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The emergence of a police state
Open threats by Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse this week against foreign journalists and diplomats in Colombo are another chilling reminder of the abuse of basic democratic rights on the island. Under the
Read More »Dozens of secret Bush surveillance, executive power memos found; Could be made public
By John Byrne Details about more than three dozen secret memoranda written by Bush Administration officials now sit atop a chart created by a public interest reporting group. The memos track new details about
Read More »WERE SPECIFIC REPORTERS TARGETED BY NSA WIRETAPS?
Center for American Progress - Fewer than 24 hours after the end of the Bush presidency, a former analyst at the National Security Agency revealed on MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” that Bush’s National
Read More »Human Rights Watch Goes to War
The Middle East has always been a difficult challenge for Western human rights organizations, particularly those seeking influence or funding in the United States. The pressure to go soft on US allies is in
Read More »‘Time to get rid of Trident in Scotland’
By JAMES TWEEDIE SCOTTISH peace campaigners and parliamentarians demanded the scrapping of Britain’s weapons of mass destruction at a conference in Edinburgh on Tuesday. Delegates insisted that “the time is right” to remove the
Read More »Blackwater under review in Afghanistan
The State Department‘s inspector general will review services provided by Blackwater Worldwide in Afghanistan, only weeks after the Baghdad government canceled the embattled security company’s contract in Iraq. Inspector General Harold W. Geisel told
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