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CIA won?t release torture documents
2009-09-02 20:36:00
The Central Intelligence Agency is refusing to release a series of key documents about its secret prison and torture program. The announcement came in response to a court-imposed deadline in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union. The CIA says releasing information on its so-called ?enhanced interrogation techniques? would jeopardize national security by ...
Osama Bin Laden Worked for US Till 9/11
2009-08-03 15:41:00
It’s amazing how much you will learn about 9/11 only if you read.  This is a very important article that I’m reposting from DailyKos. Summary The bombshell here is obviously that certain people in the US were using Bin Laden up to September 11, 2001. It is important to understand why: the US outsourced terror operations to al ...
The Hidden History of 9-11 with Paul Zarembka
2009-07-27 15:37:00
How much insider trading occurred in the days leading up to 9/11? How compromised is the evidence against alleged hijackers because of serious authentication problems with a key Dulles Airport videotape? To what extent does the testimony of more than five hundred firefighters differ from official reports of what happened at the World Trade Center ...
Bush quit al-Qaida hunt
2009-07-14 13:46:00
Wow, well actually I should be surprise that Bush stop majorly pursing Bin Laden 6 months after the 9/11 attacks.  Watch the video below. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
How the FBI and 9/11 Commission Suppressed Key Evidence about Hani Hanjour
2009-07-08 18:37:00
A good article I found. By Mark H. Gaffney July 07, 2009 “ICH” — The evidence was crucial because it undermined the official explanation that Hani Hanjour crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon at high speed after executing an extremely difficult top gun maneuver. But to understand how all of this played out, let us ...
Ex-Officer: Blocked Photos Showed Rape, Sexual Abuse at Abu Ghraib
2009-05-28 18:05:00
The former Army officer in charge of investigating the Abu Graib scandal says the photos recently blocked by President Obama include images of rape and sexual abuse. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Major General Antonio Taguba said at least one picture shows a US soldier raping a female prisoner while another shows a ...
Conservative Radio Show Host Waterboarded
2009-05-26 13:59:00
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Spanish Lawmakers Vote to Restrict Foreign Probes
2009-05-20 18:31:00
In Spain, lawmakers are trying to block their judiciary?s war crimes investigations of foreign governments including the United States. On Tuesday, Spain?s Congress voted to limit judges? jurisdiction to cases with a clear Spanish connection. Spain?s National Court is currently investigating thirteen foreign cases under the principle of universal jurisdiction. They include the torture of ...
Disbarment of Bush lawyers
2009-05-18 19:29:00
Off with their heads–well so to speak! A coalition of liberal groups filed petitions Monday seeking disbarment of Bush administration attorneys linked to memos on harsh interrogation techniques of detainees. Complaints were filed against 12 individuals, including former attorneys general John Ashcroft, Alberto Gonzales and Michael Mukasey and former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, said a member ...
Pelosi Accuses CIA of Misleading Congress on Torture
2009-05-15 17:56:00
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is accusing the CIA of deliberately misleading Congress about the torture of foreign prisoners. Pelosi made the charge Thursday in acknowledging she first learned of the waterboarding of CIA prisoners in 2003. Republicans have pointed to Pelosi?s involvement in torture briefings to deflect scrutiny of Bush administration officials. This week, the ...
Documents Show Pelosi Briefed on Torture in 2002
2009-05-08 17:18:00
Newly released documents show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was briefed on the Bush administration?s torture of foreign prisoners in September 2002. The disclosure apparently contradicts Pelosi?s claim she was never given details on what techniques were used. Intelligence records show Pelosi and then-House Intelligence Committee chair Porter Goss were briefed on the interrogation of suspected ...
Report: Torture Backers Lobby to Sway Investigation
2009-05-06 16:23:00
The leaked details of the Justice Department probe come amidst reports Yoo and Bybee have launched an aggressive behind-the-scenes effort to water it down. According to the Washington Post, Yoo and Bybee have encouraged former Bush administration colleagues to warn current Justice Department officials against recommending criminal prosecution. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and ...
