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Cheney Facing Deposition: Judge Rules Man Can Sue Secret Service
By not in system - AOL NewsDENVER -- A Colorado man can sue two Secret Service agents who arrested him after he touched former Vice President Dick Cheney on the arm in 2006 and told him his Iraq War policies were "disgusting," a federal appeals court ruled Monday. The ruling means Steven Howards can try to subpoena Cheney to testify about the incident, said David Lane, Howards' attorney. "I fully intend on deposing the former vice president," Lane told The Associated Press. Alex Brandon, AP The attorney for Colorado man arrested in 2006 after touching Dick Cheney on the arm said he intends to subpoena the ...
Scott Bloch, Bush Whistle-Blower Protector, Faces Jail Time
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe former head of the whistle-blower protection office in the George W. Bush White House is expected to get a month in jail when he's sentenced next week on a charge of withholding information from congressional investigators. Scott Bloch, who ran the Office of Special Counsel, pleaded guilty in April 2010 to criminal contempt of Congress. He admitted withholding from House investigators information about hiring outside technicians to "scrub" computer files in his office in 2006. U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Robinson ruled late Wednesday that Bloch's plea requires "a mandatory minimum ...
How Exactly Will the GOP Cut $100 Billion?
By not in system - AOL NewsHouse Republicans are promising to cut $100 billion from the federal budget, but they're not quite ready to explain how just yet. What they won't cut is homeland security, the military and services for veterans -- a nice gesture after a decade of war, but one that means the other federal programs, like transportation and education, would have to be cut by about 20 percent. That could mean, for example, Pell Grants would be cut by $700 for 8 million students, 40,000 teachers and school aides would lose their jobs, and funding for research and cops would drop, to say nothing of laid-off federal ...
Rumsfeld Memoir Highlights VIP Access to Government Files
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsTwo days after WikiLeaks began publishing classified diplomatic cables, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stepped forward to condemn the massive leak, declaring on his Twitter feed, "I was a co-sponsor of [the Freedom of Information Act] in 1966. There is an appropriate, lawful process for declassifying material. It's not #Wikileaks." To emphasize that "lawful process," Rumsfeld then added that his soon-to-be released book, "Known and Unknown," would be accompanied by hundreds of supporting documents -- some once secret -- and that all of them would be cleared by the U.S. ...
Opinion: START Won't Stop Nuclear Proliferation
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 10) -- Immediately following last month's election, President Barack Obama renewed his call on the Senate to ratify the New START treaty with Russia in order to "send a signal to the world that we're serious about nonproliferation." The claim that progress in U.S.-Russian arms control will help stop countries like Iran from getting nuclear weapons isn't just an argument offered in support of New START. It's also one of the key premises underlying President Obama's embrace of global nuclear disarmament. There's just one problem: The notion that faster disarmament will lead to greater ...
US Scraps Color-Coded Terror Alerts
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(Nov. 25) -- Late-night TV hosts better get their jokes in quick, before the color-coded terror alert system that's been the topic of so many punch-lines is gone for good. U.S. officials say they're phasing out the five-tiered alert scheme created in 2002 under the Bush administration, after years of criticism from lawmakers and citizens alike who say the system is vague, needlessly alarming -- or just plain silly. In March 2002, "Saturday Night Live" lampooned the system in a skit in which an actor portraying a Homeland Security official described it as "six shades of beige." Conan ...
Sarah Palin to Air Security Agents: 'Profile Away'
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Sarah Palin isn't short on opinions. The 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate weighed in on airport security, questioning why it is "politically incorrect" to profile suspicious persons at airport security gates. ...
The Bush Tax Cuts: A Continuing Conundrum
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(Nov. 18) -- Signs of a compromise are increasing in Washington on extending the Bush tax cuts for all income levels. The question is: Does it make good economic sense to continue them, or is this merely political expediency? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday that he's willing to consider a temporary extension of the tax cuts for all income levels. Republican leaders said such a deal might include a renewal of jobless benefits for 2 million Americans who are about to run out of unemployment checks. If the tax cuts aren't extended, the tax rates for all Americans will ...
Today in Voter Fraud: Hysteria or Imminent Threat?
By David Knowles - AOL News(Oct. 27) -- As another election draws near, it's worth asking: Which is the larger problem in America, voter fraud or voter intimidation? On Tuesday, 47 people in Minnesota were charged with voter fraud stemming from the 2008 general election, Minnesota Public Radio reported. That location is significant, as conservative activists have long alleged that Sen. Al Franken was only elected because of voter fraud. Unfortunately for the groups trying to prove that Norm Coleman was the real winner of the contest, initial claims that some 1,250 people had acted to throw the election Franken's way ...
Why Are Bailed Out Firms Abandoning Democrats?
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(Oct. 25) -- The bailout of Wall Street and Detroit's automakers couldn't have passed without the support of Democrats. But bailed-out firms aren't returning the favor. According to The Washington Post, most of the campaign donations from bailed-out companies are going to Republicans, some of whom ardently opposed the Trouble Assets Relief Program to begin with: Companies that received federal bailout money, including some that still owe money to the government, are giving to political candidates with vigor. Among companies with PACs, the 23 that received $1 billion or more in federal money ...
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