US terror watchlist has 35% error rate
A report from the US Justice Department has found the country's 1.1 million-strong watch list of suspected terrorists has a 35 percent error rate and no established way to remove or update records.
Army's case against Watada ends, his lawyers say
The Army is prohibited from pursuing court martial charges against Honolulu-born 1st Lt. Ehren Watada who three years ago refused to be sent to Iraq, his lawyers said.
Bush attorneys who wrote terror memo face backlash
Pressure is mounting against two former Bush administration attorneys who wrote the legal memos used to support harsh interrogation techniques that critics say constituted torture.
Changes Coming for the 401(k) Plan
Policy makers and some industry representatives say major changes to retirement investing and 401(k) plans are becoming increasingly likely under the Democratic Party's control of Congress.
Ron Paul’s Economic Theories Winning GOP Converts
A funny thing has started happening to Paul since his long-shot presidential campaign ended quietly in the summer of 2008. More Republicans have started listening to him.
Taliban Seize City as Up to 500,000 Civilians Flee
The Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reportedly wrested control of the Swat Valley’s largest town, Mingora, from the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) government and Pakistani security forces. The move comes just one day after the group announced that it was formally withdrawing from the controversial Swat Valley peace deal in response to ongoing military offensives in and around the valley.
No, it'll be a blockbuster because we get a chance to cheer for a new dark antihero, the infamous Depression era gangster, machine-gun-toting John Dillinger: Cheer because this new Dillinger is doing what we all secretly want to do -- rip off our corrupt banking system, turn the tables on the guys who have been ripping us off for too long.
Of Pork and Baloney - Obama's Defense Budget
By Winslow T. Wheeler
This week, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is set to roll out the final details of the defense budget for 2010. Beware the articles and commentary you read; many will be factually inaccurate or misleading - mostly both.
FBI's Lapses on Terrorist Watch List Put Nation at Risk, Report Warns
The FBI has retained almost 24,000 names on the nation's terrorist watch list without current or proper justification, while failing to include people who are subjects of terrorist investigations, according to a Justice Department report issued yesterday.
U.K. to keep innocent on DNA database
The genetic profiles of hundreds of thousands of innocent people are to be kept on the national DNA database for up to 12 years in a decision critics claim is designed to sidestep a European human rights ruling that the "blanket" retention of suspects' data is unlawful.
Qatar eyes multimillion dollar hotel in Cuba
Qatar and Cuba on Wednesday launched a joint $75 million project to create a five-star resort on the Caribbean island, officials said.
Gun ownership threatened, demand for firearms, ammo and training increases
It’s no secret that one sector of our struggling economy today is doing quite well. That portion of America’s economy has to do with the sale of guns and ammunition. The new owners of the arms and ammunition are the private citizens of the United States and they’re not buying quantities of guns and ammunition because they’re afraid that the new administration is going to ban guns. They’re buying their private weapons for self-protection from a citizenry that could turn violent if the economy really bottoms out and as a hedge against proposed enormous taxation on guns and ammunition that could happen in the near future.
Obama Pushes Anti-gun Treaty
After a meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderon last month, Barack Obama announced his support for the “Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms” treaty, also known by its Spanish acronym CIFTA. The gun-control treaty was signed in 1997 by former President Bill Clinton, but was not ratified by the Senate as required by the Constitution.
Ammo hard to find as gun owners stock up
Gun shops across the country are reporting a run on ammunition, a phenomenon apparently driven by fear that the Obama administration will increase taxes on bullets or enact new gun-control measures.
Partially completed Southern California housing tract demolished
A foreclosed tract of partially completed homes was demolished after the bank that owns the project deemed it a hazard and calculated that finishing and selling the dwellings would be a money-losing proposition, a bank official said Tuesday.
Surprised by Money Destruction
By The Mogambo Guru
I was pretty surprised that Total Fed Credit fell by a gigantic $81.5 billion last week, taking the total down to $2.088 trillion – but not THAT surprised, since the Federal Reserve has acted so despicably that I am hardly surprised at anything they do anymore, including a huge drop in Fed Credit, even though the Federal Reserve itself bought up $22 billion in various crap last week!
