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"Iran: The Next War," by James Bamford, Rolling Stone, July 24, 2006
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"Iraq On The Record," U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman report, March 16, 2004
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"Keeping Secrets: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why," by Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound, U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 12, 2003
"FBI Memo: Tactics Used During Protests And Demonstrations" Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oct. 15, 2003
"F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies" by Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Nov. 23, 2003
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For The Week Ending Aug. 10, 2007
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Interview with Marjorie Cohn,
In one of the many burgeoning scandals surrounding the Bush presidency, a group of House Democrats said they plan to launch an investigation into whether the impeachment of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was warranted. The action followed allegations that Gonzales committed perjury when he testified before Congress about the administration's controversial domestic surveillance program. In confrontations between the White House and Congress over investigations into several other scandals, President Bush has invoked executive privilege to prevent officials from testifying at hearings on Capitol Hill and releasing key documents. In the congressional probe into the firing of nine U.S. attorneys, the president ordered his former counsel Harriet Miers and his chief of staff Joshua Bolten not to testify and withhold documents demanded by the House Judiciary Committee. Congressional subpoenas issued to White House aides Karl Rove and Scott Jennings may meet a similar fate. Because defying a congressional subpoena is a crime, a House Judiciary subcommittee voted to begin contempt proceedings against both Miers and Bolten. President Bush also claimed executive privilege when he decided to withhold documents from the House Oversight Committee related to the death of professional football player Pat Tillman, who was killed by friendly-fire while serving with the Army in Afghanistan in 2004. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Marjorie Cohn, president of the National Lawyers Guild and a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of law. She explains the limits of executive privilege and what Congress must do to assert its constitutional authority to provide oversight on runaway executive power. Marjorie Cohn is author of "Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law." Contact the National Lawyers Guild at (212) 627-2656 or visit the Guild's website at www.nlg.org. Cohn's website can be found at www.marjoriecohn.com Related links:
Interview with the Rev. Lennox Yearwood,
In response to growing national calls for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, on July 23, hundreds of impeachment activists gathered outside the Washington office of Michigan Rep. John Conyers, Democratic chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee. Inside the congressman's office, peace activist Cindy Sheehan, retired CIA officer Ray McGovern and Rev. Lennox Yearwood met with Rep. Conyers to urge him to begin impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney. But after nearly an hour, the three impeachment advocates left the meeting and announced that Conyers said he would not proceed with impeachment because there weren't enough votes. In protest of Conyers' position, Sheehan, McGovern and Yearwood, joined by some 30 other activists, re-entered the congressman's office and were subsequently arrested by Capitol Police when they refused to leave. The grassroots movement supporting impeachment has been unable to change House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's pre-2006 election declaration that "impeachment is off the table." Although John Conyers had been an ally of pro-impeachment activists before the November vote that put the Democrats in control of Congress, since the election, Conyers has joined Pelosi in labeling impeachment a deadend, distracting Congress from important legislative work and the coming 2008 election. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., president of the Hip Hop Caucus, who along with Russell Simmons organized a Hip Hop Team Vote Bus Tour during the 2004 Presidential election to encourage young people to engage in the political process. Here, Rev. Yearwood talks about his meeting with Congressman Conyers and explains why he believes impeachment is the correct course of action to take in confronting the Bush administration's unpopular policies and abuse of presidential power. Contact the Hip Hop Caucus at www.hiphopcaucus.org Get more information on the national campaign for impeachment by visiting the website of AfterDowningStreet.org.
Interview with John Jairo Lugo,
New Haven, Conn. made history July 24 when the city began offering municipal ID cards to all residents, regardless of their immigration status. The desire for the cards came mainly from the undocumented immigrant community, so people without Social Security numbers could open bank accounts and not have to carry large amounts of cash. The multi-purpose card can also be used by anyone as a library card, city park entry, parking debit card, and in some retail stores. The idea was supported by New Haven Mayor John DeStefano and Junta for Progressive Action, the largest Latino social service agency in the city, which works with many of the estimated 10,000 undocumented immigrants in New Haven. Thirty-six hours after the cards were approved by the city's Board of Aldermen on June 6, federal immigration agents raided many homes in the Latino section of the city and arrested 32 undocumented residents. People from New Haven and beyond raised bail money for those arrested, while awaiting the federal government's next move. There was widespread speculation that due to fear in the immigrant community, only citizens would come out to apply for the cards when they became available. But, opening day, more than 1,600 people have applied for the cards, many of them undocumented immigrants. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with John Jairo Lugo, co-founder of Latinos United in Action, who began working four years ago with the immigrant community to make the municipal ID a reality. He describes what happened after the immigration raids, and why he's not concerned that federal authorities may use data from the cards to identify those in the country illegally. For more information on Unidad Latina en Acción, call (203) 606-3484 or visit the Junta for Progressive Action's website at www.juntainc.org  This week's summary of under-reported news
Compiled by Bob Nixon
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