Glenn Greenwald Salon 4/11/11
On December 15, when I first reported the inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning’s detention, I did not assign any blame to — or even mention — Barack Obama. (more…)
April 2011
Monthly Archive
Mon 11 Apr 2011
Sat 9 Apr 2011
National Coalition to Protect Civil Freedoms (NCPCF)
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To: All NCPCF member organizations, supporters and civil libertarians
Re:Â PATRIOT ACT REAUTHORIZATION — Using the Congressional break at the end of
April to Lobby Congressional Delegations back home in their Districts.
Date: April 8, 2011 (more…)
Thu 7 Apr 2011
Obama goes to war, the US left goes awol
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Clancy Sigal Guardian U.K. 4/07/11
Once again, liberals have bought into American power as a force for good. But it’s just another ugly, expensive war we now own  (more…)
Thu 7 Apr 2011
Obama has taken a ‘profoundly troubling’ position on assassinations, ACLU tells Raw
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David Edwards Rawstory 4/07/11
Disclosure of government secrets often has little to do with the public’s right to know and has everything to do an official’s need to tell, according to ACLU deputy director Jameel Jaffer. (more…)
Thu 7 Apr 2011
David Cameron’s gift of war and racism, to them and us
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John Pilger April 6, 2011
The Euro-American attack on Libya has nothing to do with protecting anyone; only the terminally naive believe such nonsense. It is the West’s response to popular uprisings in strategic, resource-rich regions of the world and the beginning of a war of attrition against the new imperial rival, China. (more…)
Wed 6 Apr 2011
The delusion of a classless America
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Robert Scheer Truthdig 4/06/11
The delusion of a classless America in which opportunity is equally distributed is the most effective deception perpetrated by the moneyed elite that controls all the key levers of power in what passes for our democracy. Â (more…)
Wed 6 Apr 2011
Glenn Greenwald Salon 4/5/11
Rachel Maddow last night issued a very harsh and eloquent denunciation of Obama’s decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed before a military commission at Guantanamo rather than a real court. (more…)
Wed 6 Apr 2011
Jonathan Turley
There is an alarming report the FBI had a senior ABC news journalist as a confidential informant in the 1990s – a report who was actually given a confidential source designation with other snitches. The reporter appears to have passed along confidential information to the FBI including the identification of a confidential source. Â (more…)