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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Pardons And Commutations</title>
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		<title>Huckabee calls criticism over Wash. shooting suspect&#8217;s 2000 clemency &#8216;disgusting&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Huckabee: Critics use clemency for political gain

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says that some of the criticism he&#8217;s received for commuting the sentence of a man later suspected of gunning down four police officers is &#8220;disgusting.&#8221;
The former presidential candidate said Tuesday that opponents are trying to use his commutation of Maurice .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/huckabee-calls-criticism-over-wash-shooting-suspects-2000-clemency-disgusting-238362/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Investigators believe family, friends have helped suspect since police officers&#8217; death</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Spokesman: Suspect in officers&#8217; death still alive

SEATTLE — A sheriff&#8217;s spokesman says authorities in Washington state believe the man sought in the slaying of four police officers is still alive and has been aided by a network of friends and family.
Pierce County sheriff&#8217;s spokesman Ed Troyer said Monday night that police have questioned several people ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/investigators-believe-family-friends-have-helped-suspect-since-police-officers-death-237909/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Investigators believe family, friends have helped suspect since police officers&#8217; death</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police storm Seattle home, but find no sign of man wanted in killings of 4 officers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manuel Valdes</dc:creator>
		
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Suspect in officer killings eludes law in Seattle

SEATTLE — Authorities believe the man sought in the slaying of four police officers is still alive and has been aided by a network of friends and family, a police spokesman said Monday night.
Officers surrounded a house in the Seattle suburb of Renton Monday evening, the second time ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-storm-seattle-home-but-find-no-sign-of-man-wanted-in-killings-of-4-officers-237729/">Police storm Seattle home, but find no sign of man wanted in killings of 4 officers</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police say suspect in officer slaying not in Seattle house where he was thought to e holed up</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manuel Valdes</dc:creator>
		
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Police: Suspect in deaths of officers not in house

SEATTLE — A heavily armed SWAT team swarmed a Seattle home Monday where they thought they had cornered the suspect in the slaying of four police officers, only to find out that he was not in the house and still on the loose.
The discovery added new urgency .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-say-suspect-in-officer-slaying-not-in-seattle-house-where-he-was-thought-to-e-holed-up-237698/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Police say suspect in officer slaying not in Seattle house where he was thought to e holed up</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police say suspect in police shootings is in Seattle house, wounded and possibly dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Manuel Valdes</dc:creator>
		
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Police: Suspect in police deaths hurt, maybe dead

SEATTLE — A suspect in the slaying of four police officers who were gunned down in a suburban coffee shop was surrounded by police at a Seattle house early Monday, wounded and possibly dead, authorities said.
Negotiators were trying to communicate with Maurice Clemmons, 37, using loudspeakers, explosions and .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-say-suspect-in-police-shootings-is-in-seattle-house-wounded-and-possibly-dead-237567/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Police say suspect in police shootings is in Seattle house, wounded and possibly dead</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Shots fired near house where Seattle police seek &#8216;person of interest&#8217; in deaths of 4 officers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Shots fired in police shooting investigation

SEATTLE — Shots have been fired at a Seattle house where a man sought in the coffee-shop slayings of four police officers may be holed up.
The widely spaced, deliberate gunfire appeared to be directed toward the house by surrounding police. The shots followed negotiators&#8217; use of loudspeakers and explosions to .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/shots-fired-near-house-where-seattle-police-seek-person-of-interest-in-deaths-of-4-officers-237506/">Source &nbsp;: Shots fired near house where Seattle police seek &#8216;person of interest&#8217; in deaths of 4 officers</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police looking for ex-con in shooting deaths of 4 police officers in Washington coffee house</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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Police seek ex-con in Wash. police shootings

