afterdowningstreet.org CBS Censors Taking Over Public Parks? By Anne Pritchett As some of you know, last Friday the CBS Early Show was here in Kansas City and our group was not allowed to appear in their camera shots holding our signs against the war. As soon as we arrived, a CBS staffer came over and…
Max Follmer, Huffington Post The man who will oversee the federal government’s investigation into the disaster that has trapped six workers in a Utah coal mine for over a week was twice rejected for his current job by senators concerned about his own safety record when he managed mines in the private sector. President George…
By Sherwood Ross, Afterdowningstreet.org Military interrogators posing as “lawyers” are attempting to trick Guantanamo prisoners into providing them with information, “The Catholic Worker” (TCW) reports. This incredible and illegal practice contributes “to the prisoners’ suspicions that the (real) lawyers are not to be trusted and could be aiding the government,” TCW says in its July…
Nick Juliano, Raw Story Attorney General John Ashcroft was “feeble, barely articulate (and) clearly stressed” when then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card visited his hospital room to push for legal approval of a warrantless wiretap program approved by President Bush, according to newly released notes from FBI Director…
