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Stories from 2004-06-08

Ashcroft Refuses to Release Torture Memo to Congress

Susan Schmidt | Washington Post | June 8, 2004

Angry Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee called on Ashcroft to provide the document, saying leaked portions that have appeared in news reports suggest the Bush administration is reinterpreting U.S. law and the Geneva Conventions prohibiting torture. [more]

Lockdown on Sea Island: Scenes from the G8 Summit

E Jane Dickson | Independent | June 8, 2004

The body bags have been shipped in, locals are running scared, and foreigners are being arrested and deported. Organisers of this week's G8 Summit are taking no chances with security... [more]

Tenet Now, Rummy and Wolfie Soon

Ivan Eland | Independent Institute: Center on Peace and Liberty | June 8, 2004

The Bush administration is trying to make Tenet a sacrificial lamb for its blundering into an Iraqi quagmire. But that ill-advised military adventure was actually championed by Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and their subordinates. [more]

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