From the Washington Post: Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was indicted today by a federal grand jury after a nearly two-year investigation into the leak of a CIA agent’s identity. BBC notes: Libby case dominates US media. Scotsman News writes: Bush rocked as senior Cheney aide is indicted for perjury. CBS News highlights: The Blogs On Libby. and from CNN: Capitol Hill reacts to Libby’s indictment.
The WP reports: By most familiar comparisons, the $9.92 billion profit earned by Exxon Mobil Corp. in just three months is almost unimaginable. It would cover all Social Security benefit payments for three months. It would pay for an Ivy League education for about 60,000 kids. It would pay the average list price for more than 160 Boeing 737s. It would fund the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for more than two months.
And Forbes comments: A record earnings season for the oil industry is stoking increased grumbling from politicians, citizens and activists who want the U.S. government to levy a windfall profits tax on companies that are enjoying their highest profits ever.
So whats you take? Do they just suck us dry or do they deserve those huge profits?
The Washington Post shows profiles of individuals often mentioned as persons President Bush might nominate for the Supreme Court. This list first ran in The Post on Sept. 5, 2005. The names mentioned there are: Samuel A. Alito Jr., Edith Brown Clement, Emilio M. Garza, Alberto R. Gonzales, Edith Hollan Jones, J. Michael Luttig, Michael W. McConnell, Larry Thompson and J. Harvie Wilkinson I.
Other possible Supreme Court nominees (Associated Press) So who would you pick?
The Times Online reports: Saddam Hussein received $1.8 billion in bribes from more than 2,200 companies in the scramble for lucrative contracts under the UN’s Oil-for-Food programme, investigators claimed today.
Russia harboured the most companies involved in the programme, followed by France, according to the inquiry led by Paul Volcker, former chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board.
Many of the firms which benefited were obscure front companies, but the report also includes major names, including Volvo, Siemens and DaimlerChrysler.
The complete report on the Manipulation of the Oil-for-Food Programme (27 October 2005) is available online for downloading here from the iic-offp.org (Independent Inquiry Committee) website. (You can download the report at that link as hole or in part)
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