Senior use of psychiatric drugs spikes
About 15% of elderly Americans had prescriptions for psychiatric drugs in 2006, double the percentage a decade earlier, according to an analysis of federal databases out today.
Fed Dread
By Eliot Spitzer
The New York Fed is the most powerful financial institution you've never heard of. Look who's running it.
L.A. Unified pays teachers not to teach
Every school day, Kim's shift begins at 7:50 a.m., with 30 minutes for lunch, and ends when the bell at his old campus rings at 3:20 p.m. He is to take off all breaks, school vacations and holidays, per a district agreement with the teacher's union. At no time is he to be given any work by the district or show up at school.
Brian Rohrbough says Columbine segment for Oprah permanently canceled
In a statement, Winfrey says she made the decision because the footage focused too heavily on killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. But other issues were also in play. Randy Brown, the father of a Columbine student, confirmed in this space that he and other parents complained to producers about the guests in the pre-taped segment -- Kate Battan, Jefferson County's chief Columbine investigator; Dwayne Fuselier, an FBI profiler whose son, also a Columbine student, made a parody video depicting the destruction of the school two years before the assault; and Dave Cullen, author of the book Columbine.
AIG reveals $454 million in 2008 performance bonuses
Embattled insurer American International Group paid some $454 million in previously undisclosed performance bonuses to employees for 2008, the company said in answers to questions from a U.S. lawmaker that were released on Tuesday.
Regrettable statistical error
According to the statistics provided by the Bureau, 75.5% of Israel’s residents at this time are Jewish, while only 24.5% of the country’s residents are not Jewish.
However, it appears that these figures were tainted by a regrettable error. The source of the error has to do with the strange existence of what is known around here as the Green line. Yes, that same Green Line , which has seemingly passed away a long time ago, has reemerged from its grave yet again (and perhaps it was even pulled out of the grave by force) – this tends to happen every time the country’s statistical or public relations needs require it.
NEWS CORP. STUDIES WEB CONTENT PLATFORMS
Media companies have had a hard time getting consumers to pay for content online, but Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is attempting to leverage its worldwide news-gathering operation to get them to do just that.
Your Blog is a Weapon? House Bill suggests Hurting Feelings illegal
Law prof Eugene Volokh blogs about a U.S. House of Representatives bill proposed by Rep. Linda T. Sanchez and 14 others that could make it a federal felony to use your blog, social media like MySpace and Facebook, or any other web media “To Cause Substantial Emotional Distress Through “Severe, Repeated, and Hostile” Speech.”
124 congressman demand audit of Federal Reserve
A bill calling for the comptroller general of the United States to audit the private Federal Reserve is gaining widespread support in Congress, as 124 representatives have added their names to its growing list of co-sponsors.
Urgency of the American Monetary Act
By Richard C Cook
On Thursday, April 23, 2009, Stephen Zarlenga, director of the American Monetary Institute (AMI), delivered two briefings on Capitol Hill on the American Monetary Act that AMI drafted and that may be introduced as legislation during the current congressional session.
Stanford Anti-War Alumni, Students Call for Condi War Crimes Probe
By Marjorie Cohn
During the Vietnam War, Stanford students succeeded in banning secret military research from campus. Last weekend, 150 activist alumni and present Stanford students targeted Condoleezza Rice for authorizing torture and misleading Americans into the illegal Iraq War.
Reviewing Ellen Brown's "Web of Debt:" Part I
By Stephen Lendman
This is the first of several articles on Ellen Brown's superb 2007 book titled "Web of Debt," now updated in a December 2008 third edition. It tells "the shocking truth about our money system, (how it) trapped us in debt, and how we can break free." Given today's global economic crisis, it's an appropriate time to review it and urge readers to digest the entire work, easily gotten through Amazon or Brown's webofdebt.com site. Her book is a remarkable achievement - in its scope, depth, and importance.
Top US Senator: US no longer wants Iranian 'regime change'
The United States no longer seeks "regime change" in Iran and Tehran should respond accordingly by heeding demands it freeze its suspect nuclear program, a top US senator said Wednesday.
