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ABC News: EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Official Ignored White House Guidance Excerpt: "The official, Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, ignored White House Counsel Harriet Miers and senior lawyers in the Justice Department when he told the committee last month of specific reasons why the administration fired seven U.S. attorneys — and appeared to acknowledge for the first time that politics was behind one dismissal. McNulty's testimony directly conflicted with the approach Miers advised, according to... Read Full Story

A significant number of clearly unprivileged homicides coming out of Iraq have been referred to the Justice Department, and the treatment of these cases is consistent. It appears that the Bush Justice Department has no resources to address such trivial matters as murder - which contrasts strongly with the tens of millions of dollars poured into the prosecution of grandmothers in Milwaukee who are under suspicion of registering to vote as Democrats, comedians who operate mail-order businesses... Read Full Story

Arab-American paratrooper faces deportation after Afghan service A highly decorated Arab-American sergeant in the US army, who is currently serving as a paratrooper in Afghanistan, faces deportation on his return to the United States because of an irregularity in his immigration papers. Sgt Hicham Benkabbou has been served with an order to stand trial for deportation as soon as he arrives home, despite the fact that he has been on active service in Afghanistan for almost two years with... Read Full Story

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For the Un Working Group documentation: “…on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination“, Look [Here]  Courtesy Of Crooks and Liars: [See my site For video of EriK Prince, CEO of Blackwater defending his death squads]  “In light of the growing scandal surrounding Blackwater private security forces in Iraq, and efforts on the part of the Maliki government to expel the contractors from the country... Read Full Story