Daily Archives: September 17, 2008 »
What illegal “things” was the government doing in 2001-2004?
Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com | For the second consecutive day, The Washington Post has published an excerpt from reporter Barton Gellman’s new book on the Cheney Vice Presidency, and it provides still more details on the
Read More »The Gang’s All Here – Bush, McCain and the Old Iran-Contra Team
By PAM MARTENS | The vetting of Sarah Palin for the McCain campaign by an Iran-Contra alumnus brought an epiphany. (See “The Man Who Vetted Palin,” CounterPunch, September 8, 2008.) The American people’s inability
Read More »Irish politicians back calls for universal arms trade treaty
Politicians from all the main parties have given their support to a global campaign to ban the sale of arms to conflict zones such as Darfur and Burma, where they are likely to be
Read More »Taxis Get CCTV Cameras
TAXI drivers have welcomed proposals to improve passenger and driver safety, including tougher driver testing and compulsory installation of CCTV. Changes to the licensing of cabs operating in Gravesham were recommended for approval at
Read More »Government whittles down ID scheme suppliers
By Nick Heath | The government has taken another step towards tying up which companies will be in charge of the UK ID cards scheme. The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has further whittled
Read More »So, the President May Kill Anybody He Pleases, Right?
Lew Rockwell | Among the many cock-and-bull stories set afoot by the Bush administration during the lead-up to its attack on Iraq was the one about the now-infamous drones of death. Later, it became sufficiently clear that this
Read More »Top Ten Ways to Reduce Plastic Consumption
By Neil McLaughlin | By now you have likely heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a tragic byproduct of the plastics industry and consumerism that is an island of garbage floating in the
Read More »FIVE FORMER SECRETARIES OF STATE SUPPORT DIRECT TALKS WITH IRAN
National Security Network – Five former American secretaries of state all reaffirmed their support for direct talks with Iran. Henry Kissinger went as far as to say that there must be high-level talks with
Read More »The Wall Street crisis and the failure of American capitalism
By Barry Grey | The end of Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, two of the largest Wall Street investment banks, one week after the government takeover of the mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and
Read More »Wiretap Cases a Go Despite FISA Change
By Evan Hill | Though Congress put a damper this summer on legal efforts to prove the Bush administration unlawfully spied on Americans’ phone calls and e-mails, flagship litigation in the Northern District of
Read More »Fears over privacy as police expand surveillance project
By Paul Lewis | The police are to expand a car surveillance operation that will allow them to record and store details of millions of daily journeys for up to five years, the Guardian
Read More »Capitalism breeds wars and recession
Banks go bust, Markets in chaos – Put people before profit The collapse of Lehman Brothers, the fourth biggest investment bank in the US, has left the world reeling. Millions of people are worrying
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