Karl Rove won’t face charges in CIA leak probe
(CBC News) Top White House aide Karl Rove will not be charged in an investigation into the leak of a CIA operative’s identity, his lawyer said Tuesday. “On June 12, 2006, special counsel Patrick...
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H.R. 4752: Universal National Service Act of 2006
(via GovTrack.com) Introduced Feb 16, 2006: To provide for the common defense by requiring all persons in the United States, including women, between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform a period of...
U.S. to drop Geneva rule, officials say
(Baltimore Sun) The Pentagon has decided to omit from new detainee policies a key tenet of the Geneva Conventions that explicitly bans “humiliating and degrading treatment,” according to knowledgeable military officials, a step that...
Federal Source to ABC News: We Know Who You’re Calling
(ABC News) A senior federal law enforcement official tells ABC News the government is tracking the phone numbers we (Brian Ross and Richard Esposito) call in an effort to root out confidential sources. “It’s...
“Security Issue” Kills Domestic Spying Probe
(ABC News) The government has abruptly ended an inquiry into the warrantless eavesdropping program because the National Security Agency refused to grant Justice Department lawyers the necessary security clearance to probe the matter. The...
