Day: July 11, 2008

An appeals court refused to throw out a lawsuit seeking access to White House visitor logs.

Just being complete so we at CHB are clear what the Bush Administration did to us and is continuing to do:

The statutory causes of action Congress created to hold telecoms accountable for illegal surveillance play a crucial role in providing a judicial forum for warrantless surveillance.

They are:

USA Today, has a major breakthrough documenting systematic prosecutor misconduct, and an attempt to frame an immigrant. Unfortunately it’s in the Money Section where most of the Peace and Justice community and election activists might mis it.

I hope it gets noted by activist sights. See, https://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/2008-07-09-axion-blackhawk-latifi-martin_N.htm

The nearly $35 million ad campaign offers a sneak preview of the key battlegrounds this fall.

A challenge to the Guantánamo military tribunal: how to handle detainees who insist on representing themselves.

Both parties are opening up the writing of party platforms to grass-roots supporters.

Representative Charles B. Rangel of New York rents four units at a discounted rate in a building owned by a premier developer.

Senator John McCain was distancing himself from former Senator Phil Gramm’s remark, referring to the economy.

The ACLU filed one action in the FISA court, requesting that — contrary to how the FISA court normally works — all proceedings regarding the constitutionality of the FISA law be open to the public and transparent, and that the proceedings be adversarial (i.e., that the ACLU — rather than just the Government — can participate).

I am tired of the moaning and groaning, so I challeng all of you including Doug, to do something constructive.

Senator Obama has asked people to participate in writing the Dem platform. Rush Limbaugh has asked his legions of followers to mess that up with their participation.

So here is the challenge….Let’s write our own platform here at CHB.