Indymedia The upcoming petroleum privatization of Iraqi oil reserves is being watched by international community, never a better time for PSYOPS military brainwashing campaigns here in north america. distract the media from Iraqi oil heists by Halliburton, Exxon-Mobil, etc.. while promoting culture of police state mass hysteria at US universities. Brilliant timing Herr GW Bush, Der Fuhrer of US Empire!! Once again, the folks over at ...

Sophie Goodchild Britain is in danger of "committing slow social suicide" as such Big Brother techniques as surveillance cameras and recording equipment spread into every aspect of our lives, the nation's information watchdog will warn this week. A new report from Richard Thomas, the information commissioner, will say that the public needs to be made more aware of the "creeping encroachment" on civil liberties created by email monitoring, CCTV ...

P. Gardner Goldsmith In a stunning contradiction of the principles enshrined in the Unites States Constitution, the US Supreme Court on April 3 denied petitions of certiorari to two plaintiffs who have been held in legal limbo for five years at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. By doing so, the justices have added another burdensome car to the long train of abuses the federal government has sent barreling down the tracks at US ...

Philip Sherwell America's former spy chief has revealed how he warned the White House that Britain had "exaggerated" reports that Saddam Hussein tried to buy uranium ore in Niger - claims that President George W Bush later made central to his case for war. George Tenet, who quit as CIA director in 2004, details in a new book how White House hawks were determined to ...

By Craig Whitlock More than a fifth of the approximately 385 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been cleared for release but may have to wait months or years for their freedom because U.S. officials are finding it increasingly difficult to line up places to send them, according to Bush administration officials and defense lawyers. Since February, the Pentagon has notified about 85 inmates ...

The USDA proudly boasts on its website that nearly 385,000 people have registered their premises to participate in the National Animal Identification System. They do not say how many of these people were registered without their knowledge, as was done in Idaho. They do not say how much money they distributed to various entities in exchange for soliciting registrations. They do not say that many of the registrations were ...

George Tenet, the former director of the CIA, has criticised the US invasion of Iraq, saying that officials supporting the war did not hold a "serious debate" about whether Saddam Hussein was a threat. Tenet, ...

Government and corporate threats to online privacy are the topics of a major Montreal conference If the federal Liberal MP for NDG-Côte-des-Neiges, Marlene Jennings, gets her way, she may very well become the toast of the town for law enforcement officials. Last month, she re-introduced Bill C-416, the Modernization of Investigative Techniques Act—more commonly known as the Lawful Access Bill—as a private members’ bill in the House of Parliament. ...

In the past few weeks, a raft of top shows on all major networks have hit record lows: Lost, Desperate Housewives, ER, My Name Is Earl, The Simpsons, Two and a Half Men, CSI: Miami and, just Monday, Heroes. Still others, such as 24, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and American Idol, had their worst ratings in two years or more. The losses, never welcome, are especially alarming ...

Tom Carter In the wake of recent revelations of widespread torture and abuse at the Guantánamo Bay prison camp, the US Justice Department has taken legal action to restrict lawyers’ access to their clients incarcerated there. These lawyers have been an important source of news from inside the camp, despite being already subject to a strict set of rules established by the Pentagon and the DC Court of Appeals ...

PCHR The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights issued a report for the period, 19 through 25 April entitled, "Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)." The photo is captioned, "Palestinian child between the rubble of a house destroyed by IOF in Qalqilya." The full PCHR report follows: 9 Palestinians, ...

 group of about 50 World Bank officials at the forefront of the bank’s anti-corruption fight on Thursday expressed deep concern with the crisis surrounding bank chief Paul Wolfowitz.In a letter to Wolfowitz and the bank’s board, the group called for "clear and decisive actions" to resolve the crisis "in a way that demonstrates to all our stakeholders the bank’s commitment to the highest standards of integrity in leadership and accountability." The ...

Private contractors, including for-hire intelligence analysts, computer technicians and spies, now form a "key part" of the overall intelligence workforce, according to a survey by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The hiring of contractors has surged since the Sept 11, 2001, attacks, said the report's author, the office's chief human capital director, Ron Sanders. Intelligence agencies hired contractors to fill gaps caused by downsizing after the Cold ...

29 MAY 2007, TRINITY COMMUNITY CENTRE, LANCASTER, 7:30PM FREE ADMISSION Press release to follow

15 MAY 2007, FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE, LANCASTER, 7:30PM FREE ADMISSION Many have heard of the alleged voting irregularities that occurred during the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004. Until now, these incidents have gone under-reported and are commonly written-off as insignificant rumors or unintentional mishaps resulting from an overburdened election system. American Blackout chronicles the recurring patterns of voter disenfranchisement from Florida 2000 to Ohio 2004 while following the story of Georgia Congresswoman ...