DhafirTrial

By Mike Whitney ICH 8/11/07

Thursday, August 9, 2007: –Alan Greenspan’s low-interest, subprime, snake-oil Caravan took another spin down Wall Street today—ripping up pavement, knocking down power-poles and sending traders scampering for safety. (more…)

China’s Threat to the Dollar is Real

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS Counterpunch 8/10/07

Twenty-four hours after I reported China’s announcement that China, not the Federal Reserve, controls US interest rates by its decision to purchase, hold, or dump US Treasury bonds (more…)

by Marjorie Cohn Media With Conscience 8/10/07

Responding to fear-mongering by the Bush administration, the Democrat-led Congress put its stamp of approval on the unconstitutional wiretapping of Americans. (more…)

By John Pilger New Statesman 8/9/07

Entering the “grotesquely paid presence” of Bill Clinton

On 14 August, you are invited to “an audience” with Bill Clinton in London. You have a choice. You can attend the “breakfast and speech” (more…)

A National Lawyers Guild 2007 Report

“This report examines a hierarchy of government threats to the excercise of political speech, from applying the label “terrorist” to certain activists, to creating legislation targeting specific groups (more…)

Denis Halliday spoke June 28th, 2007 at Syracuse University, about the Iraq Sanctions and Dr. Dhafir’s case. This letter was published in today’s Syracuse New Times. (more…)

To Counterpunch.org: thank you for publishing “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer: Syracuse University Enlists in the Global War on Terror” by Linda Ford and Ira Glunts. The concern expressed in this article is well founded.

In the summer of 2005, I contacted the Syracuse University Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) about a local “terrorism” case (more…)

John Diaz San Francisco Chronicle 8/5/07

It doesn’t require a subpoena of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales or a brave whistle-blower to find President Bush’s latest affront to the U.S. Constitution. It’s in plain view on the White House Web site: (more…)