"When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it."
  -- Dwight David Eisenhower

"The United States has no right, no desire, and no intention
to impose our form of government on anyone else."
  -- George W. Bush

On Saturday, Les Paul, less than a month shy of his 90th birthday, was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, in Akron, Ohio, as the creator of the solid-body electric guitar, arguably the most important musical innovation of the past half-century, a device as common today in the nightclubs of Nairobi and Manila as in Bethesda on prom night.

Two Jewish extremists were questioned on suspicion they planned to fire a missile into the Al Aqsa Mosqe, Islam's third holiest shrine, in hopes of disrupting the planned Gaza withdrawal, police said Monday. ...the suspects have since been released.

The prime minister of Egypt said yesterday that more than "60 or 70" terror suspects had been sent to his country by the United States since September 11, the first public acknowledgment by any country that it receives detainees from U.S. agencies in the legal practice known as rendition. Mr. Nazif denied, however, that the suspects were tortured as a matter of policy

Today's Conservatives Are Fascists

Al Nakheel Properties are working on a Dubai island project that will consist of between 250 and 300 islands shaped like the continents of the world - The Dubai World Islands.

Army Recruiter caught on tape threatening youth with arrest

I doubt that George W Bush knew, as he delivered his speech at the "Celebration of Freedom" concert on the eve of his second inaugural, that its most memorable line was straight out of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.

Navy Judge Finds War Protest Reasonable

"I think that the government has successfully proved that any service member has reasonable cause to believe that the wars in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq were illegal." -- Lieutenant Commander Robert Klant, presiding at Pablo Paredes' court-martial

McClellan Spars With Press, Says No Need to Notify Bush

The legacy of Agent Orange Three-year-old Xuan Minh, believed to have genetic defects from Agent Orange Vietnam doctors believe the effects of Agent Orange are ongoing Thirty years after hostilities ended between the US and Vietnam, relations remain strained by one of America's most notorious actions, the use of the chemical Agent Orange

Philadelphia MOVE Bombing Still Haunts Survivors

'Homeshoring' means that call center might be in someone's bedroom --May 9, 2005

Obama Amendment to Pay for Wounded Soldiers� Food Passes Senate May 12, 2005

The White House is being pressed by congressional Democrats to explain leaked British documents which suggest that President George Bush and Tony Blair had basically decided to invade Iraq as early as July 2002.

A mysterious French-Arab man resurfaced last week who authorities had dubbed the "5th terrorist pilot" and a "Second" Mohamed in Venice, FL. In an email, he alleged that a number of eyewitnesses, including the girl who had lived with him, had all mistaken him... for Mohamed Atta.

Wrong Number of the Beast Newly examined Scripture fragment lends credence to argument it's 616

A blistering indictment by a Republican senator cast the fate of John Bolton as the next American ambassador to the UN into renewed doubt, just when it seemed the controversial nominee was edging towards grudging approval.

Driver fined for 'having a face like a moron'

An Air France jetliner en route from Paris to Boston was diverted to Maine on Thursday to check on a passenger who happened to have almost the same name and the same birthdate as someone on a no-fly list suspected of terror connections, officials said. "You had a match of the name save for slight deviation in spelling" Investigators later concluded it was a coincidence that the passenger's name and birth date were identical to those of the person on the list

Former Taunton cop avoids molestation trial A former police officer accused of molesting a 7-year-old girl has struck a deal allowing him to avoid trial and conviction.

Drug smugglers exploiting internal chaos in Iraq have turned the country into a transit route for Afghan heroin, an influential drug agency says.

Judge Won't Allow FBI To Quash FOIA Request In Oklahoma City Bombing

Iran Leaves Door Open For Nuclear Discussions --May 13, 2005

Jeb has always been the most mysterious of the Kennebunkport Klan. Like the two Georges, he trawled murky waters indeed to make his fortune. One of his business partners, Camilo Padreda, was indicted for drug-dealing, gun-running and embezzlement; but the charges were dropped when the Bush family firm -- the CIA -- told the FBI that Padreda was their man, fronting covert ops.

Troops Open Fire on Protesters in Uzbekistan May 13, 2005

Ahmad Chalabi has become a convenient scapegoat not only for the United States Government, but also, it seems, for the American media establishment.

