By Jason Leopold
February 20, 2010
Former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo argued that President George W. Bush’s commander-in-chief powers were so sweeping that he could willfully order the massacre of civilians, yet Yoo’s culpability in Bush administration abuses was deemed “poor judgment,” not a violation of “professional standards.”
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Upping the Bid on American Justice
By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
February 20, 2010
That famous definition of a cynic as someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing has come to define this present moment of American politics.
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February 20, 2010
That famous definition of a cynic as someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing has come to define this present moment of American politics.
Read on.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
US Media Replays Iraq Fiasco on Iran
By Robert Parry
February 18, 2010
Major U.S. news organizations, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, are engaged in a replay of the kind of slanted coverage that paved the way to war in Iraq, only this time regarding Iran.
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February 18, 2010
Major U.S. news organizations, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, are engaged in a replay of the kind of slanted coverage that paved the way to war in Iraq, only this time regarding Iran.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Free Speech v Truth in Medals
By Ivan Eland
February 16, 2010
Dozens of people have been arrested under the Stolen Valor Act, which punishes, by up to a year in jail, the wearing of any unearned military medal. It is still a crime even if no effort was made to profit from the adornment or dissembling about earning it.
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February 16, 2010
Dozens of people have been arrested under the Stolen Valor Act, which punishes, by up to a year in jail, the wearing of any unearned military medal. It is still a crime even if no effort was made to profit from the adornment or dissembling about earning it.
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Duty to Warn: Lessons for Americans
By Gary G. Kohls
February 16, 2010
Sixty-seven years ago, on Feb. 18, 1943, three courageous, patriotic German college students from Munich, the birthplace of the Nazi party, were arrested by the Gestapo on charges of treason, a crime that was punishable by death.
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February 16, 2010
Sixty-seven years ago, on Feb. 18, 1943, three courageous, patriotic German college students from Munich, the birthplace of the Nazi party, were arrested by the Gestapo on charges of treason, a crime that was punishable by death.
Read on.
Monday, February 15, 2010
On Health Care, Dems Lack GOP Grit
By Bruce P. Cameron
February 15, 2010
Over the past quarter century when the Republicans had a priority – from funding the Nicaraguan contras to passing massive tax cuts for the wealthy – they would use whatever legislative means necessary, including bending congressional rules to get their way, a marked contrast to how today’s Democrats are handling health-care reform.
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February 15, 2010
Over the past quarter century when the Republicans had a priority – from funding the Nicaraguan contras to passing massive tax cuts for the wealthy – they would use whatever legislative means necessary, including bending congressional rules to get their way, a marked contrast to how today’s Democrats are handling health-care reform.
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Can a Jewish Tradition Help Christians?
By the Rev. Howard Bess
February 15, 2010
Just as I cannot allow my soul to be without worship, neither can I allow the inquiries of my mind to be denied. I have concluded that my spiritual health needs large doses of midrash just as I need regular worship.
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February 15, 2010
Just as I cannot allow my soul to be without worship, neither can I allow the inquiries of my mind to be denied. I have concluded that my spiritual health needs large doses of midrash just as I need regular worship.
Read on.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
NYT Sees UN-Syria Conspiracy Theory
By Robert Parry
February 15, 2010
The New York Times simply refuses to deal with “enemy” Muslim states with any sense of objectivity or fairness, reaffirming its deep-seated bias again on Sunday with the publication of a one-sided article about the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on its fifth anniversary.
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February 15, 2010
The New York Times simply refuses to deal with “enemy” Muslim states with any sense of objectivity or fairness, reaffirming its deep-seated bias again on Sunday with the publication of a one-sided article about the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on its fifth anniversary.
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Cheney Exposes Torture Conspiracy
By Robert Parry
February 14, 2010
If the United States had a functioning criminal justice system for the powerful – not just for run-of-the-mill offenders – former Vice President Dick Cheney would have convicted himself and some of his Bush administration colleagues with his comments on ABC’s “This Week.”
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February 14, 2010
If the United States had a functioning criminal justice system for the powerful – not just for run-of-the-mill offenders – former Vice President Dick Cheney would have convicted himself and some of his Bush administration colleagues with his comments on ABC’s “This Week.”
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Joking About Climate Change
By Michael Winship
February 12, 2010
There's a vintage “Bob and Ray” radio sketch in which Bob plays "Mr. Science," a parody of TV's "Mr. Wizard." He's trying to explain to his young protégé Sandy "the miracle of gas refrigeration."
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February 12, 2010
There's a vintage “Bob and Ray” radio sketch in which Bob plays "Mr. Science," a parody of TV's "Mr. Wizard." He's trying to explain to his young protégé Sandy "the miracle of gas refrigeration."
