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Why Obama’s CIO Wants to Put All Gov’t Info Online
Mick Meaney June 19, 2009 0The Obama administration’s most radical idea may also be its geekiest: Make nearly every hidden government spreadsheet and buried statistic available online, all in one place. For anyone to see. Are you searching for
Read More »Obama Given $100 Billion For Illegal Wars
Mick Meaney June 17, 2009 0RINF NEWS President Obama has been granted over $100 billion dollars to fund the illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. US Congress gave approval at a vote of 226 to 202, lawmakers in the
Read More »Obama’s backsliding on torture
Mick Meaney March 9, 2009 0guardian.co.uk | Not long ago, I marched across the gravel of Guantánamo Bay‘s Camp Echo with two overstuffed grocery sacks and tramped up the stairs of the hut where a prisoner sat, shackled and waiting.
Read More »Meet the New Criminals: Obama Keeps Rendition
Mick Meaney February 1, 2009 0Obama lets CIA keep controversial renditions tool By Greg Miller, Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON — The CIA’s secret prisons are being shuttered. Harsh interrogation techniques are off-limits. And Guantanamo Bay will eventually go back to
Read More »Economic Policy Could Scuttle Obama’s Good Start
Mick Meaney January 29, 2009 1By Robert Scheer Only a week into the new administration, and yet there is this nagging thought that Barack Obama’s legacy already hangs in the balance. Sounds absurd, I know, given the brief time,
Read More »Criminalizing Policy Differences
Mick Meaney January 28, 2009 0By David Swanson President Obama wants to avoid criminalizing policy differences and avoid partisan witch hunts. This is taken to mean that Holder will not appoint a special prosecutor for torture. But the only
Read More »Biden denies report: ‘No one’s talking about pursuing Bush criminally’
Mick Meaney September 9, 2008 2By David Edwards and Muriel Kane | The possibility that Barack Obama might seek to bring criminal charges against President Bush or members of his administration has been a recurring theme during the presidential
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