Archive - Jul 30, 2008

Bush Expands Next President's Powers

Last week, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on executive power.  As no follow up hearings, or official hearings on impeachment has yet been scheduled, it was probably an attempt to appease Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinich who is pushing Democratic leadership to move forward with impeachment of President Bush.  The Congressional hearing explored the issue which impeachment hearings would take place - Bush's expanded executive privilege.

Robert Wexler, Democrat of Florida:

• Taliban War Propaganda tools in Pakistan
• Two-Way - WTO Talks Collapse
• Politicized Hiring at the Department of Justice
• Congress Apologizes for Slavery and Jim Crow
• Street Beat: DC Reacts to Apology
• McDonald's Accused of Firing Workers with Disabilities

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• Israeli PM Announces Resignation
• Radovan Karadzic Detained Pending War Crimes Trial at The Hague
• New Law Bans Burmese Gem Imports
• TSA Training "Behavior Detection Officers" to Screen Airport Travelers
• Ecuador Ends US Military Lease on South American Base
• Giant Chunk Lost from Canadian Arctic Ice Shelf

More than a century after slavery was abolished, US lawmakers have for
the first time, issued the federal government's formal apology for
slavery. Congressman Steve Cohen first introduced the resolution a year
and a half ago.

As Pakistan's prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani meets with President
Bush this week, the New York Times reports that a top CIA official
questioned Pakistan's military and civilian leaders on the government's
ties with anti-US militant groups suspected of operating from the
Afghan-Pakistan border. CIA Deputy Director Stephen R. Kappes presented
new evidence earlier this month indicating connections between the
Pakistani Intelligence Agency or ISI, and a militant network which US
officials believe were involved in violent attacks inside Afghanistan.
The move is significant, as the Bush Administration and the CIA have
avoided criticism of Pakistan in the past, viewing the country as an
ally in the so-called "war on terrorism."

In response to the passage of House Resolution 194, FSRN sent reporter
Naji Mujahid out on the streets of DC to gather public reaction to the
resolution.