I liked listening to McKinney. Her English is far more beautiful and expressive than what we get from the synthetic politicians in the mainstream press. She is a politician with something to say.
Action Alert – 3/30/07 On March 26, CNN’s Situation Room program presented a “reality check” of discussions of impeaching George W. Bush. Reporter Carol Costello concluded, “To sum it up, the only way President Bush can be impeached is if he violates the law.” But that summary is misleading. ACTION: Tell CNN’s Situation Room to…
Brad Friedman at Common Cause “Media Reform Conference”
By LAURIE KELLMAN, AP Writer Wed Feb 28 WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats are moving to compel some of the eight U.S. attorneys who have been ousted to tell their stories publicly, under oath, after a federal prosecutor claimed he was fired for political reasons. The Senate Judiciary Committee this week will send letters to the…
Italy indicts 31 linked to CIA rendition case The Associated Press Published: February 15, 2007 MILAN, Italy: Italy will hold the first criminal trial over the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program after a judge on Friday indicted 26 Americans and five Italians for the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric, while U.S. allies elsewhere in Europe are…
U.S. files charges against Australian, Associated Press March 1, 2007 The Bush administration has filed charges against David Hicks, an Australian citizen suspected of aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan and the first terrorism-war era detainee to be charged by the Pentagon under new rules for military commissions. The decision was made even though officials of…
Statement of US Trade Representative Susan Schwab “The United States respects the sovereign right of the citizens of Costa Rica to choose whether to approve the free trade agreement with the United States, Central America, and the Dominican Republic. But, I hope whatever decision is made is based on the facts. “There has been speculation that…
