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• Blackwater, the Afghanistan War, and the Revolving Door

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 142
  The New York Times’ James Risen and Mark Mazetti broke the news last night that the company formerly known as Blackwater actively participated in CIA raids against insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. Blackwater also transported detainees for the CIA. This is despite the fact that that Blackwater’s CIA contract ...
  5 days ago

• Kucinich to Introduce Resolution to Stop Criminal Enterprise in Afghanistan

  
  The BRAD BLOG — Authority: 134
  Guest blogged by Ernest A. Canning "We cannot afford these wars. We cannot afford the loss of lives. We cannot afford the cost to taxpayers. We cannot afford to fail to exercise our constitutional right to end the wars." So said Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) in an email on Wednesday, announcing his intention to ...
  6 days ago

• SPIRAL UFO IN CHINA SAME AS NORWAY

  
  Chicago News Bench — Authority: 553
  Alert: On the morning of December 9 there was an amazing "spiral UFO" seen in Norway (see " Videos of Bizarre Star Gate Light Over Norway: Spiral UFO "). But we found a video (below) of a virtually identical incident in China. We also found a fascinating document (pdf) from the infamous Foreign Technology ...
  1 week ago

• Beyond Afghanistan

  
  The BRAD BLOG — Authority: 134
  Guest essay by Ernest A. Canning "Somehow this madness must cease." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Beyond Vietnam" April 4, 1967. On Jan. 18, 2010 our nation will observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day , commemorating the extraordinary life of an intellectual and moral giant. The corporate media will fill ...
  1 week ago

• Thomson Detainee Plan Inches Forward

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 142
  The Washington Post’s Peter Slevin and Peter Finn report that it is likely the Obama administration will turn Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Illinois into a federal prison by “late winter,” enabling the housing of Guantanamo detainees. As my piece this weekend reported , the once hysterical ...
  1 week ago

• Ill-Equipped For An Afghanistan Escalation

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 142
  The Washington Post’s Ernest Londono has a really interesting piece on war resources: as it draws down from Iraq, the U.S. military is giving equipment like passenger vehicles to the Iraq government. Some military officials in Afghanistan are upset about this, saying they could use the equipment. When labor and ...
  1 week ago

• From Cuba To Illinois: Resettling Gitmo Inmates In An Illinois Prison Could Be An Economic Boon — But Does It Solve The Terrorist Detention Dilemma?

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 142
  Thomson, Illinois A day after Attorney General Eric Holder revealed his plan to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed in federal court, the Chicago Tribune reported another change in the “war on terror” – the White House’s initiative to move some Guantanamo Bay terrorist detainees to a rural ...
  1 week ago

• Military Commission’s Really The Only Way To Go In Prosecuting Bin Laden’s Drivers

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 142
  The Washington Post’s Peter Finn reports that “60 to 70 detainees could be prosecuted in military commissions, but that some of those cases will go to federal court and some, in the end, may not go to trial at all. The administration is expected to make a series of announcements in coming weeks about which ...
  1 week ago

• War Surtax Is Nice Idea As Far As It Goes

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 142
  Dave Obey With Barack Obama planning to announce an increase of 34,000 troops to Afghanistan tonight, The Washington Post’s Walter Pincus reports on Wisconsin Democrat Dave Obey’s proposal for a war surtax. The House appropriations chairman is proposing a one percent surtax for those who make over ...
  2 weeks ago

• Can The Fort Hood Massacre Lead To National Security Reforms?

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 142
  The Washington Post’s Spencer S. Hsu and Carrie Johnson report that White House counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan will review what federal agencies could have done to prevent the Ford Hood massacre. The FBI and Pentagon are faulted for not sharing sketchy e-mails with military personnel that were sent by ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fallout From Obama’s Guantanamo Policy

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 142
  Interesting little nugget here: The New York Times’ Elizabeth Bumiller reports that Phillip Carter, the Pentagon’s deputy asst. secretary for detainee issues, resigned last Friday after only seven months on the job. Several Obama appointees have yet to even be confirmed by the Senate, yet Carter is out. His ...
  3 weeks ago

• Meanwhile, Al-Qaeda in Iraq Regroups, Significanly Escalates Attacks

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 142
  I haven’t been closely following the latest from Iraq so take this with a grain of salt. But what the Washington Post’s Ernesto Londono reports today about al-Qaeda in Iraq sounds kind of terrifying: the Sunni insurgent group separate from the al-Qaeda we’re fighting in Afghanistan, is preparing an organized ...
  3 weeks ago

• Palin uses army bases to sell her books and suppress free speech, now that’s going rogue

  
  Osirisjournal2's Weblog - also visit http://osirisjournal.blogspot.com for older posts — Authority: 112
  photo credit: News Corpse flikr.com North Carolina, the home to whacky, senile, U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, (reincarnation of Jesse helms), is having a guest and suppressing free speech at the same time on a US army base! Ft. Bragg is going to be having a book signing, at first it was not allowing media at all, can you ...
  3 weeks ago

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