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  • Save Clarence Ray Allen !
    27 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Clarence Ray Allen, a Choctaw Indian, will turn 76 years old on Jan. 16, 2006, the day before the state intends to execute him on January 19, in San Quentin. A few months ago, Mr. Allen "flatlined" (died) from a heart attack... and was resuscitated by the medical staff, so that he can be properly executed in January 06! San Quentin Correctional Facility has issued a statement that Mr. Allen, although wheelchair bound, will have to walk 15 feet to the death gurney, because the death chamber (…)

  • Growing Dissent in UK Parliament: MPs "don’t belive what the US Administration states anymore"
    27 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    The US ambassador in London has been forced into an embarrassing retreat after his embassy clarified comments he made denying that the United States was involved in removing terrorist suspects to Syria.
    Robert Tuttle told Radio 4’s Today programme last Thursday that there was no evidence that US forces had sent suspected terrorists for questioning in Syria, a practice known as "extraordinary rendition".
    The US embassy issued a statement yesterday acknowledging that there had been claims (…)

  • 50 indicted for stealing hundreds thousands of dollars from Red Cross Fund for Katrina Victims
    27 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Fraud Alleged at Red Cross Call Centers Contract Workers in Calif. Stole From Katrina Aid Program, Indictments Say
    By Jacqueline L. Salmon Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 27, 2005; A02
    Nearly 50 people have been indicted in connection with a scheme that bilked hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Red Cross program to put cash into the hands of Hurricane Katrina victims, according to federal authorities.
    Seventeen of the accused worked at the Red Cross claim center in (…)

  • NSA program is reminiscent of the COINTELPRO program used to spy on civil rights leaders
    27 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Washington, DC - Today, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-35) expressed outrage and concern about President Bush’s decision to bypass the US Constitution and laws to permit the National Security Agency (”NSA”) to spy on American citizens.
    “The revelation of this NSA program is very problematic,” said Congresswoman Waters. “The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (”FISA”) was passed in 1978 to establish clear laws governing the NSA and other intelligence agencies in response to these (…)

  • Dems-cowards or on the take?
    27 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Democrats in congress (with a few notable and honorable exceptions) have been acting, for the longest time, as cowards, like the Chamberlains and Weimar Republicans in the 20’s and 30’s. Capitulation is their middle name.
    But upon further thought, maybe most Dems are also beholden to the corporate kings who have been generous funders of the sociopath party and thereby dictate the course of action in the world. Why else would most so-called Democrats be so loath to speak up and out against (…)

  • The Patriot Act’s arsenal of intrusion Is constricting liberty really the way to save it?
    27 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    There’ve been few sugarplums for President Bush this December. Not only is he being compared to a joyless Grinch called Nixon over revelations of secret surveillance, but Congress left town after stuffing his Christmas stocking full of rocks.
    The president wanted a vote making the soon-to-expire Patriot Act permanent. After impassioned negotiating, a filibuster and a last-minute fight between the House and Senate, lawmakers instead opted to extend the law for one month — a move that buys (…)

  • Impeachment March on State of the Union Jan 31
    27 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    We The People remind Congress that they too took an oath to defend the Constitution, from both enemies foreign and domestic. 1. Call or Fax Congress and let them know, impeachment or else. 2. Organize State of the Union MOSH II protest, gather in DC to put the pressure on Congress the week before the SOTU. 3. Jan 31st, surround the capitol building, project truth videos to the riot cops, remind them that they too took an oath to defend the Constitution.
    Bush attempting to become Dictator (…)

  • Republicans Prevented Congressional Oversight of Data-Mining Tactics
    27 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    WASHINGTON, July 23, 2005 - Bush administration officials are opposing an effort in Congress under the antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act to force the government to disclose its use of data-mining techniques in tracking suspects in terrorism cases.
    As part of the vote in the House this week to extend major parts of the antiterrorism law permanently, lawmakers agreed to include a little-noticed provision that would require the Justice Department to report to Congress annually on (…)

  • NSA tapped main telecommunication lines for data mining, spying not limited to al-Qaeda
    26 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Secret domestic wiretaps authorised by US President George Bush led to the National Security Agency gaining access to the country’s main telephone switches in a vast operation to mine data from phone calls and emails.
    The New York Times, the paper that broke the wiretap story, cited disclosures from current and former government officials that the surveillance operation was far broader than anything admitted by the White House and involved the co-operation of private telecoms companies. (…)

  • President Bush’s clandestine domestic surveillance-`A rot’ on national psyche
    26 December 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Impeach him now. Enough already. Unlike former President Bill Clinton’s simplistic dalliances, President Bush has consistently and maliciously acted outside the laws of this country.
    The revelation that he has personally authorized domestic spying in direct violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 clearly rises to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors. Not since the darkest days of the Nixon administration have we been treated to such a level of imperious (…)