conducted by the Program on International Policy Attitudes, 67% of the people surveyed across 25 countries disapprove of the U.S. handling of Guantanamo detainees. The Program Director explained: “The thing that comes up repeatedly is not just anger about Iraq. The common theme is hypocrisy. The reaction tends to be – You were a champion…
American Chronicle Questions for Candidates David Swanson May 14, 2007 If, like General Electric and Fox News, ordinary citizens were permitted to ask questions of candidates for U.S. President, these are a few of the questions I think they might ask: If you are elected president, which of the new presidential powers assumed by the…
By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys for alleged al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla spent months battling over issues ranging from torture allegations to the meaning of “jihad.” They pored over classified material and Arabic translations and traveled overseas to interview witnesses. On Monday, the two sides were poised to start opening…
By Kirsten Scharnberg, The Chicago Tribune National Guard to deal with those disasters, as well as potential terrorist assaults, is so depleted by deployments to foreign wars and equipment shortfalls that Congress is considering moves to curtail the president’s powers over the Guard and require the Defense Department to analyze how prepared the country is…
