Richard Norton-Taylor The Guardian 10/15/09

David Miliband, the foreign secretary, acted in a way that was harmful to the rule of law by suppressing evidence about what the government knew of the illegal treatment of Binyam Mohamed, a British resident who was held in a secret prison in Pakistan, the high court has ruled.  (more…)

Diploma Mills and Debt Peonage

Danny Weil Counterpunch 10/15/09

Now instead of becoming a dental assistant or truck driver, you can take out federal grants and loans to obtain a $33,000 online bachelor’s degree in “Homeland Security” from the American Public University System, a for-profit college that consists largely of a Web site. (more…)

By The BRussels Tribunal

Yesterday, ahead of the change of law, a legal case was filed at the Audiencia Nacional against four United States presidents and four United Kingdom prime ministers for commissioning, condoning and/or perpetuating multiple war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Iraq. (more…)

The Arab American Institute is urging everyone to call or write to their senators urging them to support a bill that keeps our country safe AND protects our constitutional rights. We hope you’ll help us spread the word!

http://capwiz.com/arab/issues/alert/?alertid=14121011&PROCESS=Take+Action

Upside Down World

Paul Craig Roberts Counterpunch  10/09/09

It took 25 years longer than George Orwell thought for the slogans of 1984 to become reality.

“War is Peace,” “Freedom is Slavery,” “Ignorance is Strength.”

I would add, “Lie is Truth.” (more…)

“It is more than just the demise of the dollar — this is going to be felt worldwide. There’s a major financial crisis ahead. The United States, the world’s superpower, is failing on its most basic level,” Gerald Celente told RT.  (more…)

Kelley B. Vlahos antiwar.com 10/06/09

The Democrats want to change the name of the PATRIOT Act to the JUSTICE Act.

That’s the easy part — exchanging one Orwellian branding for another — much like earlier this year, when the new Obama administration insisted the government wasn’t waging a Global War on Terrorism, but an “Overseas Contingency Operation.” (more…)

Obliterating the Bill of Rights

Paul Craig Roberts Counterpunch 10/05/09

Authors of serious books seldom have cause to celebrate, but Larry Stratton and I have two reasons to pop the champagne.  Crown Publishing, a division of Random House, has announced a second printing of the second edition of The Tyranny of Good Intentions, and the noted civil libertarian and defense attorney, Harvey Silverglate, has just published a book covering many of the same legal cases (more…)