Prosecution of Bush Six Back On
2009-04-30 19:49:00
The Daily Beast’s Scott Horton reports that a judge in Spain decided today that an investigation of Bush officials involved in torture policy will go forward and can lead to prosecution. In a ruling in Madrid today, Judge Baltasar Garzón has announced that an inquiry into the Bush administration?s torture policymakers now will proceed to a ...
Bruce Fein: The President has a duty to pardon or charge Bush/Cheney
2009-04-28 17:05:00
Obama keeps saying we must look forward which is just a bunch of bull.  Nobody is above the law and it seems like when any other country does something wrong the we are the first to call for investigations.  But yet, we turn around and do the same thing and all the sudden it’s ok.  ...
2002 Military Memo Warned Torture Produces ?Unreliable Information?
2009-04-27 18:47:00
The military agency that provided advice on harsh interrogation techniques for prisoners referred to the application of extreme duress as ?torture? in a July 2002 document and warned that it would produce ?unreliable information.? This according to the Washington Post. In an unsigned memo, the military?s Joint Personnel Recovery Agency said, “The unintended consequence of ...
White House, Senate Dems Oppose Torture Commission
2009-04-24 16:24:00
The White House is joining Senate Democratic leaders in rejecting calls for a special commission to investigate the Bush administration?s torture of foreign prisoners. At a meeting with top Democrats, President Obama said he opposes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi?s call for establishing a torture panel. On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid endorsed Obama?s view, ...
Waterboarding is illegal: Keith Olbermann
2009-04-24 14:05:00
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Report: Obama Rejected Investigative Commission on Torture
2009-04-23 17:38:00
On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi backed an investigation and said witnesses shouldn?t receive immunity for testifying. Meanwhile, the Washington Post is reporting President Obama personally nixed a proposal to create a 9/11 Commission-style panel as an alternative to releasing the memos. Obama made the decision following weeks of administration debate. A White House official ...
Rice, Ashcroft Approved Torture in July 2002
2009-04-23 17:36:00
More details have been revealed on high-level Bush administration involvement in authorizing torture. According to a timeline in the newly declassified Senate Intelligence Committee report, then-National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, Attorney General John Ashcroft and other top White House officials approved torture methods, including waterboarding, as early as 2002. Attorney General Eric Holder has described ...
Torture Memos Part 2
2009-04-22 13:59:00
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Torture must be prosecuted
2009-04-21 13:59:00
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The Bush Administration?s Secret Torture Memos
2009-04-17 14:18:00
From the ACLU’s website… On April 16, 2009, the Department of Justice released four secret memos used by the Bush administration to justify torture. Read the release >> A 18-page memo, dated August 1, 2002, from Jay Bybee, Assistant Attorney General, OLC, to John A. Rizzo, General Counsel CIA. [PDF] A 46-page memo, dated May ...
Piracy off the coast of Somalia
2009-04-16 18:10:00
Toxic dumping and illegal fishing off the coast of Somalia…the real root of the problem. From Democracy Now: President Obama vowed an international crackdown to halt piracy off the coast of Somalia Monday soon after the freeing of US cargo ship captain Richard Phillips, who had been held hostage by Somali pirates since last Wednesday. While the ...
Chavez: Indict Bush, Israeli Leaders
2009-04-01 18:21:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is calling for the indictment of President Bush and Israeli leaders on charges of war crimes. Addressing the Arab League summit in Doha, Chavez criticized the International Criminal Court indictment of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in light of US-Israeli actions. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez: ?This genocide that was governed by the ...
Spanish Court Launches Probe of Bush Administration Officials
2009-03-30 15:52:00
Now I am wondering can we get our US courts to do the same!  I hope so. A Spanish court has launched a criminal investigation into whether six Bush administration lawyers including former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales violated international law by providing the legal framework to justify the Bush administration?s use of torture at Guantanamo. Spain?s ...
US to Overhaul Government Contract Procurements
2009-03-05 21:34:00
US to Overhaul Government Contract Procurements On Wednesday, President Obama announced a plan to overhaul contracting policies in all government departments. Singling out military contracts in Iraq, Obama said the new rule changes would save taxpayers $40 billion a year. President Obama: ?And this wasteful spending has many sources. It comes from investments in unproven technologies. It ...
