Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Lewis Libby published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 92
» View courant.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Next >
-
COLUMN - Edward Snowden and the selective targeting of leaks
Reuters(Jack Shafer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Jack Shafer June 12 (Reuters) - Edward Snowden's expansive disclosures to the Guardian and the Washington Post about various National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs...Tags: The Washington Post, Edward Snowden, White House, Politics, Police Investigations
-
Obama to nominate Bush-era Justice Dept. official to head FBI
WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to nominate James B. Comey, a former senior Justice Department official who famously challenged warrantless eavesdropping under President George W. Bush, to replace Robert S. Mueller III as director of the FBI,...
Tags: FBI, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, U.S. Department of Justice, White House
-
Editorial: IRS stonewalling makes the case for a special prosecutor
"If you refuse to answer, you will leave us no choice but to ask for a special counsel or the appointment of a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of this. I hope that's not the approach of the IRS going forward, because there will be hell to pay."...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, White House, U.S. Department of Justice, Orrin Hatch, Taxation
-
ANALYSIS-In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
Reuters(Repeats from earlier May 23 for wider distribution) By Joan Biskupic and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23 (Reuters) - When embattled Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was called before a congressional committee Wednesday, she declared...Tags: Civil and Public Service, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Internal Revenue Service, Richard Nixon, Republican Party
-
Scale of government's AP records seizure surprises many
WASHINGTON — Three years ago, the Obama administration brought criminal charges under the Espionage Act against Thomas Drake, an Air Force veteran and intelligence expert at the National Security Agency in Maryland. He was not accused of aiding...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Politics, Police Investigations, Barack Obama, Media Industry
-
Obama's 'Katrina moment'
It has been a rough week or so for the Obama administration. From Benghazi to the tapping of reporters' phones to the IRS admitting that it targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, the press is in a frenzy, and many are questioning President...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Department of State, U.S. Senate, White House
-
Obama should exonerate the CIA agent who blew the whistle on torture
Though he did not participate in torture, ex-CIA agent John Kiriakou was the first person to publicly acknowledge the Bush administration's inhumane abuse of detainees ("The truth about torture," April 23). Mr. Kiriakou's disclosures informed the public...Tags: Prisons, Central Intelligence Agency, Abusive Behavior
-
Chan Lowe: The Bush Presidential Library
Barbara Bush, the family matriarch, probably echoed the national sentiment most succinctly in an interview when she said, “We’ve had enough Bushes.” Her son, at the opening of his presidential library, said that history would be...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney
-
Are we ready for another Bush?
Members of the Bush Family Dynasty who now aspire to political office have apparently concluded it is "safe" to surface, less than five years after the debacle of George W.'s presidency. George P., eldest son of Jeb, is running for Texas land...Tags: Abortion Issue, Belief and Faith, Religion and Belief, U.S. Senate, White House
-
World According to Dick Cheney dates, times, preview
Channel Guide MagazineWhen is The World According To Dick Cheney on? Below details the Showtime air dates and times, as well as gives a preview of the highly anticipated documentary. Supporters and critics will find much to debate and insights to be learned in Showtime’s... -
My Story of the Fantastically Unimpressive Bob Woodward
Bob Woodward has been in the news lately for a silly flare-up over his self-aggrandizing misrepresentation of an innocuous email sent by Gene Sperling regarding the sequester. I won’t re-litigate the whole mess here (and if you want a solid recap,...
Tags: The Washington Post, Iraq War (2003-2011), Republican Party, White House, Gene Sperling
-
Governor McDonnell restores Scooter Libby's voting rights
Former vice presidential adviser Scooter Libby is among more than 1,000 felons whose voting rights were restored in the past year by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell. Libby is listed in an annual report on pardons and other forms of clemency the governor is...
Tags: Elections, Regional Authority, Crime, Law and Justice, Central Intelligence Agency, Voting
Jun 12, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 29, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 23, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 23, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 19, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 17, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 30, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 25, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Mar 17, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Mar 15, 2013
| Zap2It
Mar 4, 2013
|Story| RedEye
Feb 28, 2013
|Story| WDBJ7
Original site for Lewis Libby topic gallery.

