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The Forged Iraqi Letter: What Just Happened? : Information Clearing House - ICH
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, August 8, 2008NYT: Bin Laden Driver Sentenced to a Short Term
The Times' take on this story. However, there is no question this is a serious slap in the face to the Bush Administration and its policies.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, August 8, 2008
Bin Laden’s driver sentenced to 5 1/2 years
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, August 8, 2008Anthrax cases raises doubt on security
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, August 8, 2008Glenn Greenwald: The FBI’s Emerging, Leaking Case Against Ivins
go to articleGreenwald's latest on the FBI anthrax scandal .. fishyer and fishyer - mab
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Democracy Now: Anthrax Mystery - Questions Raised over Whether Government Is Framing Dead Army Scientist for 2001 Attacks
go to interviewInterview with author Glenn Greenwald who writes that repeated claims by the mainstream media linking the attacks to Saddam Hussein helped shape American perceptions about Iraq in the lead-up to the invasion, and Dr. Meryl Nass, an expert on anthrax who knew Bruce Ivins. On her blog, anthraxvaccine.blogspot.com, she writes she believes Ivins was probably innocent.
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, August 5, 2008
A Couple News Items from Democracy Now
Just a couple small items ... the White House ordered George Tenet to forge a document that linked Mohammed Atta and Saddam Hussein; and Tom Daschle says the FBI charges against that Ivins dude are dubious to say the least. Now on to sports... mabPosted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Glenn Greenwald: Vital Unresolved Anthrax Questions and ABC News (MUST READ)
go to articleGreenwald writes, "During the last week of October, 2001, ABC News, led by Brian Ross, continuously trumpeted the claim as their top news story that government tests conducted on the anthrax — tests conducted at Ft. Detrick — revealed that the anthrax sent to Daschle contained the chemical additive known as bentonite. ABC News, including Peter Jennings, repeatedly claimed that the presence of bentonite in the anthrax was compelling evidence that Iraq was responsible for the attacks, since — as ABC variously claimed — bentonite 'is a trademark of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s biological weapons program' and 'only one country, Iraq, has used bentonite to produce biological weapons.'” Problem was, there was (surprise!! surprise!!) never any bentonite in the anthrax - mab
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Sunday, August 3, 2008
How the US can get its groove back
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, August 2, 2008Bush’s fierce global war of denial
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, August 2, 2008George Washington’s Blog: Government Tries to Bury Anthrax Story
go to blog postDid you know that, "the bioweapons expert who actually drafted the current bioweapons law (the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989), says he is convinced that the anthrax attacks that killed five people were perpetrated and covered up by criminal elements of the U.S. government. The motive: to foment a police state by killing off and intimidating opposition to post-9/11 legislation such as the USA PATRIOT Act and the later Military Commissions Act"? [link here]... i didn't - food for thought - mab
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, August 1, 2008
Afghanistan: The other illegal war
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, August 1, 2008America is already committing acts of war against Iran
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Thursday, July 31, 2008A torture paper trail
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, July 29, 2008Tomgram: Chalmers Johnson, Warning: Mercenaries at Work
Another great article by Chalmers Johnson. I cannot suggest too much that you read his books. All three are great. Amazon has them. You will be horrified but never bored. MBPosted by Michael Butler, Monday, July 28, 2008
The vast and dangerous transfer of American spying to mercenary companies
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Monday, July 28, 2008The right place to try terrorism cases
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, July 27, 2008Are you on the terror watch list? Good luck getting off it.
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Thursday, July 24, 2008NYT Op-Eds (2)
"When the constraints of the law are unlocked by people at the pinnacle of power, terrible things happen in the real world" (Herbert, on the book reviewed today); "America once had a culture of thrift. But over the past decades, that unspoken code has been silently eroded" (Brooks)Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Dave Zirin: COINTELPRO Comes to My Town - My First-Hand Experience With Government Spies
go to article"Veteran peace activist in Baltimore, Max Obuszewski, who initiated the suit, was as well consistently shadowed as he walked down the streets. His 'primary crime' (their lingo) was entered into the homeland security database as 'terrorism - anti govern(ment).' His 'secondary crime' was listed as 'terrorism — anti-war protesters.'" - Zirin, confirming what we already knew but hadn't confirmed yet.. that we're all terrorists now - mab
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Democracy Now: The Dark Side - Jane Mayer on the Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
go to interviewAmy Goodman interviews Jane Mayer about her new book, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals. In the book, Mayer reveals a secret report by the International Red Cross warned the Bush administration last year that the CIA’s treatment of prisoners categorically constituted torture and could make Bush administration officials who approved the torture methods guilty of war crimes. Mayer also reveals that the Bush administration ignored warnings from the CIA six years ago that up to a third of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay may have been imprisoned by mistake - Democracy Now
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Monday, July 21, 2008
