Author Archives: Jim Vogas

Bush’s nominee for ambassador to Belgium contributed to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth – On Tuesday, John Kerry’s Vietnam crew mates had sent a letter urging committee members to oppose Sam Fox’s nomination as ambassador to Belgium. “In our judgment, … Continue reading →

The politicization of the General Services Administration – General Services Administration (GSA) chief Lurita Doan was called on the carpet before the House Government Oversight committee today to explain what she was doing when she convened a national teleconference of … Continue reading →

Embattled AG Alberto Gonzales now accused in teen sex scandal ‘cover-up’ in Texas – Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, both already under siege for other matters, are now being accused of failing to prosecute officers of … Continue reading →

GSA Chief Accused of Using Agency to Aid GOP – Witnesses have told congressional investigators that Lurita Doan, the Bush-appointed chief of the General Services Administration, joined in a videoconference earlier this year organized by one of Karl Rove’s deputies, … Continue reading →

E-Mails Show Focused Effort to Replace US Attorney with Rove Aide – Some of the thousands of pages of e-mails released this week by the Bush administration underscore the extraordinary planning and effort, at the highest levels of the Justice … Continue reading →

Tom DeLay Denies What is in His Own Book – Here is what happened during a Chris Matthews’ interview of Tom DeLay today: Chris Matthews grilled DeLay about passages in his book where he apparently ripped into fellow corrupt Texan … Continue reading →

CIA leak prosecutor Fitzgerald was ranked below ‘strong’ and ‘loyal’ prosecutors on Justice chart – U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald was ranked among prosecutors who had ‘not distinguished themselves’ on a Justice Department chart sent to the White House in … Continue reading →

White House Did not probe Plame leak as promised by Bush – James Knodell, Director of the Office of Security at the White House, revealed that the administration had never launched an internal probe to determine the source for the … Continue reading →

Hewlett-Packard Co. executives fraudulently obtained private information from a public utility, accessed computer data without permission and comitted identity theft; now get slap on wrist – Regular citizens would be jailed and fined, rich executives got 96 hours of community … Continue reading →

White House Said to Prompt Prosecutor Firings – In a public reversal, the White House has conceded that top administration officials, including President Bush, were directly involved from the outset in the decision late last year to dismiss several U.S. … Continue reading →