News Of The Day, Late Edition
Karl Rove, Bush’s top White House advisor, is appearing for the fifth time before a grand jury to testify about his role in the leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame’s identity. Lewis Libby, the former chief of staff to Cheney, has been charged with perjury and obstruction of justice.
The Senate voted today to fund police patrols against illegal immigrants with some of the money that President Bush requested for the war in Iraq. Some of the diverted $1.9 billion will also be used to give the Coast Guard new boats and helicopters. The cuts will trim 3% off of Bush’s requested amount.
Coming two days before a U.N. report on Iran’s nuclear program, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Kahmenei said that a U.S. attack against Iran would result in retaliation against U.S. interests. "The Americans should know that if they assault Iran their interests will be harmed anywhere in the world that is possible," said Khamenei on state television.
The Supreme Court is considering today the case of a Florida prisoner who claims that the method of lethal injection in Florida and other states violates the constitution’s Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Human Rights Watch reported earlier this week that state prisons often use “unsound procedures” rather than take the time to ensure that lethal injections are painless.
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