Politics – by Ivan Eland ââ;¬" The chauvinistic American news media have focused on evil Iran's missile tests and the indignant Bush administration reaction, while missing some key causes of the event.
Politics – by Jerry Drucker ââ;¬" Apologies to the Bard, a great writer who has never been involved in a plagiarism suit. Well, maybe Sir Francis Bacon. This piece was originally written when the question was being asked:…
Do No Evil – The title of the House committee report sums up what happened: "Die or Give Up Trying: How Poor Contractor Performance, Government Mismanagement, and the Erosion of Quality Controls Denied Thousands of Disabled…
Politics – The one really intriguing question I've been asked, from a book buyer, is whether I thought John Ashcroft had been pushed out after he refused to sign off on the warrantless wiretaps. The honest answer is, yes,…
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Politics – Despite a Supreme Court order telling it to act, the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that it couldn't propose any regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act because the issue was too complex…
Politics – As a 91-year-old U.S. Army retiree, I believe I am entitled to present a long view of our war (invasion) in Iraq. I was born the year we joined our allies in World War I, I fought in World War II, was recalled to…
Politics – The book "The Dark Side" offers new details of the CIA's secret detention program. It says the CIA shared the 2007 Red Cross report on torture with President Bush and Condoleezza Rice. That report concluded that…
Politics – It is now 8:45pm EST and Karl Rove, remaining true to his threat, has not honored the Congressional subpoena issued to him requiring him to appear for testimony.
Politics – The Senate today rejected 3 amendments that would have withheld immunity from telecomms in the FISA bill. 32 Senators, including Barack Obama, supported an amendment proposed by Sen. Chris Dodd that would have stripped…
Politics – The White House has rejected Nancy Pelosi's pick for a newly created government civil liberties board - a move that may doom efforts to get the panel up and running while President Bush remains in office. Harry…
Politics – During Attorney General Michael Mukasey's testimony before the Senate on Wednesday, he said that he cannot and should not prosecute torture authorizers because such an investigation would focus on what is politically…
Politics – The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Karl Rove to testify on July 10, but on July 1 Rove announced he would defy the subpoena. To put this in perspective, let me amplify the word "defy" so that we can appreciate…
News – A federal judge told Justice Department lawyers to give the cases of Guantanamo detainees appealing their imprisonment priority over all other cases. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Hogan made the admonition at…
Do No Evil – We now know that the torture was the result of a policy set in the White House by Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Rice -- who actually chaired the torture meetings. The Pentagon has acknowledged that it had authorized sexualized…
Politics – We have steadily lost our rights over the last eight years. Should we be aware of the growth of tyranny in America? Should we fear what our Government could become if we don't soon make a change? Is it possible…
Politics – Ever wonder why more patriotic whistleblowers weren't blowing the roof off the Bush White House with truths that needed to be told? Now we know that the DOJ rejected or bottled up thousands of whistleblower complaints…
Politics – In a 1998 interview, Osama bin Laden said the real price of a barrel of oil should be $144 a barrel (10 years ago, a barrel of oil was $11). Also, One month after 9/11, the New York Times warned that among the misguided…
Politics – Next week the Senate will vote on an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, with a few amendments to immunize telecommunications corporations that assisted our government in warrantless and illegal…
Politics – Today, the House Oversight Committee released documents connecting the Bush administration to an Iraqi oil deal by Hunt Oil, which is owned by Ray L. Hunt, a former Halliburton board member who has donated $35 million…
Politics – A shorter version of our long national nightmare.
Do No Evil – After a 2-week fact-finding tour of U.S. prison and detention facilities, a U.N. human rights investigator has blasted the Bush administration for a rash of shortcomings in the country's flawed justice system and…
Politics – A federal court that ruled against the Bush administration in a Guantanamo detainee case ridiculed Defense Department reasoning as nonsensical, likening it to a 19th century Lewis Carroll poem. On June 20, the U.S.…
Politics – The Bush Administration, while publicly advocating diplomacy in order to stop Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon, has increased clandestine activities inside Iran and intensified planning for a possible major air…
Politics – by Seymour M. Hersh July 7, 2008 Operations outside the knowledge and control of commanders have eroded "the coherence of military strategy," one general says.
Politics – Political promises are easy to make, harder to keep. So it is a testament to the tenacity of Sen. Jim Webb and the justice of his cause that Congress enacted a new GI Bill for war veterans. But to get Republican…
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