Pat Roberts(Reuters) White House sends mixed signals on detainee trials: The Bush administration is sending Congress conflicting signals on how to try foreign terrorism suspects despite earlier calls for Congress to ratify the current system struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, senators said on Thursday. … Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts said Congress must clarify Geneva Convention language barring inhumane treatment of prisoners that the Supreme Court said applied to U.S.-held detainees. Interrogators who got information leading to last month’s killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al Qaeda’s leader in Iraq, “could conceivably be held accountable” for war crimes under current language, the Kansas Republican said.Todd Tiahrt(Common Dreams commentary) New Bill Would Put Government in Hands of Bush Cronies: A new bill introduced in Congress would allow Bush administration cronies to recommend sweeping changes in the federal government – including the elimination of entire programs – and force those changes through Congress, according to the watchdog group OMB Watch. Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) introduced H.R. 5766, the “Government Efficiency Act,” the long-awaited sunset commission bill produced after months of negotiations led by House Majority Leader John Boehner. OMB Watch’s director of regulatory policy, Robert Shull, issued this statement: “This bill is undemocratic. The bill would create unelected, unaccountable sunset commissions and give them the power to decide important questions that Congress should be answering – questions about the structure and function of the entire federal government. How to contact As always, you can find information to contact members of the Kansas congressional delegation here.