Obama to Announce 19-Month Timeline for Withdrawal of Iraq Combat Troop
2009-02-25 15:53:00
On the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Obama said he will soon announce a plan to end the war in Iraq. President Obama: ?We are now carefully reviewing our policies in both wars, and I will soon announce a way forward in Iraq that leaves Iraq to its people and responsibly ends this war.? Administration officials say ...
NY Post prints racist cartoon
2009-02-20 15:40:00
Let’s not fool ourselves here, the cartoon was racist. .msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visited {color: #5799db !important;} .msnbcLinks a:hover, .msnbcLinks a:active {color:#CC0000 !important;} Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World ...
Group: DirecTV Rejects Ad Critical of Israeli Occupation
2009-02-04 22:19:00
The satellite network DirecTV is being accused of censorship after reportedly refusing to air a commercial critical of US backing for Israel?s attack on the Gaza Strip. The spot was produced by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. It lists the number of Palestinian dead from Israeli attacks and criticizes Israel for blocking ...
Israel Could Face World Court on Gaza Attack
2009-01-14 18:19:00
The United Nations is reportedly preparing to consider referring Israel?s actions in Gaza to the World Court for possible prosecution. The Guardian newspaper reports the UN General Assembly will consider asking the International Court of Justice to rule on whether Israel is violating international law. The UN?s special rapporteur to the Occupied Territories, Richard Falk, ...
Obama Suggests No Prosecution for Bush Admin Crimes
2009-01-12 17:01:00
Where is justice? Obama was asked if he will appoint a special prosecutor to independently investigate the crimes of the Bush administration, including torture and warrantless wiretapping. President-elect Barack Obama: ?We?re still evaluating how we are going to approach the whole issue of interrogations, detentions, and so forth. And obviously we?re going to be looking at past ...
Is George W. Bush a war criminal? ?Yes
2008-12-31 18:59:00
Is George W. Bush a war criminal for deliberately violating the Geneva Conventions? Can he be prosecuted when he leaves office on January 20, 2009? The answers are found in Michael Haas?s George W. Bush, War Criminal? The Bush Administration?s Liability for 269 War Crimes, which documents 269 war crimes and assesses the culpability of ...
Kucinich Calls on UN to Investigate Israeli Attack
2008-12-30 16:59:00
On Capitol Hill, Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich has called on the United Nations to establish an independent inquiry of Israel?s war against Gaza. In a letter to Ban Ki-moon, Kucinich wrote, ?The attacks on civilians represent collective punishment, which is a violation of Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. The perpetrators of attacks against ...
Israel Rams Activist Boat Carrying Aid to Gaza
2008-12-30 16:58:00
Again, Israeli?s using disproportionate  use of force.    Are all these F-14s, war boats necessary?  Who are the war boats firing on? The Free Gaza Movement said one of its boats, the Dignity, was rammed by Israeli gunboats in international waters. Activists with the Free Gaza Movement are attempting to sail to Gaza with over three tons ...
Federal Report Finds $100B Failure in US Reconstruction of Iraq
2008-12-22 15:21:00
Listen to the interview done by Democracy Now with Mr. Miller of the investigative website ProPublica. Listen to interview here: (Real Audio Player) Read the report:  Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience (PDF), Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction T. CHRISTIAN MILLER: For me, the most interesting thing or the interesting conclusions in the ...
Obama?s Intel Chief Pick Backed Indonesian Occupation of East Timor
2008-12-19 15:57:00
Obama has also reportedly chosen Admiral Dennis Blair for the nation?s top intelligence job. As Director of National Intelligence, Blair would oversee the U.S. government?s sixteen intelligence agencies. Blair?s selection has come under controversy mainly over his role in backing the Indonesian occupation of East Timor during the 1990s. Blair provided key support to the ...
Iraq Protests Continue as Jailed Journalist Faces Charges for Shoe Incident
2008-12-18 22:08:00
The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush will face charges of attacking a head of state. The journalist, Muntadar al-Zaidi, failed to appear at his Wednesday court hearing. Zaidi?s brother says he was too badly injured from abuse by Iraqi jailers to make it to court. Iraqis continue to support al-Zaidi in ...
