March 2012

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Wed 14 Mar 2012

Why Is President Obama Keeping a Journalist in Prison in Yemen?

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Jeremy Scahill Nation

On February 2, 2011, President Obama called Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The two discussed counterterrorism cooperation and the battle against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. (more…)

 

Wed 14 Mar 2012

The Drone Secrecy Farce

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Scott Horton Harpers

Following Attorney General Eric Holder’s speech at Northwestern, publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times responded with renewed demands for the release of the Department of Justice memorandum (more…)

 

Tue 13 Mar 2012

Washington’s high-powered terrorist supporters

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Glenn Greenwald Salon

We now have an extraordinary situation that reveals the impunity with which political elites commit the most egregious crimes, as well as the special privileges to which they explicitly believe they – and they alone – are entitled.  (more…)

 

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