Legislation supporting a standardized national driver's license may have won unanimous approval in the Senate on Tuesday, but the bill's apparently smooth passage left some jagged edges in its wake. May. 12, 2005

Yesterday, even as a goodly swath of official Washington was running panic-stricken into the streets, President Bush was riding his bike in the country, completely unaware of what was going on. His Secret Service detail reportedly decided that since he wasn't personally in danger, he didn't need to know.

Press Secretary Releases Timeline of Incident That Caused Evacuation of White House, Capitol --May 11, 2005

Four bloody lies of war, from Havana 1898 to Baghdad 2003 May 08, 2005

On Tuesday, May 10th, 2005, the US Senate voted on the implementation of a national ID card system without ever debating the issue. The Real ID Act is nothing less than a Real National ID Act. The only thing left to the individual states is which pretty picture they will choose to put on the card: everything else will be controlled by Washington DC bureaucrats.

Two lost aviators flying with outdated maps from a rural Pennsylvania airstrip triggered a red alert at the White House yesterday, along with the frantic evacuation of the Capitol and the Supreme Court, before they were intercepted by Air Force jets lobbing warning flares. ... when officials finally made radio contact and ordered the plane to divert, the fliers refused, asserting their right to proceed on their way.

Former Afghanistan envoy Khalilzad nominated as U.S. ambassador to Baghdad --May 11, 2005

A study carried out by the UN and issued on Friday revealed that 84% of the higher education establishment in Iraq were "destroyed, damaged and robbed " since the beginning of the American invasion in 2003.

British scientists have developed an antigravity machine that can float heavy stones, coins and lumps of metal in mid-air.

Scientists Succeed At (Cryogenically Enhanced Magneto-Archimedes) Levitation

United Can End Pensions, Judge Says Ruling Clears Way For Largest Default In U.S. History May 11, 2005

Setting up the largest pension default by a U.S. corporation, United Airlines won approval Tuesday from a bankruptcy judge to walk away from plans covering 120,000 active and retired employees.

White House, Capitol briefly evacuated 'All clear' later given; Cessna reportedly entered airspace

The Bush administration periodically put the USA on high alert for terrorist attacks even though then-Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge argued there was only flimsy evidence to justify raising the threat level, Ridge now says.

US court dismisses Cheney energy task force case --10 May 200

Neocons hunt for the right surrogate at the right time to take on Iran --May 10th, 2005

Ex-FBI translator plans appeal to Supreme Court

Karl Schwarz Running For President Initiating "Independent" Movement Across America

Appeals Court Backs Dismissal of Suit on F.B.I.

Bush dances after arrival in Georgia President plans speech on democracy during trip's final stop --May 9, 2005

Man Arrested for Having Uzi

A man from Queens is under arrest for allegedly wanting to buy six hand grenades. He's accused of trying to make a deal with a person who turned out to be an undercover cop.

States May Disobey Driver's License Rules May 10, 2005

Halliburton Given $72 Million In Bonuses 5-10-5

On Mar. 23 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building U.S. Congressmen Danny Davis of Illinois crowned Reverend Sun Myung Moon the new Messiah. 6-9-2004

Zapper Detects, Destroys Unwanted RFID Chips Why Not.net 4-4-5

Government: Post 9-11 Security Spending Inefficient

Autism linked to coal-burning power plants; Penn. protests Bush's gutting of Clinton emission proposal--March 21, 2005

War on Iraq: Not oil but Israel

UNITED STATES: 57% don't think Iraq war was worth it

Ruling party wins in Tunisia 09/05/2005

Captured Al-Qaeda kingpin is case of "mistaken identity" --May 08, 2005

Truth drug fails to get al-Qa'eda No 3 to talk--08/05/2005

Pentagon Seeks Greater Immunity from Freedom of Information Act

Wars Strain U.S. Military Capability, Pentagon Reports --May 3, 2005

In 1965, the U.S. Army published a detailed manual on how to build and hide booby traps, complete with detailed diagrams illustrating various means of wiring detonators to explosives, and advising on the best locations for concealing the deadly bombs along roadways and elsewhere. Two decades later, the Iraqi military issued its troops an Arabic version of the same manual, copying not only the wording but also many of the drawings.

...states would have three years after the bill becomes law to meet the standards or their driver�s licenses won�t be accepted by federal officers for identification.

"There's no information in Ready.gov that would help your chances" of surviving a nuclear blast or the resulting mushroom cloud, he said.

