A damning and explosive report prepared by a group of bipartisan high-ranking officials concludes that the United States engaged in the ”indisputable” use of torture during the Bush administration and it urges President Obama to close the Guantanamo detention camp by the end of 2014. The report comes as U.S. officials defend a raid they conducted last Saturday [...]
Justice Dept. Investigating Severe Racial Disparity in Presidential Pardons
August 10, 2012 | Posted by
The Justice Department has launched an investigation into the presidential pardons process after a Washington Post/ Pro Publica investigation revealed last December that white convicted felons are four times more likely to receive pardons than blacks. The newspaper investigation found that even when two people had committed similar offenses, the white person was still much [...]
Colin Powell Admits to Bush Administration Iraqi War Mistakes
May 19, 2012 | Posted by
On the evening of Aug. 5, 2002, President Bush and I met in his residence at the White House to discuss the pros and cons of the Iraq crisis. Momentum within the administration was building toward military action, and the president was increasingly inclined in that direction. I had no doubt that our military would [...]
