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  • High Court Asked to Take Guantanamo Case
    9 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    WASHINGTON — Lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee asked the Supreme Court on Monday to consider blocking military tribunals for terror suspects, and overturn what they called an extreme ruling by high-court nominee John Roberts.
    Roberts was on a three-judge federal appeals court panel that last month ruled against Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni who once was al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden’s driver.
    Hamdan’s attorneys told justices that the appeals court gave the White House authority "to (…)

  • Sheehan Draws Tears of Support
    9 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Greg Moses
    When Robert DeLozier saw the story of Cindy Sheehan on television Sunday, he told his spouse right away: “I’m going up there. We have to drop everything and go.” At the Sam’s Club of all places, says Robert, he nearly broke down crying while he was shopping Monday morning thinking about what Sheehan was doing in memory of her son Casey, who was killed in Iraq last April.
    “She’s a strong woman,” says Robert via cell phone as he drives back home Monday night. “She feels she (…)

  • Cheney + Pakistan = Iran
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    By Jason Leopold
    When news of Pakistan’s clandestine program showed how the country’s top nuclear scientist was secretly selling Iran and North Korea, the so-called “Axis of Evil,” blueprints for building an atomic bomb were uncovered last year, the world’s leaders waited, with baited breath, to see how President Bush would punish Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharaff.
    Bush has, after all, spent his entire two terms in office talking tough about countries and dictators that conceal (…)

  • RESPONSE ACTION PLANNED AGAINST "EX-GAY" FILM
    9 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    **To Take Part In The Action Click Here ** NEWS ADVISORY RESPONSE ACTION PLANNED AGAINST "EX-GAY" FILM
    In response to an initiative underway aimed against the spirit of National Coming Out Day, members of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community and their allies are encouraged to organize nationwide screenings of a new documentary film that shines light on some of the personal stories behind the "ex-gay" debate. Author and activist Wayne Besen, filmmaker Tom Murray, former (…)

  • It’s not who they are — it’s who we are
    9 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    WASHINGTON - There is a quiet struggle going on in the nation’s capital, and the stakes are the very soul of the Republican Party and this administration.
    Three senior Republican senators wrote a small amendment into the defense appropriations bill this summer that outlaws cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of all detainees in American custody.
    No one can call Sens. John Warner, R-Va., Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., soft on anything, much less terrorism. (…)

  • What Michael Moore (and the neocons) don’t know about Saudi Arabia
    9 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    What Michael Moore (and the neocons) don’t know about Saudi Arabia The left and the right have both crudely demonized the desert kingdom. But the ascension of King Abdullah gives the U.S. a chance to solidify relations with this flawed but key ally.
    By Juan Cole
    Aug. 5, 2005 | The late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, who died on Aug. 1, should have been nicknamed "King Blowback." Along with his ideological soul mate, Ronald Reagan, who shared his long twilight, Fahd played a key, if (…)

  • TREASONGATE: The Controlling Law, Part 2: THE DEATH PENALTY
    9 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    TREASONGATE: The Controlling Law, Part 2: THE DEATH PENALTY, 18 USC 794 and the shift from GWOT to GSAVE
    In Part 1 of this report, Citizen Spook analyzed 18 USC 793, the United States Code provision which provides the most direct route to convictions for Patrick Fitzgerald in the Treasongate/Valerie Plame affair.
    In this follow up, we are going to discuss 18 USC 794 which deals directly with Treason and the death penalty.
    Before we move on to 794, please take note of the indictments (…)

  • Father, Who Lost Son at WTC, Claims Bush Administration Hiding Key Financial Documents
    9 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Father, Who Lost Son at WTC, Claims Bush Administration Hiding Key Financial Documents Leading To Culprits of 9/11
    William Doyle has become one of the main lightening rods of the 9/11 truth movement, saying President Bush and his cronies are the biggest stumbling block in getting at the real truth. Involved as one of the plaintiffs in a trillion dollar 9/11 lawsuit, he wants the American people to know Bush is hiding vital documents that could lead to the truth. August 6, 2005
    By Greg (…)

  • Camp Casey Day 3- The Peaceful Occupation of Camp Crawford
    9 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    shirt available here CindySheehan’s diary at Daily Kos
    Where do I begin?
    Today was a highly eventful day. This entry won’t be artful, but utilitarian.
    I conservatively got 3 to 5 phone calls a minute. I did about 25 phone interviews and several TV interviews. I did several right-wing radio interviews. I was supposed to do: The Today Show, MSNBC live interview, Connected Coast to Coast (MSNBC) and Hardball (MSNBC). The Today Show just never showed up and the other 3 MSNBC shows (…)

  • Cindy Sheehan Deserves Answers: Cindy’s Speech at the Downing Street Memo Hearing
    9 August 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    My Testimony for the Downing Street Memo Hearing By Cindy Sheehan
    Congressman Conyers and all, it is an honor to be here to testify about the effect that the revelations of the Downing Street Memo has had on me and my family. It is an honor that I wish never had to happen. I believe that not any of us should be gathered here today for this reason: as the result of an invasion/occupation that never should have occured.
    My son, Spc Casey Austin Sheehan, was KIA in Sadr City Baghdad on (…)