SEATTLE — Police say a suspect in the coffee-shop slayings of four officers is holed up at a Seattle house, wounded and possibly dead.
Pierce County Sheriff&#8217;s spokesman Ed Troyer says negotiators are still trying to communicate with Maurice Clemmons.
Authorities have been seeking Clemmons in the deaths of four Lakewood ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-looking-for-ex-con-in-shooting-deaths-of-4-police-officers-in-washington-coffee-house-237406/" title="Police looking for ex-con in shooting deaths of 4 police officers in Washington coffee house">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama grants holiday pardon _ his first after 10 months in office _ to turkey named &#8216;Courage&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Obama&#8217;s first pardon: A turkey named &#8216;Courage&#8217;
WASHINGTON — After 10 months in office, President Barack Obama on Wednesday granted his first pardon — to Courage, a 45-pound turkey spared from the Thanksgiving table.
Accompanied by daughters Sasha and Malia, Obama stood under the North Portico of the White House to honor a ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-grants-holiday-pardon-_-his-first-after-10-months-in-office-_-to-turkey-named-courage-235823/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Obama grants holiday pardon _ his first after 10 months in office _ to turkey named &#8216;Courage&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Texas inmate executed after governor rejects clemency recommendation from parole board</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Graczyk</dc:creator>
		
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Texas inmate executed after gov. rejects clemency

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Inmate Robert Lee Thompson was executed Thursday evening for his part in a fatal Houston store holdup after the Texas governor rejected a parole board&#8217;s recommendation to spare him because he wasn&#8217;t the gunman.
Thompson, 34, was an accomplice to triggerman Sammy Butler who gunned down 29-year-old ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/texas-inmate-executed-after-governor-rejects-clemency-recommendation-from-parole-board-233072/">Read more : Texas inmate executed after governor rejects clemency recommendation from parole board</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Texas inmate executed after Gov. Perry rejects parole board&#8217;s clemency recommendation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Graczyk</dc:creator>
		
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Texas executes inmate after Perry refuses reprieve

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Robert Lee Thompson has been executed for his part in a fatal Houston store holdup after the Texas governor rejected a parole board&#8217;s recommendation to spare him because he wasn&#8217;t the gunman.
Thompson was an accomplice to triggerman Sammy Butler when 29-year-old store clerk Mansoor Bhai Rahim .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/texas-inmate-executed-after-gov-perry-rejects-parole-boards-clemency-recommendation-233060/" title="Texas inmate executed after Gov. Perry rejects parole board&#8217;s clemency recommendation">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Texas governor rejects parole board recommendation of clemency for condemned inmate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Graczyk</dc:creator>
		
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Texas governor refuses clemency for condemned man

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Gov. Rick Perry refused to spare a man facing execution Thursday evening for his role in a fatal robbery, rejecting a parole board recommendation that the death sentence of 34-year-old Robert Lee Thompson be commuted to life in prison.
Perry&#8217;s decision came about 30 minutes before Thompson .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/texas-governor-rejects-parole-board-recommendation-of-clemency-for-condemned-inmate-233025/">Texas governor rejects parole board recommendation of clemency for condemned inmate</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Perry to decide fate of Texas inmate set to die; parole board says he deserves clemency</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Graczyk</dc:creator>
		
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Texas governor to decide condemned killer&#8217;s fate

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — The fate of a man facing execution Thursday evening for his role in a fatal robbery was in the hands of Gov. Rick Perry after the state parole board recommended the death sentence be commuted to life in prison.
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles made .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gov-perry-to-decide-fate-of-texas-inmate-set-to-die-parole-board-says-he-deserves-clemency-232982/" title="Gov. Perry to decide fate of Texas inmate set to die; parole board says he deserves clemency">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Perry may decide fate of inmate set to die Thurs.; parole board says he deserves clemency</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Graczyk</dc:creator>
		
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Texas governor may decide condemned killer&#8217;s fate

