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Red Cross Monitors Barred From Guantanamo
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…
The “Good Germans” Among Us
By Frank Rich, The New York Times “Bush lies” doesn’t cut it anymore. It’s time to confront the darker reality that we are lying to ourselves. Ten days ago The Times unearthed yet another round of secret Department of Justice memos countenancing torture. President Bush gave his standard response: “This government does not torture people.”…
Invasion of Iraq was driven by oil, says Greenspan (Duh.)
Richard Adams in Washington The Guardian Alan Greenspan, the consummate Washington insider and long-time head of the US central bank, has backed the position taken by many anti-war critics – that the invasion of Iraq was motivated by oil. His claim comes in his newly published autobiography, The Age of Turbulence, in which he also…
Attorney General nominee Holder must prosecute or contradict sworn testimony
Holder Will Have to Prosecute By David Swanson After comments made in his confirmation hearing, Attorney General nominee Eric Holder will be hard pressed not to prosecute Bush, Cheney, and their co-conspirators, or to appoint a special prosecutor. When Senator Patrick Leahy asked if waterboarding is torture and illegal, Holder agreed that it is. When…
IFP helps NM start impeachment process (UPDATE)
New Mexico State Senator Jerry Ortiz y Pino has decided to go ahead with an impeachment resolution! He is co-sponsoring it with NM State Senator John Grubesic of Santa Fe. The wording is similar to bills introduced in other states last year and it calls for the impeachment of both Bush and Cheney. The formal…
