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President Bush asserts executive privilege rather than turn over Cheney’s FBI interview regarding Valerie Plame

President Bush today asserted executive privilege rather than turn over to Congress the FBI interview of Vice President Cheney as to what he knew about the leaking by his Cheney’s own chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby and other … Continue reading

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The Price of Political Favoritism and Cronyism: Lost Lives and Teenage Suicides

In the broader scheme of things, the Justice Department’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is a fairly obscure agency. By law its core missions are to decrease the disproportional numbers of minority children incarcerated, prevent teenage delinquency, … Continue reading

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John McCain’s branding problems

This Bob Herbert column transcends politics and the war in Iraq, to touch on something more universal. Today’s must read. Curveball talks. And Paul West of the Baltimore Sun has the best analysis I have seen so far about John … Continue reading

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