Bad Deeds for 3-1-07

Conservative Progress for America Voter Fund functioned like a political action committee without registering to become one – The Progress for America Voter Fund attacked John Kerry in the last presidential race. As a result, they have received the largest fine ever levied by the Federal Election Commission.

Glenn Beck makes more distasteful comments – Dina Sansing from US Weekly was stunned into silence when Glenn Beck hinted that he’d like to take some nude photos of her during the discussion about tawdry pictures of American Idol’s Antonella Barba.

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U.S. Intel Was Wrong on North Korea – The Bush administration has long accused North Korea of secretly pursuing a nuclear bomb using enriched uranium, in parallel with their public efforts to make one out of plutonium. But now, U.S. intelligence officials are admitting to doubts about how much progress the uranium enrichment program has actually made, raising new questions about the White House’s North Korea policy and underscoring broader questions about the reliability of American estimates of foreign weapons programs.

White House and Senate Republicans Threaten to Veto 9/11 Bill to Prevent Airport Workers from Unionizing – As the Senate began debating legislation yesterday geared towards implementing many of the stalled recommendations of the 9/11 commission, President Bush warned that he would rather veto the bill than allow union protection to be extended to 45,000 airport workers, as called for by one provision. One day earlier, 36 Senate Republicans promised Bush that they would provide the needed votes to uphold his threatened veto.

Fired US Attorney Says Lawmakers Pressured Him to Probe Democrats – David C. Iglesias, the departing U.S. attorney in New Mexico, yesterday added to widespread speculation that his dismissal was politically motivated, saying that two members of Congress attempted to pressure him to speed up a probe of Democrats just before the November elections. Iglesias also responded to claims by the Justice Department his firing was due to performance and attendance issues, countering with his positive job reviews and data showing increasing numbers of prosecutions. He also noted that he is required to serve 40 days a year in the Navy Reserve.

Top Officials Knew of Neglect at Walter Reed – Pentagon and Walter Reed officials expressed surprise last week about the living conditions and bureaucratic nightmares faced by wounded soldiers staying at the D.C. medical facility. But as far back as 2003 the commander of Walter Reed, Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, who is now the Army’s top medical officer, was told that soldiers who were wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan were languishing and lost on the grounds, according to several officials.

US Warns Europe Against Probe of CIA Activities in Europe – John Bellinger, legal adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, today warned European nations against continuing with their ongoing inquiries into secret CIA activities in the EU, saying that their efforts may undermine intelligence cooperation between the United States and European nations. EU lawmakers wasted no time rejecting Bellinger’s criticism and called on the United States to halt its “unacceptable” policy of imprisoning suspects indefinitely without trial.

Regards,

Jim