Word: democratic
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...Meanwhile, the timeline of the firing of Carol Lam has raised even more eyebrows. On a weekend talk show, Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat on the Judiciary committee, revealed that on May 10, Lam, the U.S. attorney in San Diego, had informed the Justice Department about her plans to issue a pair of search warrants in a criminal investigation of defense contractor Brent Wilkes and Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, a former senior CIA administrative official. At the time, Foggo had just resigned after questions were raised about his links to former Republican Representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who has pleaded guilty...
...Rove will find himself receiving further scrutiny from the Hill in coming weeks. On Tuesday, Senators Patrick Leahy and Arlen Specter, the top Democrat and Republican on the Senate judiciary committee, sent him a letter asking him to make himself available for interviews and testimony before the committee. Yesterday the committee notched up the pressure on him, making clear it intended to authorize subpoena power against him next week...
ROGER AILES, chairman and CEO of Fox, intentionally confusing the Democrat's name with that of Osama bin Laden. The comment prompted Democrats to pull out of a planned presidential debate that would have been co-hosted by the network...
...riverside gallows have long since been dismantled, a new call for harsher punishment of piracy—of the digital kind—was leveled against universities last Friday by the chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property. Rep. Howard L. Berman, a Democrat who represents California’s 28th district, encompassing Hollywood and nearby areas rich in entertainment-based industries, said that “current law isn’t giving universities enough incentives to stop piracy,” according to a statement released by the congressman?...
...Still, Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Fein, the party led by Adams, have broadly indicated they're willing to work together under rigid power-sharing arrangements. That's encouraging since they're expected to run the region together in a matter of weeks. And they need to talk about the details. The DUP wants more assurances that Sinn Fein has left behind their associates in the IRA and will genuinely support Northern Ireland's police. "Sinn Fein are not entitled to be at the table until they declare themselves for democracy," said Paisley. "I'm a democrat...