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By DAVE LINDORFF Counterpunch 3/12/08

Gov. Spitzer’s bust should give pause to those in Congress who are ready to hand President Bush a free pass to continue his six-yearcampaign of warrantless spying on Americans. (more…)

Scott Horton Harpers 3/08/08

This weekend, the darkness continues to descend in Washington, the powers of the state continue to grow and the mechanisms of accountability rot away unused. (more…)

By William Fisher Inter Press Service 3/09/08

NEW YORK – U.S. President George W. Bush appeared headed toward another train wreck with Congress as he carried out his threat to veto an intelligence bill that would have banned the Central Intelligence Agency from using waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation techniques” in questioning terrorism suspects. (more…)

The Eight O’Clock Ferry to the Windward Side: Fighting the Lawless World of Guantanamo Bay
By Clive Stafford Smith (more…)

From Information Clearing House: ‘The War on Democracy’ is John Pilger’s first major film for the cinema – in a career that has produced more than 55 television documentaries. Set in Latin America and the US, it explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile. (more…)

By Dean Baker Truthout 3/10/08

With the release of the February jobs numbers, everyone except for the economists now acknowledges we are in a recession. The economy is shedding jobs at a rapid pace (more…)

Carl Strock THE VIEW FROM HERE Schenectady Daily Gazette 3/10/08

Incredibly, Yassin Aref has written a book, and in English, no less.

I say incredibly because he wrote it in the Rensselaer County Jail when I would have been a quivering wreck, unable to string three words together in my own language, much less in someone else’s. (more…)

[KH: Dr. Dhafir’s charity Help the Needy was responding to the overwhelming humanitarian crisis created by the sanctions.]

By Dahr Jamail and Ahmed Ali* Inter Press Service 3/10/08

BAQUBA – Iraq’s children have been more gravely affected by the U.S. occupation than any other segment of the population.

The United Nations estimated that half a million Iraqi children died during more than 12 years of economic sanctions that preceded the U.S. invasion (more…)