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Obama’s policy on civil liberties: Bush Lite?
AntiWar.Com by Ivan Eland 02/21/09 Barack Obama entered the presidency as one of the most rhetorically pro-civil liberties politicians in recent memory. And shortly after taking office, he drew applause... ...
Prosecute War Criminals and Their Lawyers
Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: "Since he took office, President Obama has instituted many changes that break with the policies of the Bush administration. The new president has ordered that no government agency... ...
CIA runs secret bases in Pakistan
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was covertly using the Shamsi airfield in Pakistan's restive south-western province of Balochistan, The Times Online reported. http://www.pres stv.com/detail.aspx?id=860 29&sectionid=351020401 Officials... ...
Rumsfeld prosecution could set precedent
There is now enough evidence to try former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for war crimes, Manfred Nowak, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture, recently told "Frontal 21," a German television... ...
Americans Want Torture Inquiry, Obama Doesn't
Written by Thomas R. Eddlem A Gallup Poll released February 12 revealed that 62 percent of Americans want to investigate or criminally prosecute Bush administration officials who authorized torture in... ...
Deficit Nonchalance
By Paul Craig Roberts The fiscal year 2009 federal budget deficit that Obama is inheriting, and adding to, will be ten times larger in absolute terms than Reagan's biggest and a much larger share of... ...
Geithner's Debut: "Not Ready for Prime Time"
By Mike Whitney Tuesday was Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's coming out party. He was supposed to outline Obama's Financial Stability Plan to the Senate Banking Committee. Wall Street was looking... ...
Prisoners Tortured to Death - Terrorist threat “exploited to curb civil liberties”
By Stephen C. Webster The American Civil Liberties Union has released previously classified excerpts of a government report on harsh interrogation techniques used in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo... ...
No Tough Love for Wall Street
Robert Scheer, Truthdig: "What an insipid anticlimax! Rising to 'a challenge more complex than our financial system has ever faced,' Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner promised on Tuesday to give trillions... ...
The American ruling class
Global Research by Tom Eley 02/08/09 Obama announced measures that purport to restrict executive compensation to $500,000 at financial institutions receiving billions in government assistance. … The... ...