Tue 16 Sep 2008
A Furnace Seal’d: The Wondrous Death Squads of the American Elite
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Chris Floyd Empire Bulesque 9/16/08
Terror the Human Form Divine
And Secrecy the Human Dress
— William Blake
Another way station on our plunge into darkness was passed last week with the publication of Bob Woodward’s new book, The War Within. Along with the usual backstairs gossip dished out by self-serving insiders eager to plant their spin on events, Woodward revealed — or, rather, confirmed — the existence of what he called the key element to the “success” of Bush’s escalation of the war crime in Iraq: a “secret killing program” aimed at assassinating anyone arbitrarily deemed a “terrorist” by the leaders of the foreign forces occupying the conquered land. (more…)