Israel would inform, not ask U.S. before hitting Iran
When he first got word of Israel's sneak attack on the Iraqi atomic reactor in 1981, U.S. President Ronald Reagan privately shrugged it off, telling his national security adviser: "Boys will be boys!"
401(k)s Hit by Withdrawal Freezes
Some investors in 401(k) retirement funds who are moving to grab their money are finding they can't.
Sharea Twymon was found not guilty in a jury trial last month on charges of resisting arrest, obstruction of official business and disorderly conduct stemming from the incident.
Almost 200 Afghan drug cartels traffic heroin to Russia
About 180 Afghan drug cartels are trafficking heroin to Russia, as drug production has increased more than 40 times since 2001, the head of the Federal Drug Control Service said on Wednesday.
Gulf Arabs pick Riyadh as joint central bank headquarters
Gulf Arab leaders on Tuesday chose the Saudi capital, Riyadh, as the base for a joint monetary council that will evolve into the Gulf central bank, although they were still undecided on when to launch a single currency.
Leaked Agenda: Bilderberg Group Plans Economic Depression
The 2009 Bilderberg Group Conference will be held at the five-star Nafsika Astir Palace Hotel in Vouliagmeni, Greece, May 14-17, according to author Daniel Estulin. Insiders have told Estulin that rooms have been booked and flight plans made. He has also confirmed the location and dates with sources in Greece. Estulin is the world’s foremost investigative authority on this annual secretive and exclusive assembly, having investigated and infiltrated their meetings for over ten years.
Inspector at Pentagon Says Report Was Flawed
In a highly unusual reversal, the Defense Department's inspector general's office has withdrawn a report it issued in January exonerating a Pentagon public relations program that made extensive use of retired officers who worked as military analysts for television and radio networks.
London sees rise in terror stops
Somebody in London is stopped and searched every three minutes, according to new figures obtained by BBC London
IDF fired missile that killed 30-40 people in a Gaza school
United Nations investigators found that Israeli missiles killed 30 to 40 Palestinians in the immediate vicinity of the Jabalia school in Gaza Strip, where hundreds of others had taken refuge during the Israel-Hamas conflict, according to a report released Tuesday.
US-led strikes kill 100, mostly civilians: Afghan police
The US military opened an investigation into the operation overnight Monday into Tuesday in the remote western province of Farah, as Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered his government to probe reports of high civilian casualties.
Crude up over $2 on gasoline draw, jobs data
U.S. crude oil futures rose
further to hit a fresh 2009 peak above $56 a barrel Wednesday
after government inventory data showed a drawdown on gasoline
stocks, defying forecasts for an increase.
BofA, Citi need capital; stress tests results loom
Regulators have told Bank of America Corp it needs $34 billion of capital to withstand a deep economic downturn, as the U.S. government prepares to release results of industrywide stress tests.
U.S. reports 642 new H1N1 flu cases
The United States now has 642 cases of the new H1N1 flu, with two deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.
Lawsuit claims Texas police "shakedown" drivers
The Tennessee man says he was ordered to pull his car over and surrender his jewelry and $8,500 in cash that he had with him to buy a new car.
Israel behind Red Sea piracy, WHY 911 WTC PLANES WERE NOT SHOT DOWN?
And finally, here is someting to ponder upon. How come the Pentagon, which is known for using F16s on even Muslim marriage parties in both Iraq and Afghanistan - never used them against the pirates or the hijacked planes smashing into WTC? Maybe, the answers lies with Rabbi Dov Zakheim, a signee of PNAC, a rabbit Zionist whose loyalties rest with Israel and was Pentagon Comptroller when trillions of dollars went unacounted. Zakheim was forced to resign in 2004 - but he left many of his pro-Israel Zionists in high positions in the Pentagon.
An American Coup d'État?
Some Americans regard our country as superior to other nations because we don't change governments by coup d'état - and we never have. Perhaps because of our long tradition of power changing hands by election, we regard our nation as immune to the use of force for political purposes. True, assassins have killed four of our Presidents, but these deaths did not lead to turmoil and chaos; the government followed well-established procedures for transferring control to the men previously elected Vice President. Unlike other nations where assassination often leads to civil war, the United States has avoided this.
