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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:00 AM

Exposing Bush's historic abuse of power

Salon has uncovered new evidence of post-9/11 spying on Americans. Obtained documents point to a potential investigation of the White House that could rival Watergate.
By Tim Shorrock

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  • Tuesday, July 22, 2008 08:09 PM

    Goons great and small

    >During the Iran-Contra congressional hearings in 1987, questions to Reagan aide Oliver North about the database were ruled out of order by the committee chairman, Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye, because of the "highly sensitive and classified" nature of FEMA's domestic security operations.

    Inouye = In No Way was Dan going to stir up any dust whatsoever -- he's a team player. Kind of a Pelosi forerunner. We'll just smooth it over and pretend it never happened.It's not as if Bush41 was running a government within a government or anything...

    The rabbit hole that PROMIS and Inslaw reside in is fantastically deep.

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