TAJIKISTAN: GOVERNMENT RESORTS TO REPRESSION AND INTIMIDATION Nazar Nazarov 4/29/05

Bushzarro Google The Quality of Omission and Lies 2nd May, 05

A Con Job by Pakistan's Pal, George Bush Robert Scheer March 29, 2005

Another example came after 9/11, when Washington dropped anti-proliferation sanctions against Pakistan while Bush focused his wrath on Iraq.

Judge in Moussaoui Case Blocks Release of Sept. 11 Report --April 30, 2005

School Mistakes Huge Burrito for a Weapon April 29

The Secret Service has requested racial information on journalists and guests scheduled to attend a reception tomorrow night with President Bush. --April 29, 2005

Syrian Role in Hiding Iraq Weapons Doubted in Report (Update1) --April 26

The Mysterious Death of Marla Ruzicka: The US Military has Detailed Statistics on Civilian Casualties by Michel Chossudovsk--24 April 2005

Requesting Feasability Study of Mustard Seed Biodiesel--Dennis Kucinich speaking from the Floor of the House

The extraordinary rendition program was the brainchild of the CIA during the mid-1990's, under the Clinton, not Bush, administration. In this regard, it is a bi-partisan dirty little secret.

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California told Rumsfeld: "It is beyond me as to why you're proceeding with this program when the laws of physics won't allow a missile to be driven deeply enough" to prevent deadly radioactive fallout from spewing into the air after a nuclear detonation."

Proper Release of Griffin in Madison Thursday, April 28, 2005

Sibel Edmonds, Other National Security Whistleblowers Form Coalition to Continue the Fight for Reform, as Explosive New Info Revealed

President George Bush was bundled into an underground bunker, Dick Cheney was evacuated to an "undisclosed location" and heavily armed secret servicemen took up defensive positions when a fast-moving cloud scudded towards the White House, it was reported yesterday. The cloud that materialised 30 miles south of Washington on Wednesday morning was so dense it triggered radar monitors on the Domestic Events Network, intended to prevent a repeat of the September 11 attacks.

The number of secret court-authorized wiretaps across the country surged by 19 percent last year, records show. As law enforcement authorities scurried to keep apace of improving technology favored by criminals, not a single application was denied.

Containing Iraq: Sanctions Worked By George A. Lopez, David Cortright Foreign Affairs ( July/August 2004 )

A conservative writer who quit his job covering President Bush amid criticism for his pointedly political questions visited the White House 196 times in two years, the Secret Service has disclosed. --April 25, 2005

U.S. Contests Terrorist's Request for Reduced Sentence ...information from Ressam was often incorporated into presidential security briefings, including the controversial memo given to President Bush a month before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, titled "Bin Ladin determined to strike in US." --April 27, 2005

Neil Bush, Ratzinger co-founders President's younger brother served with then-cardinal on board of relatively unknown ecumenical foundation --April 21, 2005

A Bolton from the Bush 22 April 05

Opposition fury at Togo poll loss The army tried to install Mr Faure after his father died but pressure led him to step down and call an election. ... The main opposition party has called on Togolese people to "resist" the government ... ...results did not include areas where ballot boxes had been destroyed. These issues would be decided by the constitutional court which would announce the final results, she said.

RealNetworks giving away 25 songs/month For $9.99 a month, users will get an unlimited number of songs each month. For another $5, they can transfer the tunes to selected portable music players. --April 26, 2005

Court Of Appeals Abruptly Closes Hearing To The Public --04/21/05

British Government Ordered Shutdown Of Fake Ricin Story April 22 2005

Campaign coffers profit from 911, coke and courts FBI linguist won't deny intelligence intercepts tied 911 drug money to U.S. election campaigns

FBI Whistleblower Case Closed to Public Thursday, April 21, 2005

Aid worker uncovered America's secret tally of Iraqi civilian deaths A week before she was killed by a suicide bomber, humanitarian worker Marla Ruzicka forced military commanders to admit they did keep records of Iraqi civilians killed by US forces. Tommy Franks, the former head of US Central Command, famously said the US army "don't do body counts", despite a requirement to do so by the Geneva Conventions. --20 April 2005

In the first modification of its kind, Japanese researchers have inserted a gene from the human liver into rice to enable it to digest pesticides and industrial chemicals.

Adam Curtis, who won the factual series award for BBC2's The Power of Nightmares, used his speech to question newspaper and broadcast reports of last week's ricin trial, which he said had sensationalised the threat of a poison terror attack. The acceptance speech was removed from BBC1's Bafta coverage when it aired two hours later.

