President Obama has not ruled out potential criminal prosecution of former high-level Bush administration officials if the attorney general establishes that laws were broken in the sanctioning and ordering of water boarding and other forms of torture.
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F.C. News Briefs: April 16 – 22, 2009
Connolly, Hull Blast Va. GOP’s Stimulus Rejection U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly led an entourage of fellow Democratic state legislators, including Del. Bob Hull of Falls Church, at a rally in Alexandria Monday to “declare outrage”at the vote by Virginia’s House Republicans last week to reject $125 million in federal stimulus […]
Steve Cornejo’s Dad Laments Morrogh Closing Investigation
The father of the slain Steve Cornejo told the News-Press yesterday that he was disappointed, but not surprised to learn that Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Raymond Morrogh wrote to Falls Church Mayor Robin Gardner this month that he would take no further action to bring Cornejo’s killer to justice.
New Fairfax Prosecutor Declines Cornejo Action
In a formal communiqué to City of Falls Church Mayor Robin Gardner earlier this month, Fairfax Commonwealth Attorney Raymond Morrogh said he’d determined that the Fairfax grand jury and his office had “acted appropriately in declining to indict” the man who shot and killed former Falls Church resident Jack Stephen […]
Falls Church City News Briefs
Report of Funnel Cloud Over Downtown F.C. CNN-TV News reported at 3:35 p.m. EDT yesterday that a tornado funnel cloud had been identified by the National Weather Service directly above the intersection of Annandale Road and S. Washington St. (Rt. 29) in downtown Falls Church. CNN used “Google Earth” to […]
Foster Named New F.C. City Attorney
With Falls Church City Attorney Roy Thorpe leaving after 12 years of service, the Falls Church City Council voted to retain Assistant Fairfax County Attorney John Everett Foster to fill the slot as of June 2.
Delegate Scott’s Richmond Report
Marshall 1; McDonnell 0
News Briefs
February 7 – 13, 2008
Helen Thomas: Mukasey Mimics Gonzales
WASHINGTON — How strange is this? The nation’s chief law enforcement officer cannot say whether “waterboarding” is illegal.
Delegate Scott’s Richmond Report
Recounting stress As Janet Oleszak and Ken Cuccinelli prepare for a recount in a race apparently won by Senator Cuccinelli by 92 votes, I remember what happened to me 16 years ago.
