Friday, July 31, 2009

Christians Largely Mum on Torture

By Ray McGovern
July 31, 2009

Anyone harboring doubts that the institutional Church is riding shotgun for the system, even regarding heinous sin like torture, should be chastened by the results of a recent survey by the Pew Research Center.

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US Judge Orders Afghan Youth Freed

By Jason Leopold
July 31, 2009

Rejecting arguments from both the Bush and Obama administrations, a federal judge has ordered the release of an Afghani who may have been as young as 12 when he was detained 6 ½ years ago for allegedly wounding two U.S. soldiers and an Afghan translator by throwing a grenade at their unmarked jeep.

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Cheney's Fondness for the Dark Side

By Sherwood Ross
July 30, 2009

Some in Congress are stung by charges that former Vice President Dick Cheney ran an international assassination op from the White House without telling them about it. They say he told the CIA to withhold the facts from Congress.

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Holder Ponders Limited Torture Probe

By Jason Leopold
July 29, 2009

Last year, in the heat of the presidential campaign, Eric Holder was a featured speaker at the American Constitution Society’s annual convention where he told a packed crowd that the “American people are owe[d] a reckoning” as a result of the “abusive” and “unlawful” policies of the Bush administration.

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Obama Faces Carter/Clinton Parallels

By Robert Parry
July 29, 2009

After six months in office, Barack Obama’s presidency reveals striking parallels not only to Bill Clinton’s troubled first term, but to Jimmy Carter’s only term. And, how those dangers are reappearing show that the Democrats and American progressives have learned little over the past 30 years.

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Sudan's Lesson for Iraq, Mideast

By Ivan Eland
July 28, 2009

Sometimes you just have to shake your head and wonder how the human race has avoided self-extinction and prospered on the planet.

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Monday, July 27, 2009

Obama, the Great Wealth Creator?

By Robert Parry
July 27m 2009

In early March, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank to about 6,500, CNBC stock analyst Jim Cramer blamed Barack Obama for “the greatest wealth destruction” ever, citing declines in “all indices, since the inauguration of the President,” an attack theme that resonated across the right-wing and much of the mainstream U.S. news media.

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