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Judge rejects Padilla torture argument
By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer A federal judge refused to dismiss terrorism charges against Jose Padilla over claims that the alleged al-Qaida operative was tortured in U.S. military custody, removing one of the last major obstacles to the start of his trial next week. U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke stressed in a 12-page order…
No U.S. Backup Strategy For Iraq
Outside Experts, Not White House, Discuss Options By Karen DeYoung and Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post March 5, 2007 During a White House meeting last week, a group of governors asked President Bush and Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about their backup plan for Iraq. What would the administration…
Huge Protest in Iraq Demands US Withdrawl
By Edward Wong, The New York Times Tens of thousands of protesters loyal to Moktada al-Sadr, the Shiite cleric, took to the streets of the holy city of Najaf on Monday in an extraordinarily disciplined rally to demand an end to the American military presence in Iraq, burning American flags and chanting “Death to America!”…
FBI ‘covers up’ file exposing theft of nuclear secrets
The BRAD BLOG By Brad Friedman from on the road… London’s Sunday Times has just published a follow-up to their explosive front-pager from two weeks ago which described allegations by former FBI translator turned whistleblower Sibel Edmonds. Though there has been worldwide coverage of the recent blockbuster in the Rupert Murdoch-owned British paper, the U.S….
Will Vermont be the first to initiate Impeachment?
Representative Daryl Pillsbury (I. Brattleboro) introduced a resolution on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007: – Joint House Resolution 15 – requesting Congress to commence impeachment proceedings against the President of the United States. For more details go to: AfterDowningStreet.org. It’s headed for the Vermont State Judiciary Committee in Montpelier.
The Silent Coup – How a nation ruled by law, becomes a nation ruled by men
OpEdNews by Liza Persson There is a battle far from getting the attention it deserves considering the stakes – the rule and governing of the USA. You would only notice with great difficulty and after spending a lot of time viewing hearing in various congressional committees, picking up a piece here and another there, and…
