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9/11 – Was the Bush administration complicit?
by Citizen Sage The unanswered questions about 9-11 can no longer be ignored. A new, more comprehensive investigation by the US Congress is required, given all of the unusual circumstantial evidence on 9-11. Although
Read More »No Such Thing as Bad Cholesterol?
No Such Thing as Bad Cholesterol: Dispelling the Marketing Myth Cholesterol seems to be one of those things that strikes fear into the hearts of many, so to speak. But is the reputation that
Read More »Ron Paul: Bush to blame for US recession
Republican Presidential hopeful Ron Paul says some of the policies of the Bush administration set the stage for a deep looming recession. In a Thursday Republican debate, the 10-term congressman said the US economy
Read More »“Surge” in War Crimes?
U.S. Army unit Probed for killing Iraqi prisoners The US Army has opened a criminal investigation into an allegation of “battlefield deaths” of detainees captured by a US brigade that operated last year in
Read More »Life in Occupied Gaza
Stephen Lendman RINF Alternative News Life in occupied Gaza was never easy, but conditions worsened markedly after Hamas’ surprise January 2006 electoral victory. Israel refused recognition along with the US and the West. All
Read More »Military Doctors Infect Gitmo Detainee With HIV
From CagePrisoners US Attorney H. Candace Gorman has revealed that her client Abdul Hamid Al-Ghizzawi has been infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Al Ghizzawi believes the infection happened during medical procedures at
Read More »Denmark to query US about secret CIA flights
COPENHAGEN : Denmark will demand answers from the United States for the “unacceptable” use of a Danish airport in Greenland for secret CIA flights, the country’s foreign minister said on TV Wednesday. According to
Read More »CIA not authorised to use waterboarding
AFP US Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Tuesday that waterboarding is not currently authorized for CIA interrogations, but said he would not answer questions from Congress on the technique’s legality in general. Mukasey, who
Read More »Turkey rejects US bank request on Iran
A Turkish official has refused a US request to scrutinize and then suspend the activities of the Turkey-based Iran’s Bank Mellat. “What binds Turkey are the resolutions of the UN and not US presidential
Read More »Errors prompt call for end to ID card plans
By ROBERT BROOKS A CATALOGUE of errors involving sensitive personal data has led MP Alan Beith to back calls for the Government to scrap its identity card plans. He says the law to make
Read More »9/11 Commission Secret White House Ties?
Book Charges Zelikow May Have Interfered With the 9/11 Commission’s Report By JUSTIN ROOD The former executive director of the 9/11 Commission denies explosive charges of undisclosed ties to the Bush White House or
Read More »LA Gets Marijuana Vending Machines
In Los Angeles, medical marijuana patients can now get their drug with a dose of convenience. The Los Angeles Herbal Nutrition Center installed medical marijuana vending machines to give patients a dose of convenience
Read More »How Bush Destroyed the Dollar
The Profile of a Third World Country By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS It is difficult to know where Bush has accomplished the most destruction, the Iraqi economy or the US economy. In the current issue
Read More »State spying that would make the Stasi proud
EDWARD HEATHCOAT AMORY When it was passed into law, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (2000) sounded a pretty innocuous piece of legislation. But in truth it represented a significant victory for the busybody
Read More »Over one million Iraqis killed by illegal war
Research conducted by a leading British polling group shows that more than one million Iraqis have died as a result of war in their country. The survey, conducted by Opinion Research Business (ORB) with
Read More »Scientists discover way to reverse loss of memory
By Jeremy Laurance Scientists performing experimental brain surgery on a man aged 50 have stumbled across a mechanism that could unlock how memory works. The accidental breakthrough came during an experiment originally intended to
Read More »BUSH BREAKS LAW FOUR TIMES IN SIGNING NEW BILL
PROGRESS REPORT - Earlier this week, President Bush signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008, which included a statute forbidding the Bush administration from spending taxpayer money “to establish any military installation or
Read More »New Hampshire Recount a “Criminal Enterprise”
Vote fraud expert convinced chain of custody is corrupt Paul Joseph Watson Fresh from her confrontations in New Hampshire during which public officials were grilled about slapdash chain of custody and ballot box tampering
Read More »Why Are Ron Paul Supporters So Angry?
By Chuck Baldwin When Glenn Beck interviewed Congressman Ron Paul a few weeks ago, he said that he had received death threats from people purporting to be Ron Paul supporters. I have heard other
Read More »Bush orders NSA to snoop on US agencies
Cyber attack fear used to expand spy grid By Ashlee Vance in Mountain View Not content with spying on other countries, the NSA (National Security Agency) will now turn on the US’s own government
Read More »Website ‘spy’ will increase council tax
By Sarah O’Grady LABOUR claims that it has postponed council tax revaluation in England are today exposed as a sham. Gordon Brown has continued to authorise a “database state” to increase council tax bills,
Read More »US propped up Suharto despite rights abuses
AFP The United States declassified documents Monday detailing how Washington propped up ex-Indonesian leader Suharto, who died at the weekend, at the expense of democracy and human rights. The documents, declassified following requests under
Read More »IPS leak suggests ID card fingerprint chop
Prints might just be needed for ‘special’ groups By John Lettice A key component of the UK ID card scheme, the central database of fingerprints, may be abandoned, according to a leaked Home Office
Read More »BAE and Accenture pull out of ID cards bid
Withdrawal of two systems integrators adds to problems for increasingly controversial national identity scheme. Miya Knights Two leading systems integrators (SIs) have withdrawn from the shortlist of bidders looking to run the National Identity
Read More »Memo Details Objections to WTC Command Center
By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM The New York Police Department produced a detailed analysis in 1998 opposing plans by the city to locate its emergency command center at the World Trade Center, but the Giuliani
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