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The Smartest Guys in the Room
Why the U.S. Has Gone BrokeBy Chalmers Johnson / April 26, 2008 The military adventurers in the Bush administration have much in common with the corporate leaders of the defunct energy company Enron. Both groups thought that they were the … Continue reading
The Business of Evicting the CIA from Ecuador
Rafael CorreaWill the CIA Kill or Oust Ecuador’s President?by Jacob G. Hornberger / April 22, 2008 Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa may not be long for this world, both in a political sense and in genuine life-or-death sense. He recently fired … Continue reading
Edward Herman on the Imperial New World Order
Principles of the Imperial New World OrderBy Edward S. Herman and David Peterson / April 21, 2008 We have to recognize that in the Imperial New World Order (INWO), with the Soviet Union gone, and an aggressive and highly militarized … Continue reading
When Will BushCo Quit Being Such Total Morons?
Juan Cole characterises it perfectly: “Rice has her ‘bring ’em on moment’ in Iraq, talking trash to the Mahdi Army and calling Muqtada al-Sadr a ‘coward.’ Muqtada al-Sadr eluded Saddam Hussein for 4 years after Saddam killed his father and … Continue reading
The Decision to Torture : It Started at the Top
Forget impeachment for the practical reason that the Democrats in Congress are unwilling to pursue it for tactical reasons. Therefore, it will not happen. Besides, mere impeachment is completely inadequate. In a just world, Bush and his cronies would deserve … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush, Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Torture, U.S. Government
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The Ever-Expanding Private Security Empire
FBI Abuse of “National Security Letters” — New Revelationsby Tom Burghardt / April 19, 2008 When biochemist Magdy Mahmoud Mustafa el-Nashar was released from custody in Cairo in 2005, no one could have be more relieved than the vacationing former … Continue reading
BushCo Violates Federal Law, Again
President Is Rebuffed on Program for ChildrenBy Robert Pear / April 19, 2008 WASHINGTON – The Bush administration violated federal law last year when it restricted states’ ability to provide health insurance to children of middle-income families, and its new … Continue reading
Leaving Behind the Bunker and Barrier Mentality
Leaving Cheyenne Mountain: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Loathe the BombBy William Astore / April 17, 2008 It took more than four years just to excavate and construct that mountain redoubt outside of Colorado Springs, that Cold War … Continue reading
An Act of Arrogance, Not Patriotism
Justice O’Connor, I Think I Love YouBy Lynn Grossman / April 16, 2008 Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Steven Breyer were at Hunter College the other evening talking about “The Supreme Court and the Presidency.” The event was … Continue reading
Skeletor Is Gonna Be Watching You
Administration Set to Use New Spy Program in USby Spencer S. Hsu The Bush administration said yesterday that it plans to start using the nation’s most advanced spy technology for domestic purposes soon, rebuffing challenges by House Democrats over the … Continue reading
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Pat Buchanan on Likelihood of War with Iran
Petraeus Points to War With IranBy Patrick J. Buchanan The neocons may yet get their war on Iran. Ever since President Nouri al-Maliki ordered the attacks in Basra on the Mahdi Army, Gen. David Petraeus has been laying the predicate … Continue reading
Bush’s War : Now Available in the Comfort of Your Home
Frontline presents revealing behind-the-scenes view of Bush’s War. By Jim Retherford / April 9, 2008 / The Rag Blog Anyone who has followed the downward spiraling debacle of BushAdministration Middle East policy may have wished, as I have, to havebeen … Continue reading
