TRUTHOUT– High-value detainees captured during the Bush administration’s “war on terror,” who were subjected to brutal torture techniques, were used as “guinea pigs” to gauge the effectiveness of various torture techniques, a practice that has raised troubling comparisons to Nazi-era human experimentation. according to a disturbing new report released by Physicians for Human Rights, an international doctors’ organization. PHR, based … Read More
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Man Tried to Arrest George Bush, Found Guilty of Obstruction
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WINNIPEG FREE PRESS– A man who tried to break through a barricade of Calgary police officers to get inside a building where a speech was being given by former U.S. president George W. Bush was found guilty Monday of obstructing a peace officer.But following sentencing arguments that included remarks of support from former U.S. attorney general Ramsey Clark, John Boncore … Read More
Stonewalled by the C.I.A.
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NY TIMES– More than five years ago, Congress and President Bush created the 9/11 commission. The goal was to provide the American people with the fullest possible account of the “facts and circumstances relating to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001” — and to offer recommendations to prevent future attacks. Soon after its creation, the president’s chief of staff … Read More
The Anthrax Attacks- An Inside Job?
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(Videos Below) SALON– Andrew Sullivan rightly recommends this new Atlantic article by David Freed, which details how the FBI and a mindless, stenographic American media combined to destroy the life of Steven Hatfill. Hatfill is the former U.S. Government scientist who for years was publicly depicted as the anthrax attacker and subjected to Government investigations so invasive and relentless that they forced … Read More
Fascist America, in Ten Easy Steps
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ALTERNET– Editor’s note: This is adapted from Wolf’s forthcoming book “The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot.” Last autumn, there was a military coup in Thailand. The leaders of the coup took a number of steps, rather systematically, as if they had a shopping list. In a sense, they did. Within a matter of days, … Read More
