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With live address, Obama formally ends combat operations in Iraq
President Barack Obama is telling the nation in a prime-time Oval Office address that the U.S. is officially ending its combat role in Iraq, a final turning point in one of the country’s longest wars. He said Tuesday night, in his words, “I am mindful that the Iraq war has…
Fidel Castro: Osama bin Laden is a US agent
Fidel Castro says al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is a bought-and-paid-for CIA agent who always popped up when former President George W. Bush needed to scare the world, arguing that documents recently posted on the Internet prove it. “Any time Bush would stir up fear and make a big speech,…
Former FEMA head: Gov’t didn’t tell all on Katrina
Former FEMA chief Brown concedes Washington didn’t tell full story of Katrina’s devastation Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the federal official at the heart of a firestorm over Washington’s slow response is acknowledging the government’s shortcomings. Former Federal Emergency Management agency director Mike Brown tells NBC’s “Today”…
A shoe flies, a leader ducks… a trend is born?
The shoe heard round the world: Footwear taking flight becomes an escalating global trend For a few days, he was famous the world over  an Iraqi TV journalist who became an instant hero for millions when he hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush’s head and called him…
DOJ: No charges for Bush-era US attorney firings
The Bush administration’s Justice Department’s actions were inappropriately political, but not criminal, when it fired a U.S. attorney in 2006, prosecutors said Wednesday in closing a two-year investigation without filing charges. The decision closes the books on one of the lingering political disputes of the Bush administration, one that Democrats…
President of the Council on Foreign Relations on Afghanistan: ‘It’s not worth it’
The president of the Council of Foreign Relations is telling President Barack Obama that he needs to drastically scale down his ambitions in Afghanistan. In an article published in the most recent edition of Newsweek, Richard Haass called Afghanistan “very much Barack Obama’s war of choice.” Haass seemed to be…
Bush ally: Black Panther story a ‘fantasy’ to ‘topple Obama’
A Bush administration civil rights appointee says the conservative media uproar over allegations the Justice Department is protecting the New Black Panther Party from voter-intimidation prosecution is a “fantasy” designed to oust Attorney General Eric Holder and harm the Obama administration. “This doesn’t have to do with the Black Panthers;…
Lawyer: Some CIA interrogation tactics not OK’d
One of the key Bush administration lawyers in the evolution of the CIA’s interrogation program cast doubt on whether the Justice Department approved some of the harsh steps the agency took to get terrorist suspects to talk. Former Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee’s remarks were contained in a transcript sent…
Rep. Nadler: Investigate torture or face road to ‘tyranny’
WASHINGTON – A New York Democrat argued that failing to prosecute former Bush administration officials complicit in the use of torture would create a dangerous precedent and place America on a path to “tyranny.” In an interview with Raw Story, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) invoked a “supremacy of laws” when…
Lawsuit: BP’s ‘manipulation’ of Bush administration led to spill
Lawsuit seeks damages under organized crime laws Oil firm BP “manipulated” the Bush administration into softening regulation of oil drilling, leading to the environmental disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico, a lawsuit filed in a Florida courtroom alleges. The suit, which describes the Gulf spill as “an ecological Armageddon…
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