Justice Dept. Report Cites F.B.I. Violations - New York Times

Seeded on Thu Mar 9, 2006 2:36 PM EST (The New York Times)

New Justice Department report strengthens fears of Big Brother activities of the Bush Administration in the wake of the NSA wiretapping scandal.

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CNN.com - Ex-CIA official: Bush administration misused Iraq intelligence - Feb 10, 2006

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:07 PM EST (CNN)

Another in a long line of former government employees describes the misuse of intelligence by the Bush Aministration in the push towards the Iraq war.

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NATIONAL JOURNAL: Cheney 'Authorized' Libby to Leak Classified Information (02/09/2006)

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:38 AM EST (nationaljournal.com)

Patrick Fitzgeral continues working the Valerie Plame case in an understated manner. This report from the National Journal states Libby was authorized to leak Plame's name by superiors in the Administration.

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Tom Delay Scores a Seat on the House Appropriations Committee

Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2006 1:53 PM EST (thewashingtonnote.com)

For those of us who have been wondering what exactly is the right congressional role for a man who may be one of the most corrupt representatives in the last fifty years, the answer... Put him on the House Appropriations Committee

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President Bush: On 20 April 2004 States Must Get "A Court Order" Before Wiretapping Suspected Terrorists

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:37 PM EST (thewashingtonnote.com)

Read the transcript of a speach by George Bush in 2004 making the case that the Patriot act does not contravene constitutional protections and that wiretaps require court orders.

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Program on International Policy Attitudes Poll in Iraq

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:55 PM EST (pipa.org)

Read the results of a VERY disturbing poll recently conducted by the Program on Internationl Policy Attitudes. What do Iraquis understand that the American public seems unable to comprehend?

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Critics Warn Bush's Upcoming Policies Will Worsen Health Care Crisis, Hit Most Vulnerable Hardest

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:51 PM EST (Democracy Now!)

Bush will be laying out a new "strategy for healthcare" in the State of the Union. Listen to this interview which explains how these changes would shift the burden of healthcare disproportionately lower class and chronically ill people.

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Photogs Slam White House Use of Staged Pictures

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:46 PM EST (Editor & Publisher)

Another piece in the ongoing PR confrontation touches on the difference between being in the news and manufacturing it.

politics, george-bush, propaganda, advertisement, staged-photos

Abramoff Tied to South African Apartheid-Era Assassin

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:21 PM EST (Democracy Now!)

Brief discussion of Jack Abramoff's ties to the pro-apartheid International Freedom Foundation and Craig Williamson, a notorious assassin who headed the orgainzation's branch in South Africa.

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Justice and Junkets - New York Times

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:33 PM EST (The New York Times)

Jack Abramoff discussion widens to include the judicial branch, ethically dubious gifts and junkets, and none other than Justice Antonin Scalia.

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Bush Sees No Need for Law to Approve Eavesdropping - New York Times

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:29 PM EST (The New York Times)

George Bush claims there is no need for approval of his domestic spying program and uses the non-specific threat of terror to justify expansion of presidential powers.

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Prosecutor Will Step Down From Lobbyist Case - New York Times

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:25 PM EST (The New York Times)

George Bush appoints the lead prosecutor of the Abramoff case. Critics cry foul over timing and make allegations that the administration is trying to undermine the Abramoff investigation.

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Most Americans Want Bush to Reveal Lobbyist Ties: Poll - New York Times

Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2006 6:22 PM EST (The New York Times)

Does anyone really believe that Bush, and more centrally, Karl Rove do not have serious ties to Jack Abramoff? Three in four Americans seem to want to know more.

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Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him

Seeded on Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:14 PM EST (The New York Times)

Systematic abuse of power. The Bush administration tries to silence critics, and hold back information from the public using back water channels and informal requets, this is just one more example.

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U.S. Soldier Convicted of Murder Receives No Jail Time While Nonviolent Antiwar Protesters Sentenced to Six Months in Prison

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:15 PM EST (Democracy Now!)

Here's a little radio piece that takes a comparative look at punitiveness and reagarding military and activist actions.

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Nepal police fire at protesters

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:11 PM EST (BBC News)

Rising tensions in Nepal over political protests. Police fire live ammunition at Seven Party pro-democracy protesters in Pokhara.

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AG Gonzales' Defense Of U.S. Domestic Spy Program Draws Protests and Criticism from Law Professors, Students

Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:42 PM EST (Democracy Now!)

Law students at Georgetown refuse to sit passively and listen to the Attorney General's defense of the NSA wiretapping scandal.

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Fighting Errupts Between Maoists and Security Forces in Western Nepal

Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:47 PM EST (CNET News.com)

Early reports of heavy fighting in the Western Nepalese city of Nepalgunj are being reported by Nepal News. It seems to be a large conflict between staged by the Maoists targeting the police and army presence in the city.

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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Nepal Maoist clash leaves 23 dead

Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:59 PM EST (BBC News)

The new year has been marked with increasing violence in Nepal, large scale protests, the disolution of the unilateral Maoist ceasefire, and a stark increase in human rights violations.

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Democracy Now! | EXCLUSIVE: Ex-British Ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray on Why He Defied UK Foreign Office by Posting Classified Memos Blasting U.S., British Support of Torture by Uzbek Regime

Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:42 PM EST (Democracy Now!)

Listen to Craig Murray's first American interview since the leak of classified memos on his website describing the British and U.S. support for human rights abuses in Uzbekistan

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Craig Murray - Damning documentary evidence unveiled. Dissident bloggers in coordinated exposé of UK government lies over torture.

Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:40 PM EST (craigmurray.co.uk)

Read the recently leaked memos of Craig Murray, former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, that detail the use by British officials of the Uzbeki security forces to withdraw testimony through torture.

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Human Rights Watch World Report 2006 (Human Rights Watch, 18-1-2006)

Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:57 AM EST (Human Rights Watch)

The direction U.S. foreign policy has shifted dramatically in the months and years following George Bush's 2002 State of the Union Address. One of the casualties of this dramatic policy shift has been the state of Human Rights on a global scale.

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David Cole explores the limits of the Executive and the line Bush crossed

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:12 PM EST (The Nation)

This article, originally published in December in the Nation, describes the limit ations of the power of the Executive branch of government.

congress, politics, impeachment, torture, george-bush, unitary-executive-theory, executive-powers

Elizabeth Holtzman calls for the impeachment of George W. Bush

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2006 6:46 PM EST (The Nation)

Elizabeth Holtzman, a former Congresswoman who sat on the Judiciary Committee during the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon, has written an impassioned case for the impeachment of George W. Bush.

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