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  • Secret vote on Patriot Act angers some conservatives
    12 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    WASHINGTON - A closed-door vote by the Senate Intelligence Committee to expand law enforcement powers under the USA Patriot Act is prompting sharp criticism from some conservative leaders who are otherwise among the most vocal allies of President Bush and the Republican leadership.
    The conservative leaders, who have formed a coalition with critics on the left, including the American Civil Liberties Union, vowed to press their concerns in public statements, rallies and advertising.
    While (…)

  • GULAG, SHMOOLAG
    12 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    By William Fisher
    When Amnesty International described U.S. anti-terrorist prisons as “the Gulag of our time”, it gave the Bush Administration the ideal gift for the politician who has nothing: An opportunity to change the subject.
    Its over-the-top and historically dubious language allowed the president, the vice-president, the secretary of defense and many other Bushies to get everyone focused on syntax and away from the prisoner abuse issue.
    This is the second goodie the (…)

  • Twenty five U.S. soldiers killed this week in Iraq
    11 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Twenty five U.S. troops have died this week in separate incidents in war-torn Iraq.
    Five U.S. Marines, most in their early 20s, were killed in a roadside blast in western Iraq Thursday.
    The attack came in the Anbar province where 17 Iraqis had been blindfolded and executed. Their bodies were found on Friday.
    U.S. officials said the Marines killed were engaged in combat operations in Haqlaniya.
    They were Lance Cpl. Dustin V. Birch, 22, of Saint Anthony, Idaho, Lance Cpl. Daniel (…)

  • Kucinich/Abercrombie need help addressing concerns about Iraq Withdrawal
    11 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Now’s the chance to explain to some congresscritters how you feel about the need to bring the troops home, and the truth about what is happening in Iraq. Some congresscritters are evil, true...however some are good people who blindly trusted the president. They have been watching too much Corporate News and have no clue what is really happening. These are the people we need to reach...in a respectful manner. Many are probably incredibly embarrassed they have been lied to and have been (…)

  • When Will Americans Punish Bush For His Errors?
    11 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    When Will Americans Punish Bush For His Errors? M’Hamed Ben Youssef Tunis Hebdo - June 6-June 12 Issue The question on lips everywhere lately, since the number of daily deadly attacks is rising rapidly, is “where is Iraq going?” According to a secret Pentagon report that appeared in the Cairo paper “El Isboui,” more than 15,000 guerilla attacks against coalition units have been recorded in nine months (from July 2004 to March 2005). The capital of Baghdad alone has seen nearly 3,500 (…)

  • Marines "Beat US Workers" In Iraq
    11 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Marines "Beat US Workers" In Iraq Jamie Wilson in Washington Thursday June 9, 2005 A group of American security guards in Iraq have alleged they were beaten, stripped and threatened with a snarling dog by US marines when they were detained after an alleged shooting incident outside Falluja last month. "I never in my career have treated anybody so inhumane," one of the contractors, Rick Blanchard, a former Florida state trooper, wrote in an email quoted in the Los Angeles Times. "They (…)

  • Kaptur Alerts Colleagues Of Unfolding Scandal. Illegalities Put Presidential Election In Question
    11 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Kaptur Alerts Colleagues Of Unfolding Scandal Brown Says Illegalities Put Presidential Election In Question Steve Eder, Blade Staff Writer June 09, 2005 WASHINGTON - As the word spread Tuesday night that the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation had lost $215 million in a high-risk investment, U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur alerted her colleagues to the mounting concerns in her home state.
    Miss Kaptur, during a statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday night, said (…)

  • Public Confidence in Newspapers, TV News Falls to All-Time Low
    11 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    NEW YORK Public trust in newspapers and television news continued to decline in Gallup’s annual survey of "public confidence in major institutions" in the United States, reaching an all-time low this year.
    Those having a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in newspapers dipped from 30% to 28% in one year, the same total for television. The previous low for newspapers was 29% in 1994. Since 2000, confidence in newspapers has declined from 37% to 28%, and TV from 36% to 28%, (…)

  • Video Flashback: Announcing the Iraq invasion
    11 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    He doesn’t look terrified, what do you think?
    http://tinyurl.com/8vlgo

  • Patriot Act: An orwellian name for COINTEL
    11 June 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    If anyone doesn’t understand what the patriot act will do and how similar it is to an open COINTEL program, you should read about it and draw your own conclusions. Deep Throat’s Crimes Mark Felt: Serial Constitution-shredder by DOUG IRELAND
    After Mark Felt outed himself as the legendary Deep Throat in the Watergate case last week, there was a media rush to canonize the FBI’s former Number Two man, and politicians proposed he be given the Presidential Medal of Freedom. But in all this (…)