Bush officials: Congress irrelevant on Iraq 
 
Resent-Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:23:25 -0600 (CST)


News Updates from Citizens For Legitimate Government 05 Mar 2008
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Bush officials: Congress irrelevant on Iraq 05 Mar 2008 The Bush
dictatorship says the 2002 congressional authorization to go to war
in Iraq gives it the authority to conduct combat operations in Iraq
and negotiate far-reaching agreements with the current Iraqi
government without consulting Congress. The assertion, jointly made
Tuesday by U.S. Ambassador David Satterfield and Assistant Secretary
of Defense for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long, drew
an incredulous reaction from Democrats on a Joint House committee
during a hearing on future U.S. commitments to Iraq.

Khadr lawyers allege Cheney linked to video release 03 Mar 2008
Omar Khadr's defense lawyers will try to find out whether U.S.
Vice-President [sic] Dick Cheney's office secretly leaked a video
of the imprisoned Canadian to an American media outlet -- an
allegation that, if proven, would be a clear violation of court
orders and further proof that the process by which Mr.

Khadr is being tried is a political, not legal one, his military
lawyer says.

Lawyers for Canadian Gitmo Detainee Accuse Cheney of Leaking Video
to '60 Minutes' 04 Mar 2008 Vice President [sic] Dick Cheney's
office may have leaked an incriminating video of a Canadian terror
suspect facing a war-crimes 'trial,' according to a claim filed by
the suspect's lawyers in Guantanamo Bay military court. Lawyers for
Omar Khadr say the video, which apparently shows their client making
a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, may have been leaked to the television
program "60 Minutes" to counter publicity that has focused on legal
setbacks in the case and descriptions of Khadr as a child soldier.
"60 Minutes" aired the tape in November.

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