Daily Archives: September 2, 2008 »
Infiltrations, false arrest, preventive detention and suppression of dissident media
By Matthew Rothschild | Infiltrations, false arrest, preventive detention, suppression of dissident media—these are the hallmarks of authoritarian rule. Right here in America. The repression going on up in St. Paul is outrageous. Police
Read More »Leaked: US-Iraqi agreement
Translated by Raed Jarrar | I read about a leaked copy of the US-Iraqi agreement a few days ago when a radio station in Iraq mentioned some of its details, then it was mentioned
Read More »Bush’s Proposed Terror Legacy: A Legal Basis for Perpetual War
By Andy Worthington | Just when you think that there can be no more outrageous proposals from the current lame duck government, and that it’s down to a straight race between Barack Obama, a
Read More »UK airport tests facial-recognition technology
Manchester Airport is testing facial-recognition technology as part of the UK £1.2bn e-Borders scheme to tighten controls. The facial-recognition system, provided by Fujitsu Services in partnership with Vision-Box, works by scanning passengers’ faces and
Read More »ID cards for foreigners from 25 November
The UK Border Agency has given a start date to compulsory identity cards, for foreign nationals applying to stay in the country as students or through marriage From 25 November, applicants from outside the
Read More »Police, National Guard, fire tear gas into protest group
By Pioneer Press staff | Local police and Minnesota National Guard units are using a combination of pepper spray, concussion grenades and tear gas on a group of breakaway protesters gathered on Kellogg Boulevard
Read More »McCain Suggests Bush Has Endorsed Torture
By Zachary A. Goldfarb | Sen. John McCain today issued some of his strongest criticism of President Bush over an aggressive interrogation technique, clearly suggesting that the president has endorsed torture. During an assessment
Read More »CIA memos reveal doubts over ‘key’ Lockerbie witness
By Guy Smith | A Libyan “double agent” who was central to the CIA’s investigation into the Lockerbie bombing exaggerated his importance in Tripoli’s intelligence apparatus and gave little information of value, yet is
Read More »RNC Raids Have Been Targeting Video Activists
By Liliana Segura | In the run-up to the Republican convention, Minnesota police launched a series of preemptive raids to intimidate protesters and quash dissent. “St. Paul is a free country!” cried a resident
Read More »VIDEO: Democracy Now! Unlawfully Arrested
Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were arrested by the Minneapolis Police Department. Charged with conspiracy to riot. Footage from Rick Rowley and Brandon Jourdan. ST. PAUL — Democracy Now!
Read More »Living in a Lying Nation
By Sean M. Madden | The following lead from Monday’s BBC Radio 4 Today program says it all, well, sort of: Leaders of the European Union are meeting to decide what can be done
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