FEMA's inspectors included criminals Agency relied on them for honest reports April 24, 2005

When You Can't Beat 'Em Since everyone wants to kill Moussaoui, he'd be nuts not to agree. --April 19, 2005

Moussaoui Linked to September 11 Attacks by Al Qaeda Captive

Moussaoui says he's guilty, but not for 9/11 He tells court he was in a separate plot to fly into White House at another time --April 23, 2005

Case of the Missing Terrorist Solved...Not! Alleged Moussaoui Henchman Atif Ahmed Still a Mystery

Pakistan will never allow IAEA to inspect nuclear facilities: Musharraf April 20, 2005

Judge Rules 9/11 Defendant Is Competent to Plead Guilty --April 21, 2005

FBI Whistleblower Case Closed to Public Thursday, April 21, 2005

FBI PROTECTS OSAMA BIN LADEN�S �RIGHT TO PRIVACY� IN DOCUMENT RELEASE Judicial Watch Investigation Uncovers FBI Documents Concerning Bin Laden Family and Post-9/11 Flights

Ceramic in fuel cell test April 21, 2005

Uranium prompts agency to ban mine access April 20, 2005

LOS ANGELES - Call it a rude awakening. A bored juror was cited for contempt and fined $1,000 by a judge for yawning loudly while awaiting questioning in an attempted murder trial.

Report: Beslan HQ Was Run by Others April 19, 2005

The White House has defended President George W Bush's nomination of John Bolton as envoy to the United Nations.

Oregon Bill Requires Drivers License Applicants To Register For Draft April 20 2005

Vote on Bolton nomination for U.N. envoy is postponed

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi will face a vote of confidence in the Italian parliament later this week, Senate officials said today, after he refused last night to resign and form a new government to appease disgruntled members of his ruling coalition.

AUSTRALIAN researchers have developed a world-first blood test which could help in the early detection of mesothelioma, a deadly asbestos-related cancer of the lung lining. ... It can take up to 30 years for symptoms of the condition to develop so most sufferers are identified at an advanced stage and die within a year.

In January Condoleezza Rice sparked a small controversy by describing the tsunami as "a wonderful opportunity" that "has paid great dividends for us."

The Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, today agreed to resign and form a new government to strengthen his struggling conservative coalition, a move that will avert fresh elections. --April 18, 2005

Apr. 18 (ABC7) --The FBI is investigating after a mysterious white powder was sent to the IRS mail room in Fresno.

The Panopticon, a model prison envisioned by philosopher Jeremy Bentham, would feature guard towers using mirrors that allowed the guards to see the prisoners without being seen themselves. This would leave the inmates uncertain as to when they were actually being watched.

Bush administration eliminating 19-year-old international terrorism report --Apr. 15, 2005

The Bush administration helps the cause of Islamic terrorism by failing to engage in serious dialogue with the international community, author Salman Rushdie said on Tuesday.

Sharon: Israel Won't Attack Iran April 14, 2005

Charles Kennedy may well be heading towards getting the musician's vote. For a party leader he is young (born in 1959, he joined the SDP at the age of 23), his anti-war message has chimed with the artistically inclined

It is precisely because the Patriot Act is so deeply implicated in wider human rights abuses that mere technical fixes are not enough.

Three companies are racing to market a new form of technology for detecting concealed weapons, using physics borrowed from radio astronomy and manufacturing techniques from cellular phone makers. The technology, called millimeter wave, is a new category of sensing so unobtrusive that it seems like something out of "Star Trek."

U.S. Airmen Allegedly Used Military Jet To Smuggle Drugs April 14, 2005

Bush Admin demands more banking data 12th April 2005

You Will Know Them by the Trail of Dead

Days before the Pentagon is expected to release the results of its investigation into what happened at the checkpoint, Sgrena tells Correspondent Scott Pelley that shortly after her release by insurgents, American soldiers in Baghdad opened fire on her car without any warning.

Posada Carriles is still considered a fugitive from justice in Venezuela, where he escaped from prison after being sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for having organized the 1976 terrorist bombing of a Cuban civilian airliner flying from Bermuda to Venezuela. All 73 people aboard were killed. Stating that Venezuela was stepping up its demands for extradition, Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel told the press, "I hope Mr. Bush will take note of his own anti-terrorism policies and hand over Posada Carriles."