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry may have to decide whether a death row inmate lives or dies.
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, in a rare ruling, has recommended that Robert Lee Thompson&#8217;s death sentence be commuted to life in prison.
The 34-year-old Thompson is set for lethal .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gov-perry-may-decide-fate-of-inmate-set-to-die-thurs-parole-board-says-he-deserves-clemency-232345/" title="Gov. Perry may decide fate of inmate set to die Thurs.; parole board says he deserves clemency">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Death penalty possible for Fort Hood massacre suspect, but military executions have been rare</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — Though the suspect in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood could face the death penalty, he will be prosecuted in a military justice system where no one has been executed in nearly a half-century.
Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist alleged to have killed 13 people ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/death-penalty-possible-for-fort-hood-massacre-suspect-but-military-executions-have-been-rare-226038/">Death penalty possible for Fort Hood massacre suspect, but military executions have been rare</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban man, Texas prison gang leader, executed Tuesday night for Houston robbery-slaying</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Graczyk</dc:creator>
		
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Cuban man executed for Houston slaying
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Cuban-born man identified as a leader in a Hispanic prison gang was executed Tuesday evening for the robbery-slaying of a Houston drug dealer more than 10 years ago.

Yosvanis &#8220;El Cubano&#8221; Valle, 34, had denied fatally shooting 28-year-old Jose Martin Junco at a Houston home in June ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuban-man-texas-prison-gang-leader-executed-tuesday-night-for-houston-robbery-slaying-225193/">Read : Cuban man, Texas prison gang leader, executed Tuesday night for Houston robbery-slaying</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Freed Equatorial Guinea coup-plotter says others should face justice in case, returns home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Faul</dc:creator>
		
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Equatorial Guinea coup-plotter returns home to UK

JOHANNESBURG — British mercenary Simon Mann has threatened to settle some old scores after arriving home Wednesday following more than five years in African jails for a failed plot to take over Equatorial Guinea&#8217;s oil riches.
Some governments may be worried about a vengeful Mann: He testified last year that ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/freed-equatorial-guinea-coup-plotter-says-others-should-face-justice-in-case-returns-home-217731/">Freed Equatorial Guinea coup-plotter says others should face justice in case, returns home</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>British coup-plotter freed from prison in Equatorial Guinea says he regrets role in affair</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-coup-plotter-freed-from-prison-in-equatorial-guinea-says-he-regrets-role-in-affair-217378/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Freed British coup-plotter says he regrets role

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea — A British coup-plotter who has been freed in Equatorial Guinea says he is grateful for being pardoned by the government and regrets his role in the affair.
Simon Mann was released from prison Tuesday along with four South African mercenaries. They were given a presidential pardon ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-coup-plotter-freed-from-prison-in-equatorial-guinea-says-he-regrets-role-in-affair-217378/">British coup-plotter freed from prison in Equatorial Guinea says he regrets role in affair</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>DC Sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad asks US Supreme Court to stop next week&#8217;s execution</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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DC sniper asks Supreme Court to block execution

WASHINGTON — Attorneys for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area that left 10 dead, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to stop his execution.
The 48-year-old Muhammad is scheduled to die by injection on Nov. 10 at a Virginia prison. .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/dc-sniper-mastermind-john-allen-muhammad-asks-us-supreme-court-to-stop-next-weeks-execution-216747/">Original article &nbsp;: DC Sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad asks US Supreme Court to stop next week&#8217;s execution</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>British coup-plotter Simon Mann, 4 South Africans, freed in Equatorial Guinea after pardon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Faul</dc:creator>
		
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British coup-plotter freed in Equatorial Guinea

JOHANNESBURG — Equatorial Guinea freed a British coup-plotter and four South African mercenaries Tuesday after a presidential pardon for their foreign-bankrolled conspiracy to overthrow the government and take over the country&#8217;s oil riches.
In a spectacular trial last year, Simon Mann testified that U.S. and European governments knew of the plan ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-coup-plotter-simon-mann-4-south-africans-freed-in-equatorial-guinea-after-pardon-216378/">Read more : British coup-plotter Simon Mann, 4 South Africans, freed in Equatorial Guinea after pardon</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge: British coup-plotter Simon Mann, 4 South Africans, pardoned in Equatorial Guinea</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Faul</dc:creator>
		
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Coup-plotter Simon Mann pardoned in Eq. Guinea

