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Archive for August, 2008Reinventing the Evil EmpireMonday, August 25th, 2008
By Stephen Lendman - RINF | For the West, everything changed but stayed the same, hard-wired and in place. Things just lay dormant in the shadows during the Yeltsin years, certain to reemerge once a more resolute Russian leader took over. If not Vladimir Putin, someone else little different.
Russia is back, proud and reassertive, and not about to roll over for America. Especially in Eurasia. For Washington, it's back ...
The Contradiction of Choice from the GovernmentMonday, August 25th, 2008
London Progressive Journal | Buzzwords abound in the rhetoric of politicians and never more so than when the talk is of public sector reform. Of the current phrases spewing forth ‘choice’ and ‘empowerment’ are two of the favourites but whose choice and whose empowerment? And while MP’s try to frame these words as synonyms of ‘public benefit’, is choice always a good thing?
Health and education are the ...
Security services colluded in unlawful detentionMonday, August 25th, 2008
Open Democracy | In a key intervention in the 42 days debate last month, the former head of MI5, Baroness Manningham-Buller stated: “arguments can be made to justify any time of detention, just as in other countries, although mercifully not here, they can be made to justify any method of interrogation.”
That remark elided key questions about how far the security services are complicit in interrogation practices overseas, ...
Two arrested in DNC protestsMonday, August 25th, 2008
By Sue Lindsay | The first session of DNC Court was convened at 4:15 today in Denver County Court.
Four people appeared, but only two had been arrested in relation to convention protests.
The court was filled with more than a dozen deputies, prompting County Judge Brian Campbell to ask, "How come we got more law enforcement than we got prisoners?"
A number of deputies who normally aren't assigned to court duty, as ...
Dictatorial Power on War and TreatiesMonday, August 25th, 2008
By Jacob G. Hornberger | If anyone still has any doubts about whether President Bush is exercising powers that any self-respecting dictator would relish, all he has to do is consider the military pact that Bush is entering into with Iraq. The pact involves the continued U.S. military occupation of Iraq as well as a date on which U.S. military forces will be expected to exit the country.
Let’s first ...
Dem Convention Begins: Time To Suspend DisbeliefMonday, August 25th, 2008
By Ruth Conniff | If the all-too-familiar sight of a slightly paunchy Joe Biden jogging to the podium, his white comb-over waving gently in the breeze (think "energy!") to accept the job as Barack Obama's Vice Presidential pick wasn't enough to give you pause, there was the Bidenesque speech that followed. The "change" campaign is now co-chaired by one of the longest serving members of the Senate, who voted ...
Documents reveal PR push for Iraq war preceded intel findingsMonday, August 25th, 2008
By Nick Juliano | New documents from within the Bush administration and US intelligence community during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq reveal that the White House began assembling a case for war before it had compiled the intel that ostensibly formed the basis of that case.
A new report on the documents from George Washington University's National Security Archive also presents compelling evidence that the Bush administration pressured ...
A New Rush to SpyMonday, August 25th, 2008
NY Times | There is apparently no limit to the Bush administration’s desire to invade Americans’ privacy in the name of national security. According to members of Congress, Attorney General Michael Mukasey is preparing to give the F.B.I. broad new authority to investigate Americans — without any clear basis for suspicion that they are committing a crime.
Opening the door to sweeping investigations of this kind would be an invitation ...
Ron Paul: How Foreign Policy Affects Gas PricesSunday, August 24th, 2008
By Rep. Ron Paul | We've heard how the value of the dollar affects gas prices – and indeed the price of everything. I was pleased that my request for a hearing on such was granted by the Financial Services committee and we were able to hear some very informative testimony. Certainly domestic policies, regarding off-shore oil drilling bans, ethanol mandates, refining capacity, and CAFE standards are interventionist and ...
US attacks China’s human rights recordSunday, August 24th, 2008
ABC | The United States has launched a strongly-worded attack on China's human rights record just hours before the Closing Ceremony of the Olympics.
In a written statement from its ambassador to China, the United States has attacked China's human rights performance during the Olympic Games.
The statement also called for the immediate release of eight American pro-Tibet demonstrators who have been sentenced to ten to fourteen days detention for protesting ...
Doctors say ex-Bangladesh PM’s son crippled by tortureSunday, August 24th, 2008
The eldest son and heir apparent of two times former Bangladeshi premier Khaleda Zia was partially paralysed when tortured in custody, doctors said Sunday.
Tareque Rahman was strung up blindfolded in a dark room, then dropped down and struck against a wall, fracturing two bones in his back, a doctor who treated him quoted from his medical report.
Rahman was partially paralysed by the impact of the fall, which has resulted in ...
Calls to drop ID card plans after prisoner data blunderSunday, August 24th, 2008
The Government was under pressure today to abandon its ID card plans after one of the main firms involved in the project lost thousands of criminals' personal details.
The names, addresses and expected release dates of all 84,000 prisoners in England and Wales were on a computer memory stick lost by Home Office external contractor PA Consulting.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the loss was "completely unsatisfactory", adding that the information should ...
MI5 report challenges views on terrorism in BritainSunday, August 24th, 2008
The Guardian | MI5 has concluded that there is no easy way to identify those who become involved in terrorism in Britain, according to a classified internal research document on radicalisation seen by the Guardian.
The sophisticated analysis, based on hundreds of case studies by the security service, says there is no single pathway to violent extremism.
It concludes that it is not possible to draw up a ...
Obama - Biden ’08Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Barack Obama has chosen Joe Biden as his running mate. It’s an interesting choice, given that Obama is running a change campaign and Biden has been a Washington fixture for decades. Also because the two ran against each other in the primary, during which Biden famously had to apologize for unfortunate comments about his rival.
The Obama campaign is likely to exploit Biden’s experience, particularly in the ...
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