Posted in DoJ, FBI, homeland security, tagged BAE Systems, DHS, DoJ, FBI, GAO, House Homeland Security Committee, information-sharing, Oracle buyout, Paul Schneider on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DHS and governmental contracting watchdogs Spencer Hsu and Robert O’Harrow at the Washington Post, released a stinging article today about the replacement of the department’s information-sharing network, according to an October 27, 2007 memo by DHS Undersecretary for Management Paul A. Schneider.
The Homeland Security Information Network is a network of 100 or so web [...]
Posted in business, tagged Ashcroft, Conyers, DoJ, Leahy, Monitors, Monitorships on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Washington Post is reporting that Representatives John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) have requested the Government Accounting Office investigate the Department of Justice’s practice of ordering corporate monitorships. Monitors are individuals assigned to scrutinize companies that have been found guilty of malfeasance. Rather than indicting these companies in a way that [...]
Posted in Bush Administration, CIA, DoJ, torture, tagged CIA, CIA Tapes, Congress, DoJ, Pelosi, torture, Waterboarding on December 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s clear to us why Pelosi took impeachment off the table. She and her cohorts supported the President’s descent into war crimes and as we reported earlier asked whether or not the torture techniques used were tough enough.
Posted in CIA, DoJ, Guantanamo Bay, intelligence community, tagged CIA, CIA Tapes, Congress, DoJ, Guantanamo, torture, Waterboarding on December 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The blood is in the water on the CIA tape case, as was broken on Friday, the CIA has destroyed two tapes which contain evidence of waterboarding. This prompted a firestorm of accusations about who knew what, when, and whether or not there is a case to be made about obstruction of justice. Republicans [...]