Chrysler won't repay bailout money
Chrysler LLC will not repay U.S. taxpayers more than $7 billion in bailout money it received earlier this year and as part of its bankruptcy filing.
Details thin on stimulus contracts
Although President Obama has vowed that citizens will be able to track "every dime" of the $787 billion stimulus bill, a government website dedicated to the spending won't have details on contracts and grants until October and may not be complete until next spring — halfway through the program, administration officials said.
More than one in five homeowners underwater: Zillow
Home values in the United States extended their fall in the first quarter, with more than one in five homeowners now owing more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, real estate website Zillow.com said on Wednesday.
Michael Savage Reacts to Being Banned by Britain
British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has lumped radio host Michael Savage in a list that bans 22 individuals from the UK. They have lumped Savage together with Islamic terrorists, skinheads, neo-Nazis and other murderers in the ban list.
Drug Company Money is Top Factor in Publication of Vaccine Studies
Flu vaccine studies that are funded by industry are significantly more likely to be published in prestigious journals and to later be cited in the scientific literature than studies without such funding, according to a survey of 274 studies conducted by researchers from the Cochrane Vaccine Field in Italy, and published in the British Medical Journal.
US air strikes kill dozens of Afghan civilians
US-led air strikes have killed dozens of Afghan people, the Red Cross said today as the Pentagon launched a joint investigation into what appeared one of the deadliest incidents and heaviest civilian losses so far at the hands of coalition forces.
Torture and Mr. Obama
By William Blum
Okay, at least some things are settled. When George W. Bush said "The United States does not torture", everyone now knows it was crapaganda. And when Barack Obama, a month into his presidency, said "The United States does not torture", it likewise had all the credibility of a 19th century treaty between the US government and the American Indians.
Justice Likely to Urge No Prosecutions
The Justice Department said it is nearing completion of an internal probe that is expected to recommend professional sanctions but no criminal prosecution for former department lawyers who authorized harsh Central Intelligence Agency interrogations.
UN blasts Israel for school attack
A UN probe into the Israeli offensive against Gaza finds Israel guilty of intentionally shelling a UN-run school and killing three people seeking shelter there.
Top CIA Officials Were Given Daily Torture Updates Of Zubaydah
CIA interrogators provided top agency officials in Langley with daily "torture" updates of Abu Zubaydah, the alleged “high-level” terrorist detainee who was held at a secret “black site” prison and waterboarded 83 times in August 2002, according to newly released court documents obtained by The Public Record.
Britons face working until 70 to help bring public debt under control
Britons will have to work until the age of 70, at least five years beyond the current retirement age, if the Government is to stand any hope of bringing public debt under control over the next decade, a report claims.
Cops Stage “Shoooter” Drill at Mall
A pair of realistic drills Monday tested the ability of Chico police and firefighters to deal with an active shooter, in a public place, intent on inflicting as many injuries as possible in a short period of time.
Inconsistencies Arise in CFO Suicide Story
Reminiscent of the ongoing microbiologist body count that AMERICAN FREE PRESS has reported on, a new wave of suicides is plaguing the financial industry, culminating in the recent death of Freddie Mac CFO David Kellermann.
A new way to ban guns--brand everyone as 'terrorists'
I have talked before about the rather . . . expansive criteria by which one can now be marked as a "terrorist" threat by the government. We have, in fact, reached the point at which simply affirming one's devotion to the Constitution can be enough to be lableled a "terrorist" threat. Now, in fact, it has become apparent that such "threats" as followers of Norse mythology are among those who must be kept under close scrutiny.
How tax havens helped to create a crisis
Banks employ large teams of highly paid people to devise transactions mainly for the purpose of avoiding tax. These activities seem to be far more profitable than the humdrum business of managing payments and channelling savings towards investment.
GM plans 1-for-100 reverse stock split
General Motors notified shareholders Tuesday it is planning a reverse stock split that would give them one share of new stock for every 100 shares they currently own.
Six more Israeli 'spies' caught in Lebanon
Lebanese authorities have arrested six more people accused of spying for Tel Aviv amid a campaign aimed at curtailing Israel's intelligence operations in Lebanon.
