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Documents Reveal New Information About Destruction of Torture Tapes
Alex Abdo, The Hill: "Records obtained late last month by the American Civil Liberties Union reveal new information about the CIA's destruction of videotapes depicting the brutal interrogation of prisoners... ...
Bad Times Could Get Worse for Obama
http://www.commondreams.or g/view/2009/11/24-0 Obama 's Profile in Courage Moment http://www.commondr eams.org/view/2009/11/24-1 1 Taking Care of Business: How Big Business Has Hijacked Climate Talks http://www.commondre ams.org/view/2009/11/24-3 Oil... ...
A Trial That Will Convict Us All
By Paul Craig Roberts Republicans and American conservatives regard civil liberties as coddling devices for criminals and terrorists. They assume that police and prosecutors are morally pure and, in... ...
The winds of change die down
AntiWar.Com by Justin Raimondo 11/13/09 I have to feel sorry for my progressive friends, of whom there are a few, who had so much hope for the new administration, and were convinced that the election... ...
Is a Redo of Post-9/11 Paranoia the Best We Can Do?
William Fisher, Truthout: "The USA Patriot Act, rushed into law by a panicky US Congress in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, gave law enforcement sweeping new powers, including... ...
Who's Next? Lessons From the Long War and a Blowback World
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com: "Is it too early - or already too late - to begin drawing lessons from 'the Long War'? That phrase, coined in 2002 and, by 2005, being championed by Centcom Commander General... ...
Who’s a terrorist? Whoever we need to be a terrorist
Disloyal Opposition by JD Tuccille 09/30/09 Who is a terrorist? Just as important: How do we differentiate terrorists from freedom-fighters, mere criminals, outspoken political dissidents and soldiers,... ...
Eight Years Ago
William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "Does anyone even remember the first eight months of the George W. Bush administration? It was an unmitigated train wreck. One of the last nails in our current economic coffin... ...
Military Recruiters Increasingly Targeting High School Teens
Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!: "As millions of students prepare for the start of another school year, we focus on an issue that concerns many parents: the increasing presence of military recruiters in... ...
Obama Administration Argues Against Releasing Bush-Era Detainee Information
The Obama administration told a judge late Monday that it will continue to withhold information regarding past detainee policies for national security reasons, a decision assailed by the American Civil... ...