Tue 10 Jun 2008
BERLIN (AP) USAToday.com
A group of German and American civil rights attorneys on Monday sued the German government to demand that it pursue the extradition of 13 CIA agents sought in the alleged kidnapping of a German citizen.
The civil suit filed with a Berlin administrative court seeks to force the German Justice Ministry to pursue the extradition of the agents in the case of Khaled al-Masri (more…)
Tue 10 Jun 2008
Belfast Telegraph U.K. 6/10/08
Former Democratic presidential contender, Dennis Kucinich, has called for the impeachment of George W Bush claiming that the president set out to deceive the nation, and violated his oath of office with the Iraq war.
The Ohio representative yesterday introduced 35 articles of impeachment against Bush on the floor of the US House of Representatives. (more…)
Sun 8 Jun 2008
Danny Schechter The Huffington Post 5/31/08
Duh: The Bush Administration deployed a dishonest but very effective propaganda campaign to sell the Iraq War to the American people on virtually every media outfit. Their “Culture of Deception” is now acknowledged. (more…)
Sun 8 Jun 2008
Bill Moyers Video June 7, 2008 ICH
“It is up to you to fight for the freedoms that makes all other freedoms possible”
Journalist Bill Moyers address the National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis, June 7, 2008. Available here.
Sat 7 Jun 2008
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali amperspective.com 6/05/08
In a significant setback to the Justice Department the US District Court Judge Dennis Saylor has overturned the convictions of a defunct Boston-based Islamic charity leader, Samir Al-Monla and ordered his immediate release. (more…)
Wed 4 Jun 2008
What It Really Means When America Goes to War
By Chris Hedges Tomdispatch 6/03/08
Troops, when they battle insurgent forces, as in Iraq, or Gaza or Vietnam, are placed in “atrocity producing situations.” Being surrounded by a hostile population makes simple acts, such as going to a store to buy a can of Coke, dangerous. (more…)
Wed 4 Jun 2008
When Health Insurance Is an Illusion
Pierre Tristam / Candide’s Notebook Daytona Beach News-Journal 6/03/08
The Zammit family of Deltona is the victim of two staggering injustices. No one can be blamed for the first, at least no one here and now. Nathan Zammit, 16, has had a brain tumor and half his skull removed. He faces eight months of chemotherapy. The second injustice is more like a crime because it’s man-made: A health-care system that punishes and ruins instead of insuring against catastrophes. (more…)
Tue 3 Jun 2008
Legislating Tyranny
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS and LAWRENCE M. STRATTON Counterpunch 6/03/08
The George W. Bush administration responded to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon with an assault on U.S. civil liberty that Bush justified in the name of the “war on terror.” The government assured us that the draconian measures apply only to “terrorists.” The word terrorist, however, was not defined.The government claimed the discretionary power to decide who is a terrorist without having to present evidence or charges in a court of law. (more…)