Paul Berenson Show…Bailout, PTSD, Impeachment Movement, Obama's Team, Iraq, Afghanistan
Bree Walker co-hosts, David Swanson
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By David Swanson
The Iraqi Parliament has approved a treaty with the United States or rather its government or rather its lameduck president, although its lameduck president has already made clear his intention to “interpret” it to mean whatever the heck he wants, meaning that the new president will be free to do that or not as he and his progressive supporters or he and his neocon advisors see fit.
AFP reports:
The vote came after a flurry of last-minute negotiations in which the main
Statement from the Steering Committee for the Prosecution for War Crimes of President Bush and His Subordinates
Never before has a president pardoned himself or his subordinates for crimes he authorized. The closest thing to this in U.S. history thus far has been Bush’s commutation of Scooter Libby’s sentence. Bush is widely expected to follow that commutation with a pardon. Not only did Libby work for the White House, but he was convicted of obstruction of justice in an investigation
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Nicole Sandler filled in for Rachel Maddow on Air America and was nice enough to have me on to talk with her about impeachment, pardons, and prosecutions: LISTEN.
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Heavyweight hooded sweatshirt with pocket in black with popular MASH font. A must have especially if you are going to be in DC for the historic inauguration of Barack Obama. (We’ve got space for thousands right in front of the FBI building, but you have to dress the part.) The cost is $22 plus $5 for shipping. BULK RATE: $10.75 each for 50 or more plus shipping.
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Nadler Introduces Resolution Opposing Possible Bush Pardons of His Own Subordinates for Crimes He Authorized
By David Swanson
Here’s a resolution, hot off the presses from Jerrold Nadler, Chair of the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee: H.RES.1531, “Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President of the United States should not issue pardons to senior members of his administration during the final 90 days of his term of office,”
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Then please read the indictment of Dick Cheney posted here:
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/37794
He is charged with influencing ICE to contract with for-profit prison corporations in which he himself has millions invested, and with assaults on inmates and detainees. Alberto Gonzales is charged with blocking investigations of those assaults.
Arraignment is Friday.
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Our friend Nicole Sandler is filling in on Air America all this week while some of the regulars go on a cruise. Be sure to let Air America know if you like what you hear. Nicole is on tonight 6-9 pm ET, Thursday 7-9, Friday 8-9, and I will be on with her on Thursday in the 7-8 hour to talk about pardons and prosecutions. Tune in!
And I’m on The Urban Journal today discussing Cheney’s indictment. Take a listen.
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Will somebody ask the DSCC to stop having Cleland send out Emails claiming that Chambliss legitimately beat him and that therefore we should donate money?
Can everyone focus on election protection in Georgia, for the purpose of getting the Democrats 60 seats and denying them any more excuses not to enact the will of the public?
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By David Swanson
Half the story has been told. On Tuesday the Washington Post reported that Bush is creating civil service positions for loyal appointees, in order to make it hard for Obama to get rid of them.
Bush has also, for some time now, been terminating large numbers of employees in the federal government, people known as whistleblowers, people suspected of disloyalty. Some of the higher profile cases are well known.
But there is more to the story. And it follows the strategy described
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