Daily Archives: December 15, 2007 »
VIDEO: Ron Paul Being Censored In Telephone Polls
How Phone Polls REALLY Work I received a fascinating call from a member of the local grassroots community. Just today, he received an automated telephone poll call for Republican primary candidates. And despite Rep.
Read More »Bush Admin Does Not Want CIA Tape Inquiry
Bush administration urges judge not to inquire about destruction of CIA tapes The Bush administration has told a federal judge it was not obligated to preserve videotapes of CIA interrogations of suspected terrorists and
Read More »US increases Iraq war funds
The US Senate has approved $696 billion (£345 billion) in increased military spending, including boosted funds for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill has passed through both houses of Congress and is expected
Read More »First-person account of CIA torture survivor
Cory Doctorow Today’s Salon features a long first-person account of Mohamed Farag Ahmad Bashmilah, who was kidnapped to a CIA “black site” torture camp. It’s strong and scary stuff, and the people responsible deserve
Read More »UN expert: Guantanamo hearings unfair
By FRANK JORDANS A U.N. human rights expert said Wednesday he found on a recent visit to Guantanamo Bay that the prison camp is not meeting international justice standards. Martin Scheinin, the U.N.’s independent
Read More »Worker says Boeing knew about CIA renditions
The Monterey County Herald A Boeing subsidiary accused of helping the CIA secretly fly terrorism suspects to be tortured in overseas prisons openly acknowledged its role in the “extraordinary rendition” program, a former employee
Read More »Gitmo detainee asks court to declare he was tortured
Carol Rosenberg (HAS TRIM) McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) In a filing made public Friday, lawyers for a Guantanamo detainees have asked a federal court to examine the way he was questioned while in secret CIA
Read More »MI6 asks for gagging order in murder trial
David Leigh and Richard Norton-Taylor The Guardian The Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, is behind a virtually unprecedented attempt to hold a British murder trial in secret, the Guardian can disclose. The home secretary, Jacqui
Read More »Scepticism and 9/11
By Kevin Ryan Thom Hartmann. In early November 2007, I had a chance to debate the issue of 9/11 Truth on the Thom Hartmann radio show, with an avowed supporter of the
Read More »Civil Liberties – Safe or Sorry?
Ministers think good intentions are enough when it comes to civil liberties – but they’re wrong Jenni Russell A couple of weeks ago I was discussing the government’s plans to increase detention without trial
Read More »Say ‘”no” to ID cards…
LOCAL Lib Dems are calling on Wirral Council to oppose the Government’s plan for ID Cards. In the wake of the Government’s record of losing the records of 25 million people and rejecting proposals
Read More »AG Denies Details in CIA Tapes Inquiry
By LARA JAKES JORDAN Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused Friday to give Congress details of the government’s investigation into interrogations of terror suspects that were videotaped and destroyed by the CIA. He said doing
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