Archive for July, 2008
Chinese Communists inspired interrogations at Guantánamo
The NY Times reveals that the “enhanced interrogation techniques” used at Uncle Sam’s gulag in Guantánamo were “copied verbatim from a 1957 Air Force study of Chinese Communist techniques used during the Korean War to obtain confessions, many of them false, from American prisoners.”
Reverse That Reversal!
more than 7,000 Obama supporters have organized on a social networking site on Mr. Obama’s own campaign Web site. They are calling on Mr. Obama to reverse his decision to endorse legislation supported by President Bush to expand the government’s domestic spying powers while also providing legal protection to the telecommunication companies…
Ten Reasons Why Conservatives Should Oppose War with Iran
One… Conservatives believe that war is a “last option” that should only be initiated when there is a direct and imminent threat to the United States. Iran does not currently pose such a threat.
Why is there a pro-spying consensus in Congress?
Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake and former Rep. Bob Barr, Libertarian presidential candidate, discuss why the FISA bill is succeeding.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates: If we go to war against Iran, our grandchildren will be fighting jihadists in America
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates warns of the consequences if the Bush Administration staged a pre-emptive strike on Iran: “We’ll create generations of jihadists, and our grandchildren will be battling our enemies here in America.”
Bush base have yet to rush to donate to McCain
McCain’s struggle to mobilize the Bush fund-raisers is in part a sign of the disaffection among some GOP stalwarts for McCain…
Copyright law wishlist would grant unprecedented, sweeping powers
The leaked “wishlist” that the Recording Industry Asssociation of America submitted to the US government urges mandatory ISP filtering, and would hold Internet service providers responsible for what their customers download. This copyright act is being drafted behind closed doors, so leaked documents are the only rays of sunlight in the process. Read the recording industry’s wish list…
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