What do the stress tests really mean?
According to the New York Times, the bank stress tests show that the banks are still solvent, and that they are in better shape than assumed. That's great news, right? We would all be very happy if the banks became healthy and the economic crisis ended. But it now appears that more than half - 10 out of 19 - of the banks subjected to stress tests will need to raise more capital.
The FBI's Department of Precrime
By Tom Burghardt
From COINTELPRO to the illegal targeting of antiwar activists and Muslim-Americans, the FBI is America's premier political police agency. And now, from the folks who brought us Wi-Fi hacking, viral computer spyware and al-Qaeda triple agent Ali Mohamed comes the Bureau's Department of Precrime!
Lieberman Gives Iran Three Months - Or Else
Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Monday that the international community should give Iran three months to respond to diplomatic attempts to curtail its nuclear program – and afterwards take “concrete steps" against Iran.
'I'm very serious about running,' Ron Paul's son says
The son of former Republican presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul said Monday that he is primed to mount a bid for the Kentucky Senate seat currently occupied by GOP Sen. Jim Bunning.
Dems Pull Funding to Close Gitmo
Fearing a potential battle over the massive $83.4 billion “emergency” war funding bill, Congressional Democrats have dropped the $50 million dollars the Obama Administration had sought to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay from the bill.
Obama refuses to release Air Force One Photos
The $328,835 snapshots of an Air Force One backup plane buzzing lower Manhattan last week will not be shown to the public, the White House said yesterday.
More Americans taking drugs for mental illness
Many more Americans have been using prescription drugs to treat mental illness since 1996, in part because of expanded insurance coverage and greater familiarity with the drugs among primary care doctors, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
US troops urged to share faith in Afghanistan
US soldiers in Afghanistan have been filmed with local language Bibles and urged to be "witnesses for Jesus" despite anti-proselytising rules.
Georgian troop rebellion 'over'
Vano Merabishvili said the commander of the Mukhrovani base where a tank battalion mutinied had been arrested and others were being questioned.
Israel blasts UN report on Cast Lead
Israel on Tuesday rejected as "patently biased" a UN inspection committee report which alleged that the IDF had intentionally attacked UN installations during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip and called on the UN to reassess its modus operandi in "the complex reality in which a terror organization operates in proximity to" its installations.
Far-rightist MK: Hitler Youth pope not welcome in Israel
"A state welcome for the pope would be turning our backs on the millions of Jews who were killed in the shadow of the Christian religion of grace and mercy," Ben Ari was quoted as saying by Israeli media. "This pope was a member of the Hitler Youth."
Homeland agency pulled back extremism dictionary
The same Homeland Security Department office that categorized veterans as potential terrorists issued an earlier report that defined dozens of "extremists" ranging from black power activists to abortion foes. The report was nixed within hours and recalled from st
Britain Tries to Block CIA Rendition Case
By William Fisher
British High Court judges are expected to rule this week on whether a document by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency can be publicly disclosed, thus opening the courthouse door to a lawsuit charging that the British government was complicit in facilitating the rendition of a British resident by the CIA, which tortured and secretly imprisoned him at Guantánamo Bay.
Wolfram Alpha: A Force For Good Or a New Propaganda Outlet?
Everyone agrees that the "next big thing" on the web is Wolfram Alpha. Instead of searching like Google, Wolfram Alpha will use artificial intelligence to directly answer your question.
US needs 'digital warfare force'
The head of America's National Security Agency says that America needs to build a digital warfare force for the future, according to reports.
Bernanke Warns of Danger of Credit Market ‘Relapse’
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke warned that another shock to the financial system would undercut the central bank’s forecast that the U.S. recession will give way this year to a slow recovery.
Obama's War Budget
By Jeff Leys
President Obama’s 2009 supplemental spending request to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is currently before Congress.
Egypt: Israeli nukes 'greatest threat' to security
Western policies based on pressuring Iran to give up its nuclear program will fail because they disregard Israeli nuclear capabilities, which is "the first and greatest threat to security in the region," an Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday.
NKorea accuses US of plotting war
North Korea vowed Tuesday it would not give up its nuclear weapons programme and accused the United States of working on new plans to attack the communist country.
