AfterDowningStreet.org

Congressman John Murtha stunned the Bush White House last November by calling for the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq. The 73-year-old Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania, a much decorated war hero from Vietnam and Korea, was in the Marines for 37 years, and is a heavyweight in military matters in the Congress.

By JOHN W. DEAN
http://writ.findlaw.com/dean/20060113.html
Presidential signing statements are old news to anyone who has served in the White House counsel's office. Presidents have long used them to add their two cents when a law passed by Congress has provisions they do not like, yet they are not inclined to veto it. Nixon's statements, for example, often related to spending authorization laws which he felt were excessive and contrary to his fiscal policies.

INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES - WASHINGTON, D.C.
Contact: Joia Jefferson Nuri - Cell 240-603-7905 [email protected]
Defining The Issues Series: Should President Bush Face Censure?
Wednesday, January 18, 2006, 12:30pm-1:30pm

www.zeitgeistinc.net
Visiting ACADEMY AWARD WINNING FILMMAKER BARBARA TRENT comes to Zeitgeist Friday & Saturday, January 27 & 28 to present her films:
Friday, January 27 @ 7:30 p.m. WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING OF SOLDIERS SPEAK OUT by Barbara Trent. A powerful, first-hand testament to the reality of the military experience, told entirely in the words of American veterans who have been to war and are now opposing it. We hear how they came to join the military, about their experiences in training and in war, and what led to the turning point when they decided they could no longer, in good conscience, participate in the war, or keep silent. "Soldiers Speak Out" sheds light on the growing and courageous anti-war and anti-occupation movement within the military and their families. There will be a reception in the filmmakers honor at 7:30 with the film @ 8:00 p.m.. Q&A to follow. By donation. Proceeds benefit the Empowerment Project.

Sign Here:
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By Tom Hayden, www.thenation.com
Iraq's armed national resistance is willing to support an honorable American troop withdrawal and recognize "the interests of the US as a superpower," according to a Baghdad source with intimate knowledge of the insurgents. He was interviewed this week in Amman, where he had driven twenty hours from Baghdad for conversations.

By Editor and Publisher
NEW YORK Lawyers for NBC News reporter Tim Russert suspected in the spring of 2004 that his testimony could hurt I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, and Russert resisted testifying at the time about private conversations with Libby, according to court papers released Monday, The Washington Post reports today.

By David Swanson
A long list of peace organizations put together over 150 town hall forums last Saturday on the topic of getting out of Iraq. Reports, and audio and video, from dozens of these events have been posted at www.afterdowningstreet.org. What I gather from reviewing the reports, and from the two events I attended, is that the most popular topic was not the horrors of war or any legislation to end it, but the demand to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Michigan, 14th District
Ranking Member, U.S. House Judiciary Committee
Dean, Congressional Black Caucus
www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/index.html
Contact: Dena Graziano 202-225-1294

From Tomdispatch today: Michael Schwartz's "A Formula for Slaughter, The American Rules of Engagement from the Air" http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=48180 -- a grim but exceedingly important account of what a planned intensification of the American air campaign (as part of a draw-down of ground forces) in Iraq might actually mean.

By Kevin Zeese, www.rawstory.com
Click here to see NSA documents
The National Security Agency has been spying on a Baltimore anti-war group, according to documents released during litigation, going so far as to document the inflating of protesters' balloons, and intended to deploy units trained to detect weapons of mass destruction, RAW STORY has learned.

By Kevin Zeese, www.democracyrising.us
Interview with Maria Allwine of Baltimore's Iraq Pledge of Resistance
The Baltimore-based chapter of the national Iraq Pledge of Resistance is an anti-war organization working for peace by challenging people in power, educating the public and getting citizens to take action. In the interview below, Maria Allwine of the Pledge, describes how the National Security Agency (NSA) is spying on them. These allegations, which have not been reported in the media despite attempts to get coverage, are based on documents received by the pledge in litigation with the government.

The Bush Bombshell
Did the president propose to take out Al Jazeera?
By Christopher Hitchens, www.slate.com
Bad idea up the flagpole?
Tomorrow morning, in a court in London, two men will appear to face charges under Britain's Official Secrets Act. The first man, David Keogh, a former employee of the Cabinet Office, is accused of unlawfully handing a confidential memorandum to the second man, Leo O'Connor, a researcher for a former Labor member of Parliament, Tony Clarke.

al-Jazeera bomb plot leak pair committed to Old Bailey
LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - A Cabinet Office civil servant and a former parliamentary researcher appeared in court today charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act.

By Kirsten Laskey, The Mountain Mail, Salida, Col.
That the Iraq war has turned sour and the only remedy to the bitterness is to end the war was argued during the Salida Town Hall Forum for Ending the War Saturday at the Salida Senior Citizens Center.

Tuesday January 10, 2006
BUSH in Washington, DC: President Bush makes remarks on the war on
terrorism to the Veterans of Foreign Wars at 10:15 am ET at the Omni
Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. At 1:05 pm, Bush participates in a

From Pennsylvania State Senator Jim Ferlo
Dear Congressman John Conyers,
I am a proud supporter and most appreciative of your leadership effort to proceed with legislation that would both censure President Bush and Vice-President Cheney and initiate formal proceedings to ascertain the appropriateness of formal impeachment actions by the House of Representatives. I fully endorse House Resolutions 635, 636, and 637.

By STEFAN NICOLA, UPI Germany Correspondent
KEHL AM RHEIN, Germany, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Angela Merkel kicked up political dust by saying the U.S. should close down their military prisons in Guantanamo Bay, just days before her first official trip to Washington as Germany's new chancellor.

(Washington, DC) - ConvictBushCheney.org (CBC) is compiling clear and convincing evidence of High Crimes and War Crimes committed by George W. Bush, Richard Cheney and the Bush/Cheney Administration. Drawing upon investigations by experts and respected organizations, mainstream media reports, and other reliable sources, CBC publishes evidence of torture and abuse of detainees; spying on US citizens; willful deception and other misconduct during the run up to war; leaking classified information and other improper acts in retaliation against administration critics; and other facts which constitute grounds for indictment and conviction of Bush and Cheney.

January 10th, 6:30-9:00pm
Agenda
6:30 -- 7:00 – Dinner & Networking
7:00 – 7:05 - Introductions
7:05 – 7:15 - Iraq Veterans facts and figure
7:15 – 8:05 - Panel Discussion
8:05 – 8:10 - Bill Black’s 5-minute Speed Seminar on framing the Anti-War Message