Monthly Archives: March 2007 »
Gonzales, Cheney Blocked Appeals to Close Guantanamo
THOM SHANKER and DAVID E. SANGER In his first weeks as defense secretary, Robert M. Gates repeatedly argued that the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, had become so tainted abroad that legal proceedings
Read More »Shssh! Don’t Tell Americans How We Treat “Enemy Combatants”
Jacob G. Hornberger The case of accused terrorist Jose Padilla is moving toward a jury trial on April 16 in U.S. District Court in Miami. It is still unclear whether the presiding judge in
Read More »Why CIA abuse is medieval madness
SINCE medieval times, water-boarding, or forcing water into captives’ lungs, has been used to compel prisoners to confess. During the Inquisition, water-boarded prisoners admitted to shape-shifting and cavorting with the devil. Today, terrorism suspects
Read More »Get on with it, said net audience as man hanged himself on webcam
Joanna Bale Kevin Whitrick logged on to an internet chat room and announced that he was going to commit suicide. He then switched on his webcam, stood on a chair, smashed through his ceiling
Read More »Spies to bug our baked beans
VIRGINIA WHEELER A COUNCIL is planning to catch residents who leave rubbish out on the wrong day - with cameras hidden in BAKED BEANS tins. Sneaky Ealing Council in West London will also put the
Read More »Democrats pass “anti-war” bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Barry Grey After weeks of public posturing and behind-the-scenes maneuvering, Democrats in the House of Representatives secured passage Friday of an emergency spending bill that grants the Bush administration’s request for over $100 billion
Read More »7/7 and 21/7 began at al-Qaida camp, court told
- Failed attack’s alleged chief admits Pakistan visit - QC claims direct link with London suicide bombings Sandra Laville Direct links were drawn for the first time yesterday between the July 7 suicide bombings
Read More »9/11 Lie In Rough Shape
Recent media attacks – by people it has since been exposed are employed by the Bush/PNAC Regime – against American celebrities who support an investigation highlight the fear being created by the failure of
Read More »What Bush is hiding
In the U.S. attorney scandal, Alberto Gonzales gave orders, but he also took them — from Karl Rove, who plotted to turn the federal criminal justice system into the Republican Holy Office of the
Read More »British troops kill Afghan boy
A funeral has been held for a 12-year-old boy shot dead by British soldiers while he was travelling in a car with his family. Nato officials have told Al Jazeera they “deeply regretted the
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