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Preparing the Battlefield

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June 30, 2008

Seymour Hersh is the investigative reporter who broke the My Lai and Abu Ghraib stories. Now, in this month’s The New Yorker magazine, Hersh talks about the Bush administration’s covert activities in Iran. All the more shocking for the non-sensational way he presents the information, he reveals that we have been funding terrorist groups such as the Mujaheddin-e-Khalq in Iran. Bush and Cheney have built multiple chains of command that report to them, not to commanders in the field…

Preparing the Battlefield
McCain at foreign policy crossroads

McCain at foreign policy crossroads

McCain has assembled a diverse group of advisors for his campaign, but should he win the presidency this fall, he will have to choose between two markedly different approaches to guiding America in the world.

Arizona joins 13 other states rejecting Real ID scheme

Arizona joins 13 other states rejecting Real ID scheme

The Real ID law requires states to adopt new procedures by 2010 for making driver’s licenses more secure. Opponents say the new licenses will become de facto national identity cards. They will contain unique identifier numbers which may be used in place of the Social Security number, a number that has been thoroughly debauched. The cost of implementing the requirements of Real ID are about $3.9 billion nationwide.

A Brief Reprieve on FISA: What Now?

A Brief Reprieve on FISA: What Now?

From the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Tim Jones:
Thursday evening, Senator Reid officially delayed a final vote on the FISA Amendments Act until July 8. That gave us just twelve days — now, eleven — to change the political calculus and avoid a Congressional seal of approval on illegal wiretapping.
With the clock counting down, here are three [...]


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