By Ivan Eland, February 14, 2006, Consortium News It took only minor concessions by the Bush administration to convince enough Democrats to support the renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act and end…
The photos America doesn’t want seen
From The Syndey Morning Herald, February 15, 2006 MORE photographs have been leaked of Iraqi citizens tortured by US soldiers at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad. [more]
Tuesday, 2/14
Democratic candidate Paul Hackett, an Iraq war veteran who has been very critical of the Bush regime, has been forced out of the Ohio Senate race despite his popularity. Hackett has been…
Who Will Blow the Whistle Before We Attack Iran?
By Ray McGovern t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 13 February 2006 The question looms large against the backdrop of the hearing on whistleblowing scheduled for…
Indiana, Indianapolis
In November, 2 friends and I took part in the walk out that you guys put together. Ever since then we’ve been working to make a strong network of people dedicated to…
Monday, 2/13
In a further display of total disregard for human life, 12,000 Katrina survivor families are being evicted from hotels today. FEMA is ending payment for hotel rooms for almost 40,000 people. Lawyers…
God’s Senator
Who would Jesus vote for? Meet Sam Brownback from The Rolling Stone: “He is running for president because murder is always on his mind: the abortion of what he considers fetal citizens….
VA Nurse Investigated for ‘Sedition’ for Criticizing Bush
By Matthew Rothschild February 8, 2006, The Progressive Laura Berg is a clinical nurse specialist at the VA Medical Center in Albuquerque, where she has worked for 15 years. Shortly after Katrina,…
Vice President Cheney and The Fight Over “Inherent” Presidential Powers:
His Attempt to Swing the Pendulum Back Began Long Before 9/11 By JOHN W. DEAN Published Friday, Feb. 10, 2006 by FindLaw Vice President Dick Cheney has stirred up an old fight…
CIA chief sacked for opposing torture
by Sarah Baxter and Michael Smith, Washington Published in the Sunday Times, 2/12/06 The CIA’s top counter-terrorism official was fired last week because he opposed detaining Al-Qaeda suspects in secret prisons abroad,…