Read on.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Terror 'Death Lists' Target Americans
By Sherwood Ross
February 11, 2010
Raising troubling comparisons to tactics employed by Josef Stalin and right-wing Latin American dictatorships, the U.S. government has created a “hit list” of Americans abroad marked for murder.
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February 11, 2010
Raising troubling comparisons to tactics employed by Josef Stalin and right-wing Latin American dictatorships, the U.S. government has created a “hit list” of Americans abroad marked for murder.
Read on.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Why Afghanistan Really Fell Apart
By Bruce P. Cameron
February 10, 2010 (Originally published September 30, 2009)
Much of the U.S. conventional wisdom about how the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989 led to the rise of the Taliban and the creation of al-Qaeda safe havens before Sept. 11, 2001, comes from the popular movie, “Charlie Wilson’s War.” But that represents a dangerous misperception.
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February 10, 2010 (Originally published September 30, 2009)
Much of the U.S. conventional wisdom about how the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989 led to the rise of the Taliban and the creation of al-Qaeda safe havens before Sept. 11, 2001, comes from the popular movie, “Charlie Wilson’s War.” But that represents a dangerous misperception.
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Reagan's Bargain/Charlie Wilson's War
By Peter W. Dickson
February 10, 2010 (Originally published January 6, 2008)
What’s left out of a movie about history often interests only a few experts in the field. However, the release of one that chronicles the successful sub rosa American effort to bleed the Soviet Army in Afghanistan in the 1980s may prove to be an exception.
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February 10, 2010 (Originally published January 6, 2008)
What’s left out of a movie about history often interests only a few experts in the field. However, the release of one that chronicles the successful sub rosa American effort to bleed the Soviet Army in Afghanistan in the 1980s may prove to be an exception.
Read on.
US Ignores UK's Iraq War Evidence
By David Swanson
February 10, 2010
February 10, 2010
Peter Dyer sums up well the sort of conclusions we can draw from the ongoing Chilcot Inquiry into Britain's role as sidekick launcher of aggressive war on Iraq:
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Brits, Dutch Confront Illegal Iraq War
By Peter Dyer
February 9, 2010
On March 18, 2003, on the eve of the invasion of Iraq, Elizabeth Wilmshurst resigned as Deputy Legal Adviser to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the British equivalent of the U.S. State Department.
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February 9, 2010
On March 18, 2003, on the eve of the invasion of Iraq, Elizabeth Wilmshurst resigned as Deputy Legal Adviser to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the British equivalent of the U.S. State Department.
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Palin, Psy-Ops & 'Condescending" Libs
By Robert Parry
February 8, 2010
In the 1980s, while a reporter for the Associated Press, I had the opportunity to chat over the phone with legendary CIA psy-war specialist Edward Lansdale. A mutual friend had set up the contact, which I hoped might lead to a more formal interview.
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February 8, 2010
In the 1980s, while a reporter for the Associated Press, I had the opportunity to chat over the phone with legendary CIA psy-war specialist Edward Lansdale. A mutual friend had set up the contact, which I hoped might lead to a more formal interview.
Read on.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Shunning Howard Zinn's History
By William Blum
February 7, 2010
Progressive activists and writers continually bemoan the fact that the news they generate and the opinions they express are consistently ignored by the mainstream media, and thus kept from the masses of the American people.
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February 7, 2010
Progressive activists and writers continually bemoan the fact that the news they generate and the opinions they express are consistently ignored by the mainstream media, and thus kept from the masses of the American people.
Read on.
Friday, February 05, 2010
Lobbyists Ply GOP, Dem 'Retreats'
By Michael Winship
February 5, 2010
George Washington's birthday is approaching and with it will come the attendant mythology, hatchet and cherry tree, wooden teeth, throwing a silver dollar across the Potomac River - or the Rappahannock.
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February 5, 2010
George Washington's birthday is approaching and with it will come the attendant mythology, hatchet and cherry tree, wooden teeth, throwing a silver dollar across the Potomac River - or the Rappahannock.
Read on.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
An Edgy 'Edge of Darkness'
By Lisa Pease
February 4, 2010
While it’s certainly not going to win any awards, I recommend seeing “Edge of Darkness,” starring Mel Gibson, in his first onscreen role in many years.
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February 4, 2010
While it’s certainly not going to win any awards, I recommend seeing “Edge of Darkness,” starring Mel Gibson, in his first onscreen role in many years.
Read on.
Why Obama Dodges CIA Reform
By Melvin A. Goodman
February 4, 2010
New presidents (and President Barack Obama is no exception) fall in love with three Washington institutions: the Pentagon, the Central Intelligence Agency and Camp David.
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February 4, 2010
New presidents (and President Barack Obama is no exception) fall in love with three Washington institutions: the Pentagon, the Central Intelligence Agency and Camp David.
Read on.
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