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Disturbing Questions
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Bush's Time Horizon in Iraq
Allen McDuffee: Everyone was baffled by the President's use of the term "time horizon" for withdrawal from Iraq. But when you consider the term's origin on Wall Street, it makes perfect, cynical sense.
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Blackwater's Not Going Anywhere
Jeremy Scahill: Anyone who thinks Blackwater is in serious trouble is dead wrong. Business has never been better for Blackwater and its future looks bright.
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The Wedding Crashers
Tom Engelhardt: In Bush's wars, the singer dies, the bride does not get a chance to run away, and the event might be relabeled my big, fat, collateral damage wedding.
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Radio Nation with Laura Flanders
Radio Nation : The Nation's Ari Melber and Jon Pincus tackle FISA, Elizabeth Holtzman talks impeachment--plus more on war resisters in Canada and the subprime mortgage crisis.
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The Iraqi Oil Ministry's New Fave Five
Nick Turse: Mainstream media should consider these leads as they change gears from no-comment to hot-pursuit when it comes to the story of Iraq's most sought after commodity.
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Bush's Last Chance on Climate
Janet Redman: At the G-8 Summit, he can help bear the brunt of climate damage caused by the developing world. But don't hold your breath.
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Impeach Bush Now
Elizabeth Holtzman: If we don't act now, future generations will see that a weapon intended to defend the rule of law grew rusty and unusable on our watch.
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Pushing Back on Detainee Act
Michael Ratner: As Republicans and Democrats voted to approve the Military Commission Act last week, those who love the law were mortified by its passage and angry at those who capitulated, but unwilling to give up.
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For His Eyes Only: Bush's Secret Crimes
Michael Ratner: By blindly accepting Bush's expansion of state secrets claims, the courts are allowing the executive branch to operate above the law, putting the core principles of our democracy at risk.
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Making the Case for Impeachment
Michael Ratner: The idea of impeaching the President is not such an unlikely notion after all.
So why did the Bush Administration circumvent such a friendly, secret venue?
A plausible explanation has never been provided. Of course, it is illegal no matter what. Yet when an Administration with a track record of lies, torture and abuses of power cannot even float a palatable rationale for expanding unsupervised spying on American citizens, it feeds speculation that part of the program's purpose is sinister.
Just last month, government documents disclosed through the Freedom of Information Act revealed that the Administration has misused the FBI to infiltrate peaceful American groups, such as the pacifist Thomas Merton Center. We need an impeachment inquiry with subpoena power to find out if the NSA had similar goals, and to get the bottom of the other crimes and scandals of the Bush presidency.
Are there people in Congress who could lead such an inquiry? The resolution to initiate an impeachment investigation is sponsored by Michigan Representative John Conyers. He is next in line to chair the House Judiciary Committee, if the Democrats win in November. As Presidents Johnson, Nixon and Clinton know, the road to impeachment begins in that committee. Where it ends depends on the American people.
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