Path: news.ccsf.jp!news.heimat.gr.jp!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newspeer1.nac.net!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.51.MISMATCH!tmp-post01.iad!news.highwinds-media.com!news.cv.net!not-for-mail Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:34:13 -0400 From: Reggie User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.activism.peacefire,alt.peace,fj.soc.war-and-peace,humanityquest.peace Subject: Bush Claims Executive Privilege In Valerie Plame Leak - tvnl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 238 Message-ID: <487e3117$0$4996$607ed4bc@cv.net> Organization: Optimum Online NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.185.3.119 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cv.net X-Original-Bytes: 6686 Xref: news.ccsf.jp fj.soc.war-and-peace:736 Latest News-at-a-Glance - Courtesy of TvNewsLIES.org http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/latest-news-at-a-glance _________________________________________________________________________ Bush Claims Executive Privilege In Valerie Plame Leak Wednesday, 16 July 2008 13:22 President Bush has asserted executive privilege to prevent Attorney General Michael Mukasey from having to comply with a House panel subpoena for material on the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. A House committee chairman, meanwhile, held off on a contempt citation of Mukasey _ who had requested the privilege claim _ but only as a courtesy to lawmakers not present. More... _______________________________________________________________________ Court seeks to stay US executions Wednesday, 16 July 2008 12:23 The US has been advised not to execute five Mexican nationals on death row by the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The ICJ - the UN's highest court - had previously ruled that the men had been denied the right to help from their consulate after their arrests. More... ________________________________________________________________________ Bush murder trial book, blacked out by mainstream media, thrives on Internet Wednesday, 16 July 2008 10:20 Former Los Angeles district attorney Vincent Bugliosi became widely known as the prosecutor of Charles Manson and later wrote bestselling books about that case, the O.J. Simpson trial, and other topics. However, Bugliosi's latest effort, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, has faced what CNN calls "a virtual media blackout." More... ________________________________________________________________________ US troops abandon Afghan outpost Wednesday, 16 July 2008 09:20 US and Afghan troops have abandoned a remote village in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine US soldiers and wounded a dozen more on Sunday. The attack caused the biggest American loss of life in battle in Afghanistan since operations began in 2001. More... _________________________________________________________________________ Bush Emphasizes His Opposition to Timetable for Iraq Withdrawal Wednesday, 16 July 2008 03:37 President Bush said Tuesday that Iraq wanted to include an “aspirational goal” for the departure of most foreign troops there in any agreement authorizing future American operations, but he reiterated his opposition to what he called “an artificial timetable for withdrawal.” His remarks reflected the growing doubt within the administration that the United States could negotiate the sweeping long-term agreement that would clear the way for American troops to operate in Iraq for many years to come. More... TVNL Comment: Invaders and occupiers do not go quietly into the night. _________________________________________________________________________ China gets ivory imports go-ahead Wednesday, 16 July 2008 03:31 The UN has given China the green light to bid in a one-off sale of ivory. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) voted in favour of China's request during a meeting being held in Geneva. China joins Japan as approved buyers of government-owned ivory from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. More... _________________________________________________________________________ Super Rich Tax Cheats Outed by Bank Clerk Tuesday, 15 July 2008 22:24 Hundreds of super-rich American tax cheats have, in effect, turned themselves in to the IRS after a bank computer technician in the tiny European country of Liechtenstein came forward with the names of US citizens who had set up secret accounts there, according to Washington lawyers investigating the scheme. More... _________________________________________________________________________ Senate follows House to override Medicare bill veto Tuesday, 15 July 2008 22:19 Congress voted Tuesday to override President Bush’s veto of legislation that would undo a 10.6 percent cut in Medicare fees to physicians. The Senate voted 70-26 to override the veto following action by the House earlier in the day. The lower chamber voted 383-41 to enact the bill over Bush’s objections. In both houses, the votes exceeded the two-thirds majority needed to overturn the veto. More... _________________________________________________________________________ Official: US envoy to meet Iranian nuke negotiator Tuesday, 15 July 2008 22:03 In a break with past Bush administration policy, a top U.S. diplomat will for the first time join colleagues from other world powers at a meeting with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, The Associated Press has learned. William Burns, America's third highest-ranking diplomat, will attend talks with the Iranian envoy, Saeed Jalili, in Switzerland on Saturday aimed at persuading Iran to halt activities that could lead to the development of atomic weapons. More... ________________________________________________________________________ More Articles... * Terrorist Watch List Hits One Million Names * Europeans join court pleas for halt to military commission trial * Wholesale inflation is worst in 27 years * Violating law, Bush Administration fails to declassify 30-year-old files _________________________________________________________________________ TvnewsLIES.org is a non profit gateway to the real news. What's the truth worth? LOOSE CHANGE, THE FINAL CUT is among hundreds of gifts now available for a donation to TVNL. http://tvnewslies.org/donate/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=326