Monthly Archives: March 2009
Why Sen. Patrick Leahy Wants a “Truth Commission”
George W. Bush has relocated back to his beloved Texas, of course, but in official Washington, all is not forgotten-or forgiven. Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, for one, wants Congress to convene an independent, blue-ribbon commission to poke into some of the dark secrets and possible government wrongdoing of the Bush years: the alleged torture...
Memos: Bush Claimed Unprecedented Authority to Use Military at Home
Days after 9/11, the Bush administration, operating under a cloak of secrecy, issued a series of classified memos that claimed unprecedentedly broad authority to use the U.S. military inside the United States in going after terrorists, even claiming that Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures did not always apply. The long-secret memos,...
