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...only real prospect for unearthing new facts comes from the subpoena issued last Monday by Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee, to Attorney General Michael Mukasey demanding transcripts of FBI interviews with Cheney and Bush in the Plame case. The FBI is awaiting orders from Mukasey's office, but don't hold your breath. Department of Justice spokesman Peter Carr says, "We have received the subpoena and are reviewing it." Waxman's office expects a continued stonewall from the Justice Department ahead of the noon Monday subpoena deadline...
...system evolved, while minimizing their own responsibility. Richard Shiffren, a former deputy general counsel at the Pentagon dealing with intelligence, explained that the U.S. military lacked expertise in interrogation after 9/11, but was desperate to extract intelligence from prisoners captured on the battlefields of Afghanistan. Instead of consulting the FBI - an agency with long experience in conducting effective interrogations using lawful methods - the Pentagon opted to use the enemy tactics taught in the SERE program. Many of those have since been found to be illegal...
After two years of increases in violent crime, the fbi reported a 1.4% drop nationwide in its preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report for 2007. Violent and property crimes fell in every region of the country except the South, which saw 0.7% and 1.1% increases, respectively...
...judge with confidence in clear, slightly broken English, Mohammed persisted in speaking to fellow prisoners and made clear he plans to follow "God's law." At the close of the morning session, he was asked to approve a drawing of him rendered by a sketch artist. "Look at my FBI photo. Fix the nose. Then bring it back to me," he reportedly answered. Mohammed said he rejected legal representation from U.S. military lawyers under the command of President Bush, who he charged "is waging a crusade in Afghanistan and Iraq and our holy lands." Chanting verses from the Koran...
...another episode, Weis tapped a former FBI agent - and one of his best friends - to be his chief of staff. But within weeks, Daley installed one of his own staffers into the job. "Translation: Mayor Daley wants his own eyes and ears at the police department," quipped a Chicago Sun-Times columnist. In a recent TIME interview, Weis said of Daley, "He's never dictated who I should hire, and who I should promote." But Weis still knows that, in the end, Daley is the boss. Meanwhile, the new police superintendent has proposed that his officers submit to annual physical...