Exclusive: The Secret War Against Iran “A Pakistani tribal militant group responsible for a series of deadly guerrilla raids inside Iran has been secretly encouraged and advised by American officials since 2005, U.S. and Pakistani intelligence sources tell ABC News. US officials say the relationship is arranged so that the US provides no funding to the group, which would require an official presidential order or “finding” as well as congressional oversight.” (ABC’s The Blotter)Schumer Defies Justice “Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) last week ignored a plea from the Bush administration by demanding that Kyle Sampson name other U.S. attorneys the Justice Department had been planning to fire. Schumerâs query to the former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at last Thursdayâs Judiciary Committee hearing is notable because he made it in highly public fashion after the Justice Department already gave him access to the answer.” (The Hill)
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