JOHANNESBURG — Equatorial Guinea freed a British coup-plotter and four South African mercenaries Tuesday after a presidential pardon for their foreign-bankrolled conspiracy to overthrow the government and take over the country&#8217;s oil riches.
In a spectacular trial last year, Simon Mann testified that U.S. and European governments knew of the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-british-coup-plotter-simon-mann-4-south-africans-pardoned-in-equatorial-guinea-2-216359/">Source article &nbsp;: Judge: British coup-plotter Simon Mann, 4 South Africans, pardoned in Equatorial Guinea</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cheney&#8217;s FBI interview featured 72 times in which he said he could not recall</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Yost</dc:creator>
		
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Cheney FBI interview: 72 times of can&#8217;t recall

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald famously declared in the Valerie Plame affair that &#8220;there is a cloud over the vice president.&#8221; Last week&#8217;s release of an FBI interview summary of Dick Cheney&#8217;s answers in the criminal investigation underscores why Fitzgerald felt that way.
On 72 occasions, according to ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cheneys-fbi-interview-featured-72-times-in-which-he-said-he-could-not-recall-215116/">Read more : Cheney&#8217;s FBI interview featured 72 times in which he said he could not recall</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cheney&#8217;s FBI interview featured 72 instances in which he said he could not recall</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Yost</dc:creator>
		
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Cheney FBI interview: 72 instances of can&#8217;t recall

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald famously declared in the Valerie Plame affair that &#8220;there is a cloud over the vice president.&#8221; Last week&#8217;s release of an FBI interview summary of Dick Cheney&#8217;s answers in the criminal investigation underscores why Fitzgerald felt that way.
On 72 occasions, according to .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cheneys-fbi-interview-featured-72-instances-in-which-he-said-he-could-not-recall-214670/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Cheney&#8217;s FBI interview featured 72 instances in which he said he could not recall</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>SC officials posthumously pardon 2 great-uncles of talk show host who were executed in 1915</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Seanna Adcox</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina pardoned syndicated radio host Tom Joyner&#8217;s great-uncles Wednesday, nearly a century after they were sent to the electric chair for the 1913 murder of a Confederate Army veteran.

Officials believe the two men are the first in the state to be posthumously pardoned in a capital murder case.
Black landowners Thomas and ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-officials-posthumously-pardon-2-great-uncles-of-talk-show-host-who-were-executed-in-1915-196029/">Read more : SC officials posthumously pardon 2 great-uncles of talk show host who were executed in 1915</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge orders FBI to release much of its interview with Cheney during CIA leak investigation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Thursday that the FBI must publicly reveal much of its notes from an interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative.

Cheney agreed to be interviewed by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald in June 2004 during the investigation of the ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-orders-fbi-to-release-much-of-its-interview-with-cheney-during-cia-leak-investigation-184102/" title="Judge orders FBI to release much of its interview with Cheney during CIA leak investigation">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Correction: Greece-Obit-Makarezos</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Greece — In an Aug. 5 obituary of Nikolaos Makarezos, a senior figure in the 1967-74 Greek dictatorship, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Makarezos was sentenced to death for treason after the fall of the military regime — a sentence later commuted to life imprisonment.

According to the 1975 court ruling, Makarezos was sentenced .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/correction-greece-obit-makarezos-163808/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Correction: Greece-Obit-Makarezos</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pardons board delays clemency decision on Pa. inmates after ruling that could relax standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARRISBURG, Pa. — Two Pennsylvania inmates who have won plaudits for their decades-long efforts to reduce prison violence and counsel troubled youths will have to wait a little longer to hear whether their life sentences will be commuted.

The inmates, convicted murderers Tyrone Werts and William Fultz, were the first lifers to go before the state ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pardons-board-delays-clemency-decision-on-pa-inmates-after-ruling-that-could-relax-standards-158911/" title="Pardons board delays clemency decision on Pa. inmates after ruling that could relax standards">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. life inmates seek clemency after US judge&#8217;s decision that could relax rule for thousands</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Rubinkam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Tyrone Werts earned a college degree, counseled at-risk teenagers, organized an anti-crime summit, sold Girl Scout cookies, and once prevented the rape of a teacher — all while serving a life sentence for second-degree murder and robbery.

