It could just be coincidence, of course. But just as a huge scandal unfolds in Washington over a seemingly botched guns-drug operation, and a possibly cover-up by Attorney General Eric Holder, the Department of Justice has announced a big crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries in California, long the leader in the medical marijuana movement. Something [...]
October 8, 2011 | Filed under
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The CEO of a student-housing development company has an ex wife and two daughters who are on food stamps in Alabama. Ted Rollins, the head of Charlotte-based Campus Crest Communities, helped his company complete a $380-million Initial Public Offering (IPO) late last year. And a South Carolina divorce-court judge found that Rollins belongs to one [...]
October 6, 2011 | Filed under
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This story was written by Jason Leopold and originally published on Truthout. In 2002, not long after he was subjected to so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques” by Bruce Jessen and James Mitchell, psychologists under contract to the CIA, high-value detainee Abu Zubaydah made about ten drawings depicting the torture he endured while in custody of the [...]
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According to a report published Saturday by Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity (PHSS), the Federal receiver’s office has indicated that “nearly 12,000 prisoners were on hunger strike, including California prisoners who are housed in out of state prisons in Arizona, Mississippi and Oklahoma.” This is the second hunger strike in less than four months, with prisoners [...]
October 3, 2011 | Filed under
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It’s no accident that the New York Police have been so assiduous in their protection of the big banking establishments that are housed on Wall Street and environs. The banks don’t like paying taxes, but they know how to buy the protection they need, as this page from JPMorgan Chase’s website makes clear. It boasts [...]
October 2, 2011 | Filed under
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Something important is happening at Liberty Plaza in Lower Manhattan. The encampment that began there on Saturday, September 17th, is a vocal and stark reminder of growing American youth discontent. Banks and other corporations are sitting on record profits and CEO salaries continue to climb at an unprecedented rate, while students and the average American [...]
September 23, 2011 | Filed under
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This report was written by investigative reporter Jason Leopold and originally published on Truthout. A top US Air Force official, in an attempt to ensure the Air Force adheres to the Constitution as well as its own regulations and policies, issued guidelines that calls on “leaders at all levels” to take immediate steps to maintain [...]
September 17, 2011 | Filed under
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A prominent Muslim organization is calling for an immediate investigation into the FBI’s use of “grossly inaccurate and bigoted trainers and training materials for its counterterrorism agents and other law enforcement.” Muslim Advocates filed the complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General. The organization said that in materials disclosed to Wired magazine, “FBI [...]
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Editor’s Note: A slightly different version of this report was originally published on Truthout on June 13, 2011. On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, just as he has done in years past, a top military intelligence analyst identified by the US government only as “Iron Man” will hunker down in front of his television and [...]
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This story was written by Jeffrey Kaye and Jason Leopold and originally published at Truthout. Senior Pentagon officials scrubbed key details about a top-secret military intelligence unit’s efforts in tracking Osama bin Laden and suspected al-Qaeda terrorists from official reports they prepared for a Congressional committee probing the 9/11 terrorist attacks, new documents obtained by [...]
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