DhafirTrial

by Tim Shorrock, Special to CorpWatch 1/15/08

A Pentagon office that claims to monitor terrorist threats to U.S. military bases in North America — and was once reprimanded by the U.S. Congress for spying on antiwar activists — has just awarded a multi-million dollar contract to a company that employs one of Donald Rumsfeld’s former aides. (more…)

Canada’s Glaring Double Standards on Torture

By ANDY WORTHINGTON Counterpunch 1/20/08

How humiliating.

The story begins with the shameful case of Maher Arar (more…)

by Paul Craig Roberts Antiwar.com 1/17/08 Seen on ICH

After pandering to Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert’s right-wing government last week, US president George W. Bush carried the Israeli/neoconservative campaign against Iran to Arab countries. (more…)

An Appeal to the Next President of the United States

From the Nuclear Age Peace Fondation: Sign the Appeal today

“The era of nuclear weapons must be brought to an end. This can be done. It will require leadership and commitment. Nuclear weapons were created by humans, and it is our responsibility to eliminate them before they eliminate us.” (more…)

By David Cho Washington Post Staff Writer 1/16/08. Seen on ICH

The nation’s biggest financial firms, battered by huge losses in their mortgage businesses, are relying on an enigmatic source for cash: foreign governments in the Middle East and Asia. (more…)

William Fisher Huffington Post 1/16/08

In an electoral campaign system tactically dominated by “niche politics,” major candidates for their party’s presidential nominations are running as fast as they can from one potentially influential constituency. (more…)

William Blum www.killinghope.org 1/13/08

Did you miss this? It should have been the lead story in every newspaper and radio and TV program in America. In the Washington Post it was on page 14. In virtually all of the rest of the media it was on page zero, channel zero, 0000 AM or 00.0 FM. (more…)

The DoD is flirting with the idea of medicating soldiers to desensitize them to combat trauma — will an army of unfeeling monsters result?

Penny Coleman Alternet Seen on ICH 1/14/08

In June, the Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health acknowledged “daunting and growing” psychological problems among our troops (more…)