Truthout roundup 5/2

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House Judiciary Committee threatens Karl Rove with a subpoena; Robert Parry on Rev. Sun Myung Moon; longshoremen shut down West Coast ports protesting the war; cameraman freed after six years at Guantanamo; super delegate switches from Clinton to Obama; EPA official forced out while fighting Dow Chemical; Bush administration refuses to release communications with telecoms; and more ... Browse our continually updating front page at http://www.truthout.org t r u t h o u t 05.02

House Committee Threatens Rove With Subpoena
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050208J.shtml Ben Evans, of The Associated Press: "The House Judiciary Committee threatened Thursday to subpoena former White House adviser Karl Rove if he does not agree by May 12 to testify about former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman's corruption case. In a letter to Rove's attorney, committee Democrats called it 'completely unacceptable' that the Republican political strategist has rejected the panel's request for sworn testimony even as he discusses the matter publicly through the media."

Robert Parry The Right's America-Hating Preacher
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050208K.shtml Robert Parry, for Consortium News: "While Sen. Obama has to explain what he knew and when he knew it about Wright's angry sermons, the Bush Family floats above its financial and political associations with the Reverend Sun Myung Moon, a South Korean theocrat who had denounced the United States as 'Satan’s harvest' and likened American women to 'prostitutes.' In his angry sermons, Moon has gone further than saying 'God-damn America' - as Wright did - to vowing to sweep aside American democracy and individualism as he builds a one-world state."

Union's War Protest Shuts Down West Coast Ports
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050208L.shtml William Yardley, for The New York Times: "West Coast ports were shut down on Thursday as thousands of longshoremen failed to report for work, part of what their union leaders said was a one-day, one-shift protest against the war in Iraq. Cranes and forklifts stood still from Seattle to San Diego, and ships were stalled at sea as workers held rallies up and down the coast to blame the war for distracting public attention and money from domestic needs like health care and education."

Al Jazeera Cameraman Freed From Guantanamo After Six Years http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050208M.shtml The Associated Press: "An Al-Jazeera cameraman was released from US custody at Guantanamo Bay and returned home to Sudan early Friday after six years of imprisonment that drew worldwide protests. Sami al-Haj arrived at the airport in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, on a US military plane along with two other Sudanese released from Guantanamo."

Defection of Longtime Super Delegate Jolts Clinton
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050208N.shtml The Associated Press: "Hillary Rodham Clinton was jolted Thursday by the defection of one of her longtime super delegate supporters, a former national party chairman who urged fellow Democrats to 'reject the old negative politics' and unify behind Barack Obama. 'A vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote to continue' a long, self-destructive Democratic campaign, Joe Andrew added in a letter designed to have an impact on the turbulent race nationally as well as in his home state of Indiana, site of a primary next week. 'A vote to continue this process is a vote that assists John McCain,' Andrew wrote."

EPA Official Ousted While Fighting Dow
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050208O.shtml Michael Hawthorne, of The Chicago Tribune: "The battle over dioxin contamination in this economically stressed region had been raging for years when a top Bush administration official turned up the pressure on Dow Chemical to clean it up. On Thursday, following months of internal bickering over Mary Gade's interactions with Dow, the administration forced her to quit as head of the US Environmental Protection Agency's Midwest office, based in Chicago. Gade told the Tribune she resigned after two aides to national EPA administrator Stephen Johnson took away her powers as regional administrator and told her to quit or be fired by June 1."

Bush Administration Keeps Communications With Telecoms Secret http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050208P.shtml Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball, of Newsweek: "The Bush administration is refusing to disclose internal e-mails, letters and notes showing contacts with major telecommunications companies over how to persuade Congress to back a controversial surveillance bill, according to recently disclosed court documents. The existence of these documents surfaced only in recent days as a result of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by a privacy group called the Electronic Frontier Foundation."