Video-David Swanson Speaks to South Florida Impeachment Coalition
David Swanson addresses the Kickoff Rally of the South Florida Impeachment Coalition.
David Swanson addresses the Kickoff Rally of the South Florida Impeachment Coalition.
Officer Refused to Deploy to Iraq Fresh Air from WHYY, January 25, 2007 – Army Lieutenant Ehren Watada is the first American officer to refuse to deploy to Iraq on the grounds that he thinks the war is illegal. He is joined by one of his lawyers, Eric Seitz, a civilian. Watada is now being…
By William Glaberson, New York Times A confidential 2003 manual for operating the Guantanamo detention center shows that military officials had a policy of denying detainees access to independent monitors from the International Committee of the Red Cross. The manual said one goal was to “exploit the disorientation and disorganization felt by a newly arrived…
Associated Press A federal judge ordered the White House to preserve copies of all its e-mails, a move that Bush administration lawyers had argued strongly against. U.S. District Judge Henry Kennedy on Monday directed the Executive Office of the President to safeguard the material in response to two lawsuits that seek to determine whether the…
By Maya Schenwar and Matt Renner, t r u t h o u t During his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, Judge Michael Mukasey, President Bush’s nominee for attorney general, dodged controversial questions related to the CIA’s use of torture and the federal government’s domestic surveillance program. Democrats in the Senate did not prod Mukasey for…