years now, to get Osama bin Laden. He’s ... tagged BushBush administration proposes major cut to endangered species protectionsWednesday, August 13th, 2008By Naomi Spencer | With an eye to the approaching elections, the Bush administration has drafted proposed changes to the enforcement of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that would take effect within 30 days and would not require the approval of Congress. Once enacted, the new rules would essentially cut out the role of government scientists at the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service in reviewing ... tagged Bush« Previous Entries |
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