Pentagon officials firmly opposed a proposal by Vice President Dick Cheney last summer for airstrikes against Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) bases by insisting that the administration would have to make clear decisions about how far the United States would go in escalating the conflict with Iran, according to a former George W. Bush administration […]
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Right Web | Pentagon Reined in Cheney’s Plans for Iran Strikes
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
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American Civil Liberties Union : Supreme Court Refuses To Review Warrantless Wiretapping Case
February 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to review a legal challenge to the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance program
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Justice Official Defends Rough CIA Interrogations
February 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
The Bush administration allowed CIA interrogators to use tactics that were “quite distressing, uncomfortable, even frightening,” as long as they did not cause enough severe and lasting pain to constitute illegal torture, a senior Justice Department official said last week.
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