U.S. Senator Explains How Trump Breaks Law By Impounding Funds
U.S. Senator Party Murray (D-WA) has called out Trump on his “illegal and uconstitutional scheme to withhold funding” for American communities.
Just How Much Will Iraq Cost American Taxpayers?
Finally, someone istelling the Americantaxpayers just howmuch Bush’smisadventure in Iraqmay cost us.Just How Much Will Iraq Cost American Taxpayers?By Cliff MontgomeryThat the misadventure of Iraq has cost America dearly in…
Cargo Scanning Subcontractor Spurns ‘Buy American’ Clause
Should U.S.contractors beallowed to flaunt’Buy American’clause?Cargo-scanning Subcontractor Spurns ‘Buy American’ ClauseBy Cliff MontgomeryLast year, Congress gave the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) $50 million to provide security scanning systems…
Agency Using Flawed Program To Connect Intelligence Dots
The BushAdministration won’tgive up on trying tospy on us at everyturn.Agency Using Flawed Program To Connect Intelligence DotsBy Cliff MontgomeryThe government’s top intelligence agency apparently is building a computerized system…
U.S. Veterans Find They Have No Resting Place
An old solution toarranging veteranburial sites is nolonger working.U.S. Veterans Find They Have No Resting PlaceBy Cliff MontgomeryAmerica is short of places in which to bury its veteran dead, say…
What To Do About Army Officer Shortages?
The U.S. Army isfacing a criticalshortage ofwell-trained officers.What To Do About Army Officer Shortages?By Cliff MontgomeryThe following is from a little-known July 5th, 2006 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report which…
Aurora, Colorado: Home To Privatized Spy Game?
Is America about tobe filled with ‘RockyMountain Spies’?Aurora, Colorado: To Privatized Spy Game?By Cliff MontgomeryAccording to articles in The Denver Post and Government Executive magazine, the growing Denver suburb of…
Rumsfeld Gone As Dems Take Congress
Christmas hascome early this yearfor a resurgentDemocratic Party.Rumsfeld Gone As Dems Take CongressBy Cliff MontgomeryWithin hours of the Democrats’ triumph in congressional elections, and after years of defending his secretary…
Iraq’S ‘Protection Service’ Source Of Death Squads
How anAmerican-created’protection service’became the mainsource of deathsquads in Iraq.Iraq’s ‘Protection Service’ Source Of Death SquadsBy Cliff MontgomeryIraq’s Facilities Protection Service (FPS), created after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has become…
Revealed: De Classified Clinton Anti Terror Strategy Condoleeza Rice Says Didn’T Exist
News Flash: Amember of the BushAdministrationcaught in a lie…Revealed: De-Classified Clinton Anti-Terror Strategy Condoleezza Rice Claims Never ExistedBy Cliff MontgomeryIn a series of recent public statements, Secretary of State Condoleezza…
Secrecy Watchdog Group Gives Poor Marks To Bush Administration
Is the irrationalsecrecy of the BushAdministrationdestroyingdemocracy?Secrecy Watchdog Group Gives Poor Marks To Bush AdministrationBy Cliff MontgomeryA highly-regarded, non-partisan secrecy watchdog group has released its “Secrecy Report Card” for 2006, and…
New Book Exposes Flaws In ‘State Secrets Privilege’
Why no groupshould haveunchecked power ina free society.New Book Exposes Flaws In “State Secret Privilege”By Cliff MontgomeryComing into the final stretch of the election on Nov. 7th, it may help…
Bush Administration Working To Silence Terror Suspect
Should careerpoliticians decidewho gets a trial andwho doesn’t?Bush Administration Working To Silence Terror SuspectBy Cliff MontgomeryThe Bush Administration is attempting to keep a terrorist suspect who has spent years in…
Is Bush Administration Allowing Big Oil To Scam Us?
Big Oil is drilling onpublic land–and atour expense.Is Bush Administration Allowing Big Oil to Scam Us?By Cliff MontgomeryAccording to an Oct. 30th article in the New York Times, “the Interior…
Intelligence Info Kept From First Responders
Experts sayimportant terrorintelligence is beingkept from those whoneed it most.Intelligence Info Kept From First RespondersBy Cliff MontgomeryFive years after September 11th, the Bush Administration’s willingness to share needed intelligence and…
Sen. Rockefeller Asks: Who’S Protecting Americans From Their ‘Protectors’?
Since when havepower-hungry careerpoliticians deservedour absolute trust?Sen. Rockefeller Asks: Who’s Protecting Americans From Their “Protectors”?By Cliff MontgomerySen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) has long been recognized as a voice of reason during…
I.R.S. Delays Action On Katrina Victims UNtil After Nov. 7Th Election
Bush’s I.R.S. onlyfinds a heart forKatrina victimsduring a closeelection.I.R.S. Delays Action On Katrina Victims Until After Nov. 7th ElectionBy Cliff MontgomeryIf you think the Bush Administration thinks little of those…
Electricity De Regulation Fleecing Taxpayers
Electricityde-regulation isabout to rocket theaverage Americanto the poor house.Electricity De-Regulation Fleecing TaxpayersBy Cliff MontgomeryAbout half the American states have experienced a decade-long effort to de-regulate their electricity production. These moves…
Is Bush Becoming A New ‘King George’?
We are not bound “to His will, in all cases whatsoever.”Is Bush Becoming a New ‘King George’?By Cliff MontgomeryThe Congressional Research Service (CRS) is a group federally mandated to produce…
Why Democrats Have Taken The Middle Class
It really is the economy, stupid–that, and the Iraq War.Why Democrats Have Taken The Middle ClassBy Cliff MontgomeryLess than two weeks before the Nov. 7 election, the latest Associated Press-AOL…
Agency Reports Loss Of More Than 1,100 Laptops Over 5 Years
The U.S.Government doesn’tknow what’sbecome of sensitiveinformation on itslaptop computers.Agency Reports Loss Of More Than 1,100 Laptops Over 5 YearsBy Cliff MontgomeryA Commerce Department review has discovered that over the last…
Is Christianity The ‘Religion Of Revolution’?
There’s another wayto bring Jesus intothe discussion onAmerican values.Is Christianity the ‘Religion of Revolution’?By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 25th, 2006A grave concern arose in 19th-to-middle 20th Century America over rising…
Are Attacks On U.S. Troops Meant To Keep Them In Iraq?
Our enemy may wellbe using violence inIraq to keep us in afool-hardy, losingsituation.Are Attacks On U.S. Troops Meant To Keep Them In Iraq?By Cliff MontgomeryLeo Tolstoy once wrote that the…
Could Loss Of Congress Be Best Thing For G.O.P.?
Could an election loss be the thing which saves the Republican Party?Could Loss of Congress Be Best Thing for G.O.P.?By Cliff MontgomeryAccording to the Associated Press (AP), “the White House…