Gunmen kill 44 in wedding massacre
At least 44 people have been shot dead after gunmen opened fire at a wedding ceremony in a village in Turkey.
WHO takes a page from a Michael Crichton Novel
By F. William Engdahl
As the late great American poet Yogi Berra might have put it, ‘this just gets absurder and absurder.’ The international agencies supposedly responsible for monitoring worldwide dangers of new pandemic threats, the WHO and CDC are acting like the directors of a Hollywood ‘B’ grade sci-fi movie or the author of a copycat version of Michael Crichton’s Andromeda Strain novel.
Georgia says coup underway at military base
Georgia said on Tuesday a Russian-planned coup plot had been uncovered within the military of the former Soviet republic and a rebellion was under way at a military base near the capital.
DNA databases prelude to return of eugenics?
An organization that has been battling Minnesota state procedures in which DNA from every newborn is collected and warehoused says virtually all states do the same thing, and the alarming trend eventually could lead the United States back into eugenics.
In Congress We Trust...Not
By Sibel Edmonds
How do these people escape the consequences of accountability? Are we talking about the possible use of blackmail by the Executive Branch against Congressional representatives, as if the days of J. Edgar Hoover were never over?
When Government Plays Doctor
By Ron Paul
This week, concerns about swine flu have dominated the media and many government officials. While the American people should be made aware of infectious diseases and common sense preventative measures, much of the hysterical reaction from government only serves to remind us how detrimental to your health it can be when government plays doctor.
Emanuel’s stringent press conference rules freeze out veteran reporter
By Wayne Madsen
Although veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas was restored by the Obama White House to her front row position at White House news conferences after being moved to the third row by the Bush administration, first row status does not earn the dean of the White House Press Corps any special attention from Obama.
Murtha's Nephew Got Defense Contracts
The headquarters of Murtech, in a low-slung, bland building in a Glen Burnie business park, has its blinds drawn tight and few signs of life. On several days of visits, a handful of cars sit in the parking lot, and no trucks arrive at the 10 loading bays at the back of the building.
Report: 10 US banks need more capital
About 10 large US banks will need to increase their capital under a government stress test to measure their health, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the discussions.
How a health benefits law formed the basis for Yoo’s ‘torture memo’
By Jason Leopold
John Yoo, the author of one of the infamous Aug. 1, 2002, “torture” memos that formed the legal basis for so-called “enhanced” interrogation techniques against high-level terrorist detainees, used a statute governing health benefits when he provided the White House with a legal opinion defining torture.
America; the Zionist Colony
Throughout history countries have exerted their utmost to avoid losing their independence and becoming a surrogate or puppet at the hand of another country or countries. This has resulted in unwanted wars and conflicts which have led to colonialism and exploitation of weaker states. Yet, the colonized countries have not always been a convenient place for the colonialists, for the people of these countries have often opposed their existence.
Tortured by the Past
By Frank Snepp
Once you pass through the moral membrane that should contain our worst impulses, it becomes so very easy to rationalize another step, and yet another, in the wrong direction.
Was Torture Really Part of a Religious Crusade?
The bottom line is that - while torture was ordered by the highest level Bush administration officials in order to create a false link between 9/11 and Iraq - it seems like many of those who enthusiastically rallied around torture looked at it, literally, as a religious crusade.
Japanese scientist claims breakthrough with organ grown in sheep
Huddled at the back of her shed, bleating under a magnificent winter coat and tearing cheerfully at a bale of hay, she is possibly the answer to Japan’s chronic national shortage of organ donors: a sheep with a revolutionary secret.
U.S. Gas Fields Go From Bust to Boom
Even conservative estimates suggest the Louisiana discovery -- known as the Haynesville Shale, for the dense rock formation that contains the gas -- could hold some 200 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. That's the equivalent of 33 billion barrels of oil, or 18 years' worth of current U.S. oil production. Some industry executives think the field could be several times that size.
KBR Contracts Are ‘Majority’ of Fraud Referrals
Billings from KBR Inc., the Army’s largest contractor in Iraq, constitute the “vast majority” of 32 cases referred by government auditors for criminal investigation, the Pentagon’s top auditor said today.