Luis Posada Carriles, a CIA-trained Cuban exile implicated in a series of terrorist incidents, applied for political asylum in the United States yesterday, prompting at least one congressman to assert that granting the request would undermine the nation's credibility in the war on terrorism.

The identity thieves who stole passwords to tap personal data from information broker LexisNexis hacked the records of more than 300,000 Americans, 10 times what the company first acknowledged, the company disclosed today.

Lab error sparks global alert for deadly flu strain April 14, 2005

Finger-finder decides not to sue NEVADA LEOPARD BIT OFF DIGIT; LINK INVESTIGATED

Thousands flee volcano's wrath 12 April 2005 Mount Talang, 40km east of Sumatra's coastal Padang city, began pumping out volcanic ash shortly before dawn, prompting scientists to urge people to move away from the fall-out zone.

Sumatran Coffee: descriptions and prices

Chinese Attack Japanese Targets in Beijing April 9, 2005

Secret Service visits art show at Columbia April 12, 2005

The Bush Family's Murky Dealings in Venezuela July 02, 2004

Akayev resigns in Kyrgyzstan 12apr05

When a Food Marketer Devises Nutrition Advice April 10, 2005

In August 1935, the US held its largest peacetime military manoeuvres in history, with 36,000 troops converging at the Canadian border south of Ottawa, and another 15,000 held in reserve in Pennsylvania. See the New York Times, August 18-22. The war game practiced a US motorized invasion of Canada and "assumed a blue foreign army advancing across a feigned international boundary defended by a red army".

Lapierre said Canadians and Americans see the issue of national security differently. ... That's one reason Lapierre is planning to visit Israel to take a first-hand look at its renowned security apparatus, including extraordinarily tight air passenger screening.

Exit Polls Revisited - Likelihood of Fraud is High April 05, 2005

Jimmy Carter Who? 6 April 2005

The current Patriot Act already gives the government power to wiretap at will, snoop into private travel and financial records and monitor the day-to-day activities of virtually any American citizen. But FBI Director Mueller says that's not enough. He wants the powers expanded. ... Section 215 allows subpoenas for library, bookstore, medical and gun-store records, but Mr. Gonzales said no document orders have been issued. Asked why the library provision should be reauthorized if it has never been used, he said libraries so far have cooperated in turning over information, but that subpoena power might be needed in the future.

The papers in the cabinet are computer-generated replicas of $1.7 trillion in Treasury bonds--the amount the government has promised to repay Social Security for spending payroll taxes that finance the retirement system on other programs such as defense and education.

Singer-songwriter Neil Young is out of hospital and expcted to make a full recovery after undergoing surgery in New York for a potentially fatal brain aneurysm.

Today, roughly 75 percent of U.S. processed foods--boxed cereals, other grain products, frozen dinners, cooking oils and more--contain some genetically modified, or GM, ingredients, said Stephanie Childs of the Grocery Manufacturers of America.

The announcement Friday that the United States is authorizing the sale to Pakistan of F-16 fighter jets capable of delivering nuclear warheads--and thereby escalating the region's nuclear arms race--is the latest example of how the most important issue on the planet is being bungled by the Bush Administration.

Conspiracy theorists and civil libertarians, fear not. The U.S. government will not use radio-frequency identification tags in the passports it issues to millions of Americans in the coming years. Instead, the government will use "contactless chips."

Most everybody has chronic sinusitis. They have ringing in the ears. Some people's teeth and gums are bothering them. In the last year, I've lost seven teeth. They have just broken while I was eating. I have three or four more teeth that are just dying. And my dentist says, "I've never seen anything like this in someone who's healthy. There is something wrong with you but I cannot find what it is. And I can't stop it either."

A massive earthquake off the coast of Indonesia sent residents in several countries fleeing Monday in panic that it would cause another tsunami disaster. But those fears eased within hours, as officials throughout the region said they had received no reports of waves striking their coasts.

Kyrgyz MPs back new leader March 28, 2005

Amazon.com Knows What You Bought and May Know What You'll Shop for Next Time You're Online

Militants bomb Thai train March 28, 2005

Strong Indonesia Quake Forces Evacuations March 28, 2005 7:16 PM

Bhutan's king is circulating a draft constitution aimed at establishing a multiparty democracy that would end almost 100 years of monarchical rule in the tiny Buddhist nation, the editor of a government-run newspaper said on Sunday.