Regarded as a model prisoner for nearly 35 years, Werts, 57, will appear before the state  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pa-life-inmates-seek-clemency-after-us-judges-decision-that-could-relax-rule-for-thousands-158201/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>German authorities say former leftist terrorist linked to 1977 prosecutor&#8217;s murder arrested</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Eddy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BERLIN — Using new DNA evidence, police have arrested a former German leftist terrorist on suspicion of involvement in the 1977 slaying of West Germany&#8217;s federal prosecutor and two other people, authorities said Friday.

Federal prosecutors said in a statement that Verena Becker, now 57, was arrested at her Berlin apartment on Thursday. Becker — a .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/german-authorities-say-former-leftist-terrorist-linked-to-1977-prosecutors-murder-arrested-152525/">German authorities say former leftist terrorist linked to 1977 prosecutor&#8217;s murder arrested</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Key dates in life of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jan. 6, 1924 — Born in South Jeolla province in southwestern Korea during era of Japanese colonial rule. Some sources say he was born in 1925.

May 1961 — Elected to the National Assembly. Days later, Maj. Gen. Park Chung-hee seizes power in military coup and dissolves parliament.
July 1963 — Kim elected again to National Assembly.
April .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/key-dates-in-life-of-former-south-korean-president-kim-dae-jung-142541/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Murderous former members of Charles Manson Family grow old in prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seven former members of Charles Manson&#8217;s communal &#8220;family&#8221; remain in prison 40 years after the Tate-La Bianca killings made the cult notorious; two others have been released. They are:

—Charles Manson, 74, serving a life term at the California State Prison at Corcoran. The cult leader and some of his followers originally were sentenced to death, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/murderous-former-members-of-charles-manson-family-grow-old-in-prison-133867/">Source &nbsp;: Murderous former members of Charles Manson Family grow old in prison</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Supreme Court says death penalty will be used more sparingly</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — The highest court in China, which executes more people than any other country, has called for the death penalty to be used less often and for only the most serious criminal cases, state media reported Wednesday.

The remarks indicate that the Supreme People&#8217;s Court, which reviews all death sentences from lower courts before they ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/chinas-supreme-court-says-death-penalty-will-be-used-more-sparingly-124473/" title="China&#8217;s Supreme Court says death penalty will be used more sparingly">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Grand jury transcripts show FBI agents were targeted for ambush during 1962 Jimmy Hoffa trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Edwards</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Associates of the late Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa plotted to ambush a group of FBI agents during his 1962 trial in Nashville, newly released transcripts of federal grand jury testimony indicate.

Walter J. Sheridan, a Justice Department official, told the Nashville grand jury in March 1963 that Hoffa&#8217;s supporters planned to trap the .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/grand-jury-transcripts-show-fbi-agents-were-targeted-for-ambush-during-1962-jimmy-hoffa-trial-119925/">Grand jury transcripts show FBI agents were targeted for ambush during 1962 Jimmy Hoffa trial</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>After 24 years, children of former Vancouver police officer recant stories of sexual abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER, Wash. — Former Vancouver police officer Clyde Ray Spencer spent nearly 20 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually molesting his son and daughter. Now, the children say it never happened.

Matthew Spencer and Kathryn Tetz, who live in Sacramento, Calif., each took the stand Friday in Clark County Superior Court to clear  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/after-24-years-children-of-former-vancouver-police-officer-recant-stories-of-sexual-abuse-106935/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>INSIDE WASHINGTON: With many items missing, is National Archives good record-keeping steward?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — National Archives visitors know they&#8217;ll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building&#8217;s magnificent rotunda in Washington. But they won&#8217;t find the patent file for the Wright Brothers&#8217; Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory.

