DhafirTrial

by Scott Shane, David Johnston, & James Risen New York Times 10/03/07

When the Justice Department publicly declared torture “abhorrent” in a legal opinion in December 2004, the Bush administration appeared to have abandoned its assertion of nearly unlimited presidential authority to order brutal interrogations.(more…)

From Medialens.org 10/03/07

Introduction

The mainstream media are continuing to use figures provided by the website Iraq Body Count (IBC) to sell the public a number for total post-invasion deaths of Iraqis that is perhaps 5-10% of the true death toll. (more…)

John Frohnmayer on Impeachment.
Op-ed in The Oregonian10/03/07

Suppose you hire a person to check groceries but, instead of doing so, he tells customers to put their items back on the shelves. Do you fire him? Of course you do. (more…)

By Robert Weisman The Boston Globe IHT 10/02/07

BOSTON: European, Asian and Canadian companies are taking advantage of the weaker dollar to buy their U.S. counterparts at a record pace, increasing investment in the United States but also raising fears about a potential loss of jobs and autonomy.(more…)

by Jeff Leys Voices for Creative Nonviolence 10/02/07

The Bonhoeffer Moment of nonviolent civil resistance and disobedience to the world war being waged by the United States is clearly at hand. (more…)

MICHAEL HOWIE Home Affairs Correspondent The Scotsman 10/02/07

Fresh doubt has been cast over the conviction of the Lockerbie bomber after it emerged a document containing vital evidence about the bomb timer has never been shown to the defence.(more…)

Charles Goyette interviews Chalmers Johnson on Dissident Radio (MP3). Johnson discusses the economic costs of empire, his belief that Bush has decided against war with Iran, the failure of the American people and the structure of the Republic to prevent executive branch tyranny. Seen on: ICH

by Tom Engelhardt TomDispatch 10/02/07 (many active links in original post).

At least Caesar was just commenting on reality when he wrote that “all Gaul is divided into three parts.” Last week, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Joe Biden attempted to create reality when an overwhelming majority of the U.S. Senate voted for his non-binding resolution to divide Iraq into three parts – Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish autonomous zones. (more…)