By Kenneth J. Theisen On October 25th, a federal appeals court announced that it will hear the Obama’s Department of Justice (DOJ) appeal of an earlier court ruling that allowed…
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Obama Signs Law to Continue Fascist Path of Bush Regime
By Kenneth J. Theisen With the stroke of a pen President Obama did much to continue the fascist direction of the Bush regime last week. He signed legislation to maintain kangaroo justice,…
Hillary Goes to Pakistan: A Tale of Diplomacy, War, and Murder by Drone
By Kenneth J. Theisen Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently traveled to Pakistan to shore up the relationship between that country’s government and the U.S. government. The U.S. has deeply involved the Pakistani…
Israeli Youth Set an Example Resisting Service in Israel’s Military
By Kenneth J. Theisen On October 12, 2009 Israeli youth held an unusual press conference in Israel. At the press conference they announced that they were refusing to serve in the…
NATO and the Expansion of the Afghan War
By Kenneth J. Theisen Regular readers of this site are well-aware of the current debate going on in the U.S. about the escalating war in Afghanistan. But this debate is not confined to…
Afghan Government “Legitimacy” is Critical to U.S. Imperialism
By Kenneth J. Theisen On October 20, 2009 Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed to a November 7th run-off presidential election after almost a third of the votes he received in an earlier…
Innocent – but Still Held by the U.S. Government for Years
By Kenneth J. Theisen Imagine 13 men being held by a government for many years, even though that government admits that the men are innocent. We would expect U.S. officials to…
Obama Administration Defends Secrecy of National Security Letters
By Kenneth J. Theisen On October 20, 2009, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that the Obama administration can continue to enforce a five-year-old gag…
Lawsuit Filed Against Psychologist Torturer
By Kenneth J. Theisen A case is currently being litigated in Louisiana to hold a psychologist responsible for his actions in contributing to the torture of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and Abu…
It’s Official: Democrats Support Torture (and Covering Up Torture)
By Kenneth J. Theisen The Democrat-led Congress has once again taken a step to continue the fascist trajectory begun by the Bush regime. On October 15, 2009 the U.S. House of…