Dems Can't Agree On Ethics Enforcement

    The Democrats want to change the lobbying rules so that alot of the corruption goes bye bye but they seem to have a problem agreeing on how to go about it. Some would like to create an outside investigative office to review the ethics complaints when they come up and others would like to leave the checking up to the members. That is not a good idea in my opinion. Members cannot investigate themselves without some conflicts of interest coming up. Outsiders are the better option for these things.

   More from The Wall Street Journal

 

Rumsfeld Okayed Prison Abuses

   Yes indeed! Now that Rumsfeld has been thrown into the trash heap, all of his goings on while he was  the Secretary of Defense are beginning to come to the surface!

  Rumsfeld authorized the mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq according to the prisons former commander. The Bush Crime Family is going to need more than paper shredders to cover all of their sins!

FROM Reuters , here is the story:

  Former U.S. Army Brigadier General Janis Karpinski told Spain's El Pais newspaper she had seen a letter apparently signed by Rumsfeld which allowed civilian contractors to use techniques such as sleep deprivation during interrogation.

  Karpinski, who ran the prison until early 2004, said she saw a memorandum signed by Rumsfeld detailing the use of harsh interrogation methods.

  "The handwritten signature was above his printed name and in the same handwriting in the margin was written: "Make sure this is accomplished"," she told Saturday's El Pais.       MORE HERE