World

Baltasar Garzón: The Man Who Refuses Silence

Baltasar Garzón: The Man Who Refuses Silence »

The Spanish Judge whose work triggered the investigation that nabbed Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet back in 1998 believes that Spain could bring charges against six Bush Jr. administration officials for clearing the way for the use of torture during the Iraq war – but he is being blocked by charges making him the culprit. On [...]...

January 25 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »

Law

Was “Smuggling” Charge Leveled Against Military Lawyer To Justify New Guantanamo Inspection Policy? »

Was “Smuggling” Charge Leveled Against Military Lawyer To Justify New Guantanamo Inspection Policy?

This report was written by investigative reporter Jason Leopold and originally published on Truthout. Early last month, Air Force Capt. Michael Schwartz was summoned...

Jan 23 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Commentary

The Royal Stall »

The Royal Stall

While unarmed civilians die on Bahrain’s streets, the king of the tiny oil-rich nation continues to tell his people he is eager for dialogue...

Jan 22 2012 / 12 comments / Read More »

Religion

Liars For Yahweh! How The Tikun Olam Charter School Got A $600,000 Federal Grant »

Liars For Yahweh! How The Tikun Olam Charter School Got A $600,000 Federal Grant

Question: How does a charter school whose multiple applications have been riddled with lies and misrepresentations and has been rejected three times by a...

Jan 21 2012 / No comment / Read More »

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Commentary

ElBaradei’s Anguish »

ElBaradei’s Anguish

After months of performing like Egypt’s Cinderella leader, jet-setting between Cairo and his old home in Vienna, Mohamed ElBaradei has finally reached the limits of his frustration. At a press conference last week, ElBaradei said the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which took over...

Jan 21 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Nation

Revealed: The FBI’s Secretive Practice Of “Blackballing” Files Requested Under FOIA »

Revealed: The FBI’s Secretive Practice Of “Blackballing” Files Requested Under FOIA

This exclusive report was written by Jason Leopold and originally publishedon Truthout Have you ever filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FBI and received a written response from the agency stating that it could not locate records responsive to your request?...

Jan 18 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Commentary

Occupy The Justice System: Jury Nullification »

Occupy The Justice System: Jury Nullification

The Occupy movement has been instrumental in not only changing our national conversation on issues such as poverty and massive income inequality, but on shedding an unwavering light on the corporate criminal class too. The movement has these moneyed thugs shaking, and one need look...

Jan 18 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Politics

Former Guantanamo Guard Reflects On A Decade Of Lawlessness »

Former Guantanamo Guard Reflects On A Decade Of Lawlessness

This report was originally published on Truthout and written by Jason Leopold. Pfc. Brandon Neely was standing at attention inside Camp X-Ray along with three-dozen or so other active-duty soldiers attached to the 401st Military Police Company from Fort Hood, Texas, during the afternoon of...

Jan 12 2012 / 1 comment / Read More »

World

Rights Group Slams Governments For “Double Standard” on Arab Spring »

Rights Group Slams Governments For “Double Standard” on Arab Spring

Predicting that the current Middle East unrest would continue through 2012, Amnesty International is slamming Western governments for their tepid responses to peaceful protests, for their “double standard,” and for being more concerned with preserving their political and economic interests than with the historic changes...

Jan 12 2012 / No comment / Read More »

Nation

Obama Immigration Agency Exaggerating Deportations »

Obama Immigration Agency Exaggerating Deportations

Analysts at Syracuse University have concluded that the Obama Administration’s figures for the number of people deported from the US are being grossly overestimated. Analysis of government immigration data provided to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University in late December — almost...

Jan 10 2012 / No comment / Read More »

World

Saudis To Reinforce Crackdown On Peaceful Protesters, Amnesty Says »

Saudis To Reinforce Crackdown On Peaceful Protesters, Amnesty Says

The Arab Spring has been greeted in Saudi Arabia by “a new wave of repression” that saw authorities arresting and imprisoning peaceful protesters demanding political reforms. Now, the Saudi crackdown may be reinforced by a draft anti-terror law that would effectively criminalize dissent as a...

Jan 5 2012 / No comment / Read More »
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