Posted on July 9th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Bob Richter: E-N was as critical of Clinton’s pardons as Bush’s communtation
Several readers who called or e-mailed me last week may have spoken for scores of other like-minded partisans who thought the Express-News’ news coverage and commentary on the Scooter Libby story was unfair.
“You’re trying to make hay out of something that’s just grass,” [...]
Filed under: Commutation, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 3rd, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
Bush commutes Libby’s prison sentence - CNN.com
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush commuted Monday the prison term of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, facing 30 months in prison after a federal court convicted him of perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators.
A commutation is distinct from a pardon, which is a complete [...]
Filed under: Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Scooter Libby, Valerie Plame | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 21st, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
House panel defies Bush, votes for subpoenas - CNN.com
WASHINGTON (CNN) — House Democrats voted Wednesday to give their leaders the authority to force White House officials to testify on the firings of U.S. attorneys.The House Judiciary subcommittee vote was to authorize subpoenas. It does not mean that subpoenas will be issued; only that they could [...]
Filed under: George W. Bush, Harriet Miers, Karl Rove, Tony Snow, White House, double-speak, perjury, spin | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 7th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
Armed robber remembers to lock getaway car — but keys were inside
Friday, December 29, 2006 LUFKIN — An old habit prevented an armed robber from evading police after [...]
Filed under: George W. Bush, Impeach, Lee Arthur Thomas, Lufkin, Nancy Pelosi, San Fransisco, armed robbery, texas | No Comments »
Posted on January 2nd, 2007 by Dig ad veritas
MySA.com: Report shows 2 failings of border wall plan: Effectiveness and cost:
And in 1990, the U.S. Border Patrol started building a 14-mile wall in the San Diego area, then a hot spot for illegal crossings. Congress authorized construction of a “secondary layer of fencing” to bolster that wall in 1996.
This 14-mile dual-layer border barrier — [...]
Filed under: George W. Bush, WaLL-k, border, border fence, immigration, texas, texas border, texas border waLL-k | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 4th, 2006 by Dig ad veritas
TIME.com: The Scariest Guy in Town — Dec. 4, 2006 — Page 1:
As the new chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, Waxman will have free rein to investigate, as he puts it, “everything that the government is involved with.” And the funny thing is, Waxman can thank the Republicans for the unique set of [...]
Filed under: Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Government Reform Committee, Henry Waxman, democrat, dirty politics, dishonesty, politics, republican, rhetoric | 1 Comment »