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Judge Demands a Report on Destroyed CIA Tapes
By Scott Shane, New York Times A judge on Thursday gave the Justice Department three weeks to report in writing whether the destruction of C.I.A. videotapes in November 2005 violated an order he issued four months earlier to preserve evidence. The new order, issued by Judge Richard W. Roberts of the Federal District Court in…
Court Dismisses Suit Challenging Warrantless Spying Program
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The Radical Right Blueprint: “Quiet Revolution”
These excellent short movies by the Alliance for Justice document the covert NeoCon assault on the very foundational Constitutional basis upon which our nation has been building for 230 years Narrated by Emmy award-winning actor Bradley Whitford, who is best known for his role as Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the NBC television…