Spanish judge opens investigation into Gitmo torture allegations
Spanish Judge Baltazar Garzon has decided to initiate an investigation into torture allegations at Guantanamo Bay made by four former prisoners held at the facility, reports the Jurist. Russia to build floating Arctic nuclear stations
Russia is planning a fleet of floating and submersible nuclear power stations to exploit Arctic oil and gas reserves, causing widespread alarm among environmentalists.
Risk of rejected torture evidence puts Obama in a bind over trials
THE US President, Barack Obama, is considering retaining a modified version of the military trials for al-Qaeda suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, in what would be the biggest about-turn of his presidency so far.
Man bit by Kennewick police dog awarded nearly $1.8M
A Washougal man received $1.785 million Friday in punitive damages, attorney fees and interest to end a lawsuit stemming from 2003 when he was mistakenly bitten by a Kennewick police dog.
Mexico Plans to Lift Swine Flu Shutdown
Mexican officials announced today they would allow most nonessential businesses to reopen Wednesday, after it ordered them closed Friday after the deadly outbreak of the swine flu virus.
The AIPAC Spy Case
By James G. Abourezk
The big news last week was the defection of Republican Senator Arlen Specter to the Democrats; the bankruptcy filing of the Chrysler Corporation, and finally, the retirement of Justice David Souter from the U.S. Supreme Court.
KSU Rare Audio Recording from May 4th 1970
Rare audio file of the shooting recorded on May 4th 1970 - 12:24 PM at Kent State Ohio. Interview with Alan Canforah of the May 4th Center in Kent, Ohio. National Guard were ordered to fire into the crowd of protesters.
A Method To Their Madness: The Hegelian Dialectic And False Flag Operations
What is the Hegelian Dialectic? Wikipedia explains it:
"Hegelian dialectic, usually presented in a three-fold manner, was stated by Heinrich Moritz Chalybäus as comprising three dialectical stages of development: a thesis, giving rise to its reaction, an antithesis, which contradicts or negates the thesis, and the tension between the two being resolved by means of a synthesis.
Obama Wants $190 Billion Tax Increase on Companies
President Barack Obama today will propose to outlaw three offshore tax-avoidance techniques U.S. companies such as Caterpillar Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co. want to use to save $190 billion over the next decade and make it riskier for Americans to stash money in tax-haven banks.
Bush-Era Secrecy Still Hiding Gov't Data
While watchdog groups have hailed President Barack Obama's moves towards greater government openness, millions of bytes of once-public government data have yet to be returned to the Internet after being removed during post-9/11 security efforts.
Afghanistan attacks leave 25 dead
In the southern province of Zabul, a roadside bomb killed 12 civilians, mainly women and children. A separate ambush killed six security workers.
Professor: Virus “Accidentally” Released From Lab
"Now where could it have come from?" he asks. "We reckon now, in retrospect, it was probably released accidentally from a laboratory, probably in northern China or just across the border in Russia, because everyone was experimenting with those viruses at the time in the lab."
Iraq police arrest high-ranking member of U.S.-allied movement
Reporting from Baghdad and Samarra, Iraq -- Iraqi police have arrested a senior member of the U.S.-allied Awakening movement in Salahuddin province, the American military said Sunday, continuing a crackdown that has left many of the Sunni Muslim paramilitary fighters seething with anger.
WHO head indicates full flu pandemic to be declared
The World Health Organization is likely to raise its flu alert to the top of its six-point scale and declare a pandemic, its director-general indicated in an interview published on Monday.
UAE 'torture' prince 'abused' 25 others
A US lawyer has claimed to possess fresh video tapes showing a UAE prince, already implicated in the case of an Afghan grain dealer, torturing 25 other people.
‘Not even Jesus could reverse the decline in the US’
The world economy is not only showing few signs of recovery, but we are also looking at the end of the American century, according to German author and economist William Engdahl.
U.S. has a 45-year history of torture
The difference between American involvement in South American atrocities in 1964 and 'enhanced interrogation' now is that some modern-day officials appear proud of themselves.
