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Glenn Greenwald  Salon 11/21/09

Lithuania is currently embroiled in a bizarre and deeply confusing political controversy which reveals what happens when a country becomes gripped by extremist ideologies.  Evidence has emerged that Lithuanian intelligence agencies allowed secret CIA prisons to be maintained in their country during the Bush era.   (more…)

This is a must listen -  Interview With Malalai Joya

Malalai Joya was 27-years-old when she became the youngest person elected to the new Afghan Parliament. She’s now suspended from Parliament for criticizing other MPs and accusing many of being warlords and criminals. She calls Afghanistan’s democracy a farce and says her country’s liberation is a lie. She has written a book called A Woman Among Warlords. Malalai Joya was in Toronto.

Listen to interview here

Richard Norton-Taylor  The Guardian, U.K. 11/19/09

The high court today flatly rejected claims by David Miliband, the foreign secretary, that releasing evidence of the CIA’s inhuman and unlawful treatment of UK resident Binyam Mohamed would harm Britain’s relations with the US by giving away intelligence secrets.  (more…)

Glenn Greenwald Salon 11/20/09

“What I’m absolutely clear about is that I have complete confidence in the American people and our legal traditions and the prosecutors, the tough prosecutors from New York who specialize in terrorism” President Obama  (more…)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 16, 2009

Contact in Tucson: Jack or Felice Cohen-Joppa, 520-323-8697

More than 150 people rallied against torture on Sunday, November 15,
at Len Roberts Park in Sierra Vista, Arizona. (more…)

Five people crossed into Fort Huachuca Army Intelligence Center at the main gate at 2:45 pm and were taken into custody. The torture resisters called for an end to torture training here and drones killing civilians.  (more…)

By Malalai Joya

As an Afghan woman who was elected to Parliament, I am in the United States to ask President Barack Obama to immediately end the occupation of my country.  (more…)

Glenn Greenwald  Salon 11.05/09

The criminal conviction of 22 CIA agents (and 2 Italian intelligence officers) by an Italian court yesterday — for the 2003 kidnapping of an Islamic cleric, Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, off the street in Italy and his “rendition” to Egypt to be tortured — highlights several vital points:  (more…)