Bush?s shoe-throwing heckler being tortured
2008-12-16 20:57:00
The BBC is reporting that Mr. Muntadar al-Zaidi is being tortured. Muntadar al-Zaidi has allegedly suffered a broken arm, broken ribs and internal bleeding, his older brother, Dargham, told the BBC. Mr Zaidi threw his shoes at Mr Bush at a news conference, calling him “a dog”. A spokesperson for the Iraqi military says the journalist is in ...
AWOL US Soldier Seeks Asylum in Germany
2008-12-16 15:18:00
A US soldier who went absent without leave a year and a half ago to avoid returning to Iraq has applied for asylum in Germany. Specialist Andre Shepherd served in Iraq between September 2004 and February 2005 as an Apache helicopter mechanic. When his unit was called up to return to Iraq in early 2007, ...
UN: Israeli Occupation a ?Crime Against Humanity?
2008-12-10 20:03:00
Well duhhhh…read on A top UN human rights official says Israel?s policies towards Palestinians amount to a ?crime against humanity? and should be stopped by international action. Human Rights rapporteur Richard Falk made the comments in a report to the UN Human Rights Council. Falk urged the UN to invoke ?the agreed norm of a responsibility ...
Report: Israel Prepares Iran Strike Plans
2008-12-08 15:17:00
Listen to this. The Jerusalem Post is reporting the Israeli military has drawn up new plans for an attack on Iran that do not include cooperation with the United States. An Israeli official said Israel would prefer to cooperate with the US if it bombs Iran but would still draw up plans in case it decides ...
Headzup: Bush?s View Of Success
2008-12-01 21:27:00
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Afghanistan ?worse than ever?
2008-11-30 16:33:00
Security in Afghanistan has deteriorated to a seven-year low, Canada admitted yesterday, as President Hamid Karzai continued to vent frustration at the slow pace of progress and accidental civilian deaths caused by Western forces. “Numbers of insurgent incidents and casualty rates among civilians and soldiers reached levels higher than in any year since the Taliban regime ...
The truth about South Ossetia, Georgia attack Russia responded
2008-08-18 16:17:00
The coverage of the western media has been abysmal. Nearly every article and TV news segment begins with accusations of Russian aggression concealing the fact that the Georgian Army bombarded and invaded the capital of South Ossetia one full day before the first Russian even tank crossed the border. By the time the Russians arrived, ...
McCain: A complete idiot ?Nations don?t invade other nations?
2008-08-15 20:05:00
So says John McCain, as part of his tough talk about Russia?s attacks on Georgia. In calling for Russia to get out, McCain says he doesn?t think we?ll reignite the Cold War, but that you can?t justify the ?extent and degree? of Russia?s intervention in Georgia. The presumptive Republican nominee insists that ...
Obama On Russia?s Invasion Of Georgia ? Let?s everybody chill and talk this
2008-08-09 20:42:00
Russia-Georgia Conflict Highlights Extreme Differences In Presidential Candidates’ Likely Foreign Policy Responses During International Crises The Politico’s Ben Smith is reporting both... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the latest rantings of a gun toting liberal with a chip on his shoulder... harsh views, comments expressed.
RAND Report Criticizes Military Focus of War on Terror
2008-07-31 18:26:00
A major study prepared for the Pentagon has criticized how the Bush administration has focused on using military might to defeat al-Qaeda in the so-called war on terror. The RAND Corporation study concludes that the current strategy for defeating al-Qaeda has failed in diminishing the group?s capabilities. The study recommends a ?fundamental rethinking of US ...
War with Iran: George Galloway
2008-07-14 22:26:00
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Vincent Bugliosi: The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
2008-06-16 10:47:00
About the book Visit the Bugliosi website  In The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Bugliosi presents a tight, meticulously researched legal case that puts George W. Bush on trial in an American courtroom for the murder of nearly 4,000 American soldiers fighting the war in Iraq. Bugliosi sets forth the legal architecture and incontrovertible evidence ...
Dennis Kucinich reading articles of impeachment for George Bush
2008-06-11 06:56:00
Great stuff Dennis, you are one of the few that is actually abiding by your oath you took. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IgQGSGEa9zI Kieth Olbermann’s Countdown Bookmark to:
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