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The Subversion Of The Free Press By The CIA
WRH “You could get a journalist cheaper than a good call girl, for a couple hundred dollars a month.” – CIA operative discussing with Philip Graham, editor Washington Post, on the availability and prices
Read More »Bush Admin Fails To Turn Over FDA Documents
By Justin Blum The Bush administration failed to comply with a congressional subpoena seeking documents related to Sanofi-Aventis SA’s antibiotic Ketek. An investigative subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sought briefing papers
Read More »The ‘uncensored’ history of the 9/11 Commission
Raw Story Jon Stewart hosted the New York Times’ Philip Shenon on Monday night to discuss his new book, The Commission: An Uncensored history of the 9/11 Commission. The author described White House obstructionism
Read More »Ex-private secretary denies role in Diana death
James Sturcke and agencies The Queen’s former private secretary today said he could not have helped to “murder” Princess Diana because he was in a rural church hall listening to a talk by the
Read More »Ex-MI6 Chief to Testify at Diana Inquest
AP The former head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency said Monday he will testify that his organization had nothing to do with the death of Princess Diana when he appears at her inquest later
Read More »DNA database swabs over 100,000
More than 100,000 people in Kent have been added to the DNA database in the last five years it has been revealed. According to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act, 103,830 samples
Read More »Surveillance in the sky
Air travellers face ever-more intrusive surveillance – and an increased risk of being wrongfully detained Gus Hosein With only months left to the Bush administration, the EU has picked up the torch and is
Read More »The supporters and opponents of vote-rigging
Rani Singh Unlike in, say, American politics, pre-elections polls are bit thin on the ground in Pakistan. The results of one, however, have been published by the Dawn. Conducted during January 2008, the US-based
Read More »US lawless trials menace UK ties
The US decision to bring death penalty charges against six men suspected of orchestrating 9/11 attacks could strain relations with UK. UK authorities have raised their voices against US Gitmo detention camp and the
Read More »Widespread bugging by authorities
The inside story of how and why one MP was bugged reveals that eavesdropping by the authorities in Britain is far more widespread than suspected – and that no one is immune A special
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