Republican Senator Arlen Spector is opposed to investigating any alleged Bush administration abuses and crimes and I am not surprised. Maybe Spector is reluctant to investigate because he cannot... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more]...

Graphic via Caribdude at The Agonist. As I wrote over the weekend, progressives who really hoped the Obama administration would roll back the Bush years' secrecy over illegal renditions and torture were waiting with intense interest to see what would happen in a key court case today. Five men were s...

During a recent televised interview, Vice President Dick Cheney opined that whether or not Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction posed an imminent threat to our national security was immaterial; it was the speculation that at some future time Saddam Hussein......

From the Houston Chronicle : A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on state charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners in Willacy County’s federal detention centers. The indictment, which had not yet been signed by ...

Are you a Democrat or worse, a Democrat who in any way upset the President of the Far-Right of America? Well then, be afraid, be very afraid.  I will let Scott Horton play you the latest song: It’s beginning to sound like a stuck record. Another strike by the Bush Justice Department, keeping ...

Dahlia Lithwick from Slate : This time last year, I offered up a top 10 list of the most appalling civil-liberties violations by the Bush administration in 2006. The grim truth is, not much has changed. The Bush administration continues to limit our basic freedoms, conceal its own worst behavior, an...