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By Matthew Schofield, Knight Ridder Newspapers, 5/3/06 BERLIN – Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of detainees by U.S. forces is widespread and, in many cases, sanctioned by top government…

[Watch the Video on CNN]    [Watch MSNBC Coverage] [News Coverage]   [interviews with Ray McGovern] [firsthand account from one of the disrupters] 5/4/06: Rumsfeld’s speech at the Southern Center for International Studies…

By TONY SWINDELL, CounterPunch.org, 5/4/06 In Iraq, our descent into hell, our “Apocalypse Now” moment, has begun. First there was Gitmo, then the global rendition program, then Abu Ghraib, then the pulverizing…

by Kevin Zeese, AntiWar.com The message is clear. Indeed, it’s gigantic for all Iraqis, for the entire world to see. A 100 acre compound ( ten times the size of the typical…

Under the Patriot Act, the FBI has been collecting your bank, internet service provider, and other personal information without court approval.  According to its report, last year the FBI sent 9,200 ‘national…

Yahoo News, 5/3/06  LOS ANGELES – In the shadow of this week’s huge pro-immigrant demonstrations, the opposition Minuteman Project launched a cross-country tour Wednesday to rally support for tighter border control.   [read…

Raw Story, 5/4/06  In a little noticed AP article Tuesday evening, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was quoted as telling a gathering of the American Bar Association that a Republican proposal…

Rolling Stone Magazine  With a vote of hand-picked lobbyists, the president could terminate any federal agency he dislikes.    [read more]

Cleveland Free Times, 5/3/06 Carol Fisher, a longtime peace activist and a volunteer at the local communist bookstore Revolution Books, has been found guilty. The 53-year-old, 5-foot-4, 130-pounder will be sentenced June…

by Kenneth J. Theisen The U.S. Army Chief of Staff says he can not understand gripes about the U.S. military budget. The author helps him “get it” and denies the “divine right…