FOX NEWS– President Barack Obama has signed a one-year extension of several provisions in the nation’s main counterterrorism law, the Patriot Act. Provisions in the measure would have expired on Sunday without Obama’s signature Saturday. The act, which was adopted in the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, expands the government’s ability to monitor Americans in the name … Read More
POLITICAL CORRUPTION
Is Obama’s Civil Liberties Record Understandable?
Gallery
Posted on
November 27. 2009 SALON– Earlier this week, Kevin Drum said that “nine times out of ten” Obama’s policies are “pretty much what [he] expected” but that “the biggest one-time-out-of-ten where he’s not doing what [he] expected is in the area of detainee and civil liberties issues.” Similarly, Andrew Sullivan cited “accountability for war crimes and civil rights” as among the very few issues … Read More
Top Bush Advisers Approved Enhanced Interrogation
Gallery
Posted on
ABC NEWS– In dozens of top-secret talks and meetings in the White House, the most senior Bush administration officials discussed and approved specific details of how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency, sources tell ABC News. The so-called Principals who participated in the meetings also approved the use of “combined” interrogation techniques — using … Read More
Congress Promises Bankers $4 Trillion for Next Bailout
Gallery
Posted on
BLOOMBERG– To close out 2009, I decided to do something I bet no member of Congress has done – actually read from cover to cover one of the pieces of sweeping legislation bouncing around Capitol Hill. Hunkering down by the fire, I snuggled up with H.R. 4173, the financial-reform legislation passed earlier this month by the House of Representatives. The … Read More
Key Members of Obama’s Aministration
Gallery
RTE NEWS– Here are people Barack Obama has chosen for key posts in his administration after he takes office on 20 January. Secretary of State– New York Senator Hillary Clinton, Mr Obama’s former Democratic Party rival for the White House, was named to the top diplomatic post. The move is seen as part of Mr Obama’s effort to rebuild the … Read More
