Monday Links

• Shrugging off a possible veto from President Bush, the House demanded that the administration develop a plan to transfer detainees from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.



• Bush trying to pack another unqualified business crony into his adminsitration - Senate Democrats urged President Bush to withdraw his nomination of a top lobbyist from the National Association of Manufacturers to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission, saying the candidate was unqualified and the appointment posed insurmountable conflicts of interest.



• A bipartisan group of senators is pushing legislation that would force the CIA to release an inspector general's report on the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The agency is the only federal office involved in counterterrorism operations that has not made at least a version of its internal 9/11 investigation public.

• It's bad enough that the federal government has yet to take the threat of global warming seriously, but it borders on malfeasance for it to block the efforts of states such as California and Connecticut that are trying to protect the public's health and welfare. So say Republican Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rep. Jodi Rell (R-CT).