Many ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/inside-washington-with-many-items-missing-is-national-archives-good-record-keeping-steward-99439/">Original article on  : INSIDE WASHINGTON: With many items missing, is National Archives good record-keeping steward?</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Is US National Archive compromising on your important and confidential information?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — National Archives visitors know they&#8217;ll find the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights in the main building&#8217;s magnificent rotunda in Washington. But they won&#8217;t find the patent file for the Wright Brothers&#8217; Flying Machine or the maps for the first atomic bomb missions anywhere in the Archives inventory.

Many ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/inside-washington-is-national-archives-a-good-record-keeping-steward-many-items-missing-99409/">Is US National Archive compromising on your important and confidential information?</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ailing US lawyer imprisoned in Belarus on widely denounced charges walks free after pardon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yuras Karmanau</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MINSK, Belarus — An ailing American lawyer who was imprisoned in Belarus last year on charges of using fake documents and attempted industrial espionage walked free Tuesday night after a presidential pardon.

Emanuel Zeltser, a 55-year-old diabetic, was sentenced to three years in prison in August 2008 after being convicted in a closed trial on charges ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ailing-us-lawyer-imprisoned-in-belarus-on-widely-denounced-charges-walks-free-after-pardon-96083/" title="Ailing US lawyer imprisoned in Belarus on widely denounced charges walks free after pardon">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Schwarzenegger looks to deport thousands of immigrant inmates to save the state money</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With California slipping into a financial sinkhole, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing to save more than $180 million by cutting short the sentences of thousands of immigrants in the state&#8217;s prisons and turning them over to federal authorities for deportation.

The idea faces certain hurdles — for one thing, commuting some sentences will .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/schwarzenegger-looks-to-deport-thousands-of-immigrant-inmates-to-save-the-state-money-86984/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Schwarzenegger looks to deport thousands of immigrant inmates to save the state money</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>FBI releases file of Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt, including Presidential pardon request</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Watergate break-in planner E. Howard Hunt sought a presidential pardon by saying he thought the infamous burglary had &#8220;executive authorization,&#8221; according to FBI documents released two years after his death. He died without getting a pardon.

The FBI released 167 pages of Hunt&#8217;s files following a Freedom of Information Act request by The Associated ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fbi-releases-file-of-watergate-figure-e-howard-hunt-including-presidential-pardon-request-83360/">Read : FBI releases file of Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt, including Presidential pardon request</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kuwaiti emir pardons Filipino maid convicted of murdering employer&#8217;s son</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tc-hhr</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — The ruler of Kuwait has pardoned a Filipino maid who was convicted of murdering her employer&#8217;s 7-year-old son, and she will soon be allowed to return home to her family, the Philippine the vice president said Thursday.

A Kuwaiti court convicted May Vecina of slitting the throat of 7-year-old Salem al-Otaibi with a .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/kuwaiti-emir-pardons-filipino-maid-convicted-of-murdering-employers-son-78268/">Kuwaiti emir pardons Filipino maid convicted of murdering employer&#8217;s son</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Life sentence for Va. death row inmate whose case led to national ban on executing retarded</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Odell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia death row inmate whose case led to the national ban on executing the mentally retarded will spend life in prison because prosecutors withheld evidence in his 1998 trial, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

In a 5-2 decision, the justices upheld York County Circuit Judge Prentis Smiley Jr.&#8217;s order commuting Daryl .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/life-sentence-for-va-death-row-inmate-whose-case-led-to-national-ban-on-executing-retarded-72225/">Life sentence for Va. death row inmate whose case led to national ban on executing retarded</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sri Lanka&#8217;s president rules out pardon for Tamil Tiger rebel leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka&#8217;s president has ruled out a pardon for the Tamil Tiger rebels&#8217; leader if he&#8217;s captured alive by government soldiers now advancing into the last remaining rebel territory.

A statement quotes President Mahinda Rajapaksa as saying he was ready to pardon the reclusive guerrilla leader Velupillai Prabhakaran if he had surrendered .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sri-lankas-president-rules-out-pardon-for-tamil-tiger-rebel-leader-33960/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Sri Lanka&#8217;s president rules out pardon for Tamil Tiger rebel leader</a>.]]></description>
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