DhafirTrial

By Greg Gordon McClatchy Newspapers 1/11/08 Truthout

Washington – A federal appeals court Friday threw out a suit by four British Muslims who allege that they were tortured and subjected to religious abuse in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a ruling that exonerated 11 present and former senior Pentagon officials. (more…)

By Stephen Foley The Independent UK 1/11/08

New York – Starbucks managers monitored internet chatrooms and eavesdropped on party conversations in a covert campaign to identify employees agitating for union representation at the coffee chain, internal emails reveal. (more…)

Enough is Enough

By ANDY WORTHINGTON Counterpunch 1/11/08

The Bush administration has maintained a low profile over the last month, as waves of indignation over the destruction of CIA videotapes showing the torture of two “high value” detainees have lapped ever closer to the White House. (more…)

Tomgram: Gould-Wartofsky, 1/10/08

Consider the ultimate gift in a homeland security country: the iTaser, a weapon with its own MP3 player and earphones that can deliver a 50,000 volt electrical charge while you catch your favorite tunes. (more…)

Guns and Butter: From Cold War to Class War www.kpfa.org Broadcast 08/15/07 Seen on ICH

Interview with financial economist and historian, Dr. Michael Hudson. Liquidity crisis in the banking system; wiping out of credit; demise of the dollar; stock volatility; hedge funds; sub- prime lending, real estate tax versus labor tax, etc. (more…)

By William Fisher billfisher.blogspot.com 1/08/08

I am sick to death of well-coiffed cable TV news anchors asking vapid questions designed to generate heat, not light. I am sick to death of presidential wannabees filibustering questions they choose to avoid by delivering slogans, not answers. (more…)

Tom Engelhardt with Chalmers Johnson TomDispatch.com 1/06/08

Open Steve Coll’s aptly titled book, Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001, at almost any page and you’re likely to find something that makes a mockery of the film Charlie Wilson’s War. (more…)

Felicity Arbuthnot UNObserver & International Report 1/04/08

The cynic might think the timing of Iraq “Prime Minister” Nuru al Maliki’s rush for treatment for his health in London was curious (more…)