For anyone who thought the NSA’s warrantless wiretaps were only directed at a small portion of the population, think again. USA Today just revealed that the NSA has built up a database…
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A Second (Scientific) Opinion
Seed Magazine, 5/8/06 Top physicists speak out against Bush Administration policies in the war on terror. [read more]
General Hayden, the Right Man to Lead the CIA
by Kenneth J. Theisen, 5/9/06 Recently President George W. Bush nominated Air Force General Michael Hayden as the next CIA director. Due to his link to the President’s illegal surveillance operations some…
Lawrence Lader, Champion of Abortion Rights, Is Dead at 86
NY Times, 5/10/06 Lawrence Lader, a writer who so successfully marshaled his literary and political efforts in support of abortion rights that Betty Friedan, the feminist author, called him the father of…
Hayden Is a ‘Perfect’ Pick
By Robert Scheer, TruthDig.com, 5/9/06 It makes perfect sense for President Bush to nominate Gen. Michael V. Hayden as CIA director, no matter what the critics, including a surprising number of normally…
Ariz. Posse to Round Up Illegal Immigrants
Newsday.com, 5/10/06 GILA BEND, Ariz. — Four Mexican men sit in the dirt with their wrists bound, shoulders hunched and eyes lowered to avoid the glare of the rising sun. [read more]
Protesters Object to McCain as New School Commencement Speaker
NY Times, 5/10/06 Bob Kerrey, the former senator and longtime friend of Senator John McCain, said it was only logical to invite his fellow iconoclast and Vietnam veteran to be the commencement…
Centrist Democrats Urge Party Policy With Muscle
Washington Post, 5/10/06 Democratic hawks said yesterday that their party can win a war of ideas with the Republicans over national security, but only if Democrats move beyond simply criticizing President Bush’s…
New ‘Anti-Abortion Pill’ Kills Mother, Leaves Fetus Alive
The Onion, 5/10/06 NEW YORK(Pro-life advocates celebrated approval of the new anti-abortion drug UR-86 by the Food and Drug Administration Tuesday, calling it a “safe and effective method” for terminating pregnant women…
Is Venezuela the New Niger?
The Bush Administration is Trying to Link Hugo Chavez to Iran’s Nuclear Program By LARRY BIRNS and MICHAEL LETTIERI, CounterPunch.org, 5/10/06 Washington is no stranger to flimsy pretexts when it comes to…
