Month: September 2007

Bush Era

Shutting Down Transparent Government, Bush-Style

September 10, 2007 Comments Off on Shutting Down Transparent Government, Bush-Style

By Ruth Rosen, Tomdispatch.com Disgraceful, shameful, illegal, and yes, dangerous. These are words that come to mind every time the Bush administration makes yet another attempt to consolidate executive power, while wrapping itself in secrecy […]

Bush Era

Pentagon plans base along Iran border

September 10, 2007 Comments Off on Pentagon plans base along Iran border

RAW STORY The Pentagon is preparing to build a base near the Iraq-Iran border in an effort to stem the flow of “advanced Iranian weaponry” to Shiite militants in Iraq, according to Monday’s edition of […]

Bush Era

FBI Data Mining Reached Beyond Initial Targets

September 10, 2007 Comments Off on FBI Data Mining Reached Beyond Initial Targets

By Eric Lichtblau, New York Times The F.B.I. cast a much wider net in its terrorism investigations than it has previously acknowledged by relying on telecommunications companies to analyze phone-call patterns of the associates of […]