Truly, politics is a game of the unpredictable. Just a few months back, no one would have thought that anybody could shake Hillary Clinton from atop the Democratic line-up, and as for the Republicans, Rudy Giuliani seemed to be some extent the shoo-in (notwithstanding his multiple marriages, his support for abortion, and a few other [...]
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Embattled Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig finally resigned after it was pretty clear to him that he was losing his party’s support. The Republican Party is not comfortable with sexual indiscretions by its senators, and quite clearly, this is a trap of their own making. They have always sought to rule on a moral basis, [...] For some time now, the Bush administration has wanted to get clear approval to tap phone conversation of people living abroad, but whose phone conversations pass through US based switching points, so that conversations of terrorists based outside the US can also be intercepted. The current act, the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, [...] If you are not related to the media or in politics, the troubles currently visiting Attorney-General may seem a bit incomprehensible. So what are the troubles facing the attorney-general ? He is facing questioning over the firing of some US attorneys. These are political appointments and they serve at the President’s discretion, so firing them [...] |
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