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Polish reporters claim CIA jail evidence

Polish journalists claim they have uncovered new evidence that Poland allegedly leased a military base to the United States for a clandestine CIA prison.

http://snipurl.com/g1b26



Obama Protecting Bush from Spain?

The official story is that Spain has decided not to prosecute Bush's torture lawyers. Yet the known facts suggest something else entirely.

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/41766



Obama's huge test today: do we believe in secret law?

Today, Obama will either (a) disclose these documents to the public or (b) continue to suppress them -- either by claiming the right to keep them concealed entirely or, more likely, redacting the most significant parts before releasing them.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/04/16/olc_memos/index.html



Officials Say U.S. Wiretaps Exceeded Law

The National Security Agency intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans in recent months on a scale that went beyond the broad legal limits established by Congress last year, government officials said in recent interviews.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/us/16nsa.html



Texas could bid for independence, says Governor

The governor of Texas has suggested that his state could secede from the Union after accusing the federal government of strangling Americans with taxation and debt.

http://snipurl.com/g1b51


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
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