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Special to IFP
by Sgt. Daniel Fearn






Special to IFP
by Sgt. Daniel Fearn






By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers Under a little-noticed provision in the USA Patriot Act, the Treasury Department has ordered severe restrictions against foreign banks or countries for reasons beyond the stated purpose of the law and without producing evidence. Section 311 of the 2001 Patriot Act was drafted to halt terrorist financing and money…
“Inalienable Rights”? Someone want to loan our Attorney General a Declaration of Independence? By ROBERT PARRY Consortium News In one of the most chilling public statements ever made by a U.S. Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales questioned whether the U.S. Constitution grants habeas corpus rights of a fair trial to every American.… Gonzales argued that the…
[Editor’s note: This is no surprise. The ‘chaos’ in Iraq, the ‘civil war’ is all part of the master plan to pull the maximum amount of Iraq’s resources from under their soil. The ‘surge’ and every effort to extend the war and occupation by BushCheneyCorp. is all part of the master plan to steal as…
By William Glaberson, The New York Times The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to impose tighter restrictions on the hundreds of lawyers who represent detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the request has become a central issue in a new legal battle over the administration’s detention policies. Saying that visits by civilian…
The Hill Grassley backs subpoenas for Rove, Miers By Klaus Marre – March 22, 2007 Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) voted with Democrats Thursday to give Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) the authority to subpoena current and former White House officials, including presidential adviser Karl Rove, to get more information on the firing of eight…
By Bob Fertik, Democrats.com …At the moment, the Washington establishment — and Democratic “leaders” — believe the slightest hint of constitutional conflict would terrify financial markets and trigger a depression. So if “bipartisan unity” is the issue-above-all-other-issues, why doesn’t the Washington establishment demand that Bush show some bipartisanship by respecting lawful (and entirely justified) congressional…