<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>Inspector General quits at State Department : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Inspector General quits at State Department : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspector General quits at State Department]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/43568/1/</link><description><![CDATA[No departure details given for man accused of impeding Blackwater probe<br/><br/>In addition to recusing himself from matters related to Blackwater, Krongard also said he is no longer involved in corruption investigations related to the flawed construction of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, a $600 million project that is beset by logistical delays and security concerns.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Gonzales Next Bush, Rove and Cheney Fall Guy?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13292/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:<ul style='list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 10px; padding: 0px 10px;'><li class='li'>Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys<br/><li class='li'>Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths<br/><li class='li'>Lack of accountability</ul>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush is A commander guy, not THE commander guy]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19102/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''<br/><br/>Or something like that.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI: Blackwater Killings Unjustified]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41599/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The New York Times cited unidentified civilian and military officials in reporting for Wednesday's editions that the killings of at least 14 of the 17 Iraqi civilians shot by Blackwater personnel guarding a U.S. Embassy convoy were found to have been unjustified and violated standards in place governing the use of deadly force.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blackwater 'Blood Money' Angers Iraqis]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/55095/1/</link><description><![CDATA[At least two Iraqi families of victims killed by Blackwater security guards in September tell ABC News they have refused compensation offered by the company.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Emails Obtained Suggest White House Aides Lied about Firings]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/13275/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Just breaking, MTB has obtained excerpts from the leaked emails suggesting the WHite House targeted federal attorneys for firing because they were not &quot;Bush loyalists&quot;<br/>Another Bush administration scandal, lies and cover-ups. <br/><br/>This update provides access to the actual email and may be the first place on the Internet to find it.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Spy Bill Stance Called Fear-Mongering]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/50706/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The administration admitted that the sweeping domestic surveillance originated in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks. However, declassified documents obtained by the National Security Archive and testimony that is part of these lawsuits suggest the National Security Agency program was put into place shortly after Mr. Bush was inaugurated, long before 9/11.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senator Reveals Secret Bush Legal Opinions]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/43574/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Whitehouse said that as a member of the Intelligence Committee, he had examined &quot;highly classified secret legal opinions&quot; issued by the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, which the administration used to get legal support of its surveillance program.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Aware of Advisers' Interrogation Talks]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57980/1/</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Well, we started to connect the dots in order to protect the American people.&quot; Bush told ABC News White House correspondent Martha Raddatz. &quot;And yes, I'm aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved.&quot;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blackwater USA ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18663/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Blackwater USA is the most comprehensive professional military, law enforcement, security, peacekeeping, and stability operations company in the world.<br/>(you didn't know about this?)]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Dept. Probes Torture Memo Legality]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/58913/1/</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The abject failure of legal scholarship in the Office of Legal Counsel's analysis of torture suggests that what mattered was not that the reasoning was sound, or that the research was comprehensive, but that it delivered what the Bush administration wanted,&quot; Whitehouse said.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush to relax protected species rules]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/72019/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[McClellan blames Bush for CIA leak deceit]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/42132/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President d**k Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative.<br/><br/>*me awaits the inevitable argument from the RED side.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[George &quot;Dubya&quot; Bush Countdown Timer]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/22218/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Simply put, how long it will be until G.W. is no longer president of the United States.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[59 Reasons why Bush Sucks]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/68223/1/</link><description><![CDATA[There are so many reasons to oppose four more years of George W. Bush it can be hard to keep them all straight. And so we provide you with this handy guide, listing 60 reasons (in no particular order) why this administration sucks major butt.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chavez calls Bush &quot;the devil himself&quot;]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/767/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stunned delegates at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday by calling Bush &quot;the devil himself&quot; and saying he left the smell of sulphur hanging in the chamber from his appearance the previous day.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush has given more aid than any other US president]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/50925/1/</link><description><![CDATA[When President Bush came to power in 2001, the US spent $1.4bn a year on humanitarian and development aid in Africa. By 2006, the figure had quadrupled to $5.6bn a year. And it is likely to get bigger. The centrepiece of Mr Bush's aid to Africa is the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar), a five-year, $15bn Aids prevention and treatment program. His most recent budget proposes doubling the funding to $30bn over the next five years.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[White House: No major shift on Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/4201/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Under election-year pressure to change course in Iraq, the Bush administration said Monday there are no plans for dramatic shifts in policy or for ultimatums to Baghdad to force progress.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phone confusion after Bush error]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/43835/1/</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;...the best you can do for your family is to call 1-800-995-HOPE,&quot; Bush said. People who went in search of hope got a busy signal - president Bush had given them the wrong number. The number Bush gave was for the Freedom Christian Academy in Texas.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/68962/1/</link><description><![CDATA[President Bush has asserted executive privilege to prevent Attorney General Michael Mukasey from having to comply with a House panel subpoena for material on the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I hate Bush but love Americans]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27472/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Here in Sweden, the debate rages on about whether it is possible to hate President Bush while loving America given that 50.7 per cent of Americans re-elected him. But when I see images of the brave men, women and children who courageously stand up for the rights of all those whose rights have been trampled under iron boots of Bush's neocon army, my faith in Americans is restored.]]></description></item></channel></rss>