IRS May Consider EBay Sales Taxable Income

Kyrgyzstan's Bakiyev confirmed as interim leader

Geopolitics at Heart of Kyrgyzstan Unrest 23.03.2005

US arms Coast Guard terror units Helicopters are tested on Cape Cod March 27, 2005

10th Annual Anarchist Bookfair Includes Speakers, Performers, Books, Browsers 03/27/2005 THOUSANDS PASS THROUGH BOOKFAIR TO SEE AND BE SEEN 10th Annual Anarchist Bookfair Saturday March 26th was the 10th annual San Francisco Anarchist Bookfair.

Authority a four-letter word at this book fair Anarchists find common ground at S.F. get-together March 27, 2005

We all know by now about the enormous raft of lies that were fed to the American people and the world about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Would you be shocked to know, however, that they are doing it again? Earlier this year, the Bush administration told allies in Asia that North Korea had supplied nuclear materials to Libya. This was a bald-faced lie; North Korea sold nuclear materials to Pakistan, an ally of the United States. Pakistan turned around and sold the stuff to Libya, but the Bush crew decided to fire a salvo of lies and disinformation at North Korea, and US allies in Asia.

Local man fills car w/ hog-lard for fuel March 23, 2005

Kay predicted that by 2010, almost 95 percent of all computers sold will have the trusted platform module.

Enraged protesters overthrow Kyrgyzstan's government and make president flee

Shifting Wisdom With Wolfowitz's rise and Kennan's death, the days of cautious US diplomacy are over March 25, 2005

North Korea threatens US with war

Two years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Pentagon has formally included in key strategic plans provisions for launching preemptive strikes against nations thought to pose a threat to the United States.

Syria's ambassador to Washington said on Wednesday he hoped the United States and Israel would follow his country's example and withdraw from Iraq and Palestinian areas, just as Syria was leaving Lebanon.

One-Way Planet March 25, 2005

Pentagon Reaffirms Globocop Role March 23, 2005

Policy OKs First Strike to Protect US Pentagon strategic plan codifies unilateral, preemptive attacks. The doctrine marks a shift from coalitions such as NATO, analysts say --March 19, 2005

Court Rules NYC Fire Dept. Must Release Most Sept. 11 Tapes

Who should control access to the archives of the 9/11 Commission after it closes up shop in August? The commission's records will go to the National Archives. On April 8 the Bush Administration quietly pushed the current archivist, John Carlin, a Clinton appointee, to step down.

The Real Unemployment Rate is 23%: How and Why Jobs are Vanishing from America

NIST Has No Evidence of WTC 1,2 Core Columns Overheating

News Agency Sues Google, Testing Fair Use Mar 23, 2005

U.S. bars Italians from examining victim's car The U.S. military command in Iraq has blocked two Italian policemen from examining the car in which an Italian intelligence agent was shot to death in Baghdad, a newspaper said Wednesday.

Crude Oil Spills Into Los Angeles Reservoir (Supplies Drinking Water) March 24, 2005

Accused School Shooter Was On Prozac

Everyone who has seriously considered the 9/11 attacks is a conspiracy theorist. To not try to put the pieces together is to be incurious about the most profound event of this new American century.

Judge is urged to start trial of 9/11 defendant --March 23, 2005 The U.S. government asked a judge on Tuesday to put Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person facing U.S. charges for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, on trial on Oct. 31.

The US has dismissed a call by the head of the UN's nuclear agency to offer Iran security assurances as a boost to talks over its nuclear programme. Tehran denies seeking nuclear weapons but has suspended uranium enrichment after negotiations with France, Germany and the UK.

Keep Louisville Weird

Robert B. Harris, president and chief executive officer of Commonwealth Biotechnologies Inc. in Richmond, Va., also said the anthrax found at the Pentagon was the same genetic strain used in the 2001 attacks.

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in connection with the 11 September 2001 attacks, to be allowed to have three captured al-Qa'ida suspects testify in his defence.

The World Court ruled that the United States must "revisit" at least the 51 cases in which the defendants ended up on death row.

Army Raises Enlistment Age for Reservists to 39 Mar 21, 2005

U.S. Misled Allies About Nuclear Export North Korea Sent Material To Pakistan, Not to Libya March 20, 2005 Pakistan's role as both the buyer and the seller was concealed to cover up the part played by Washington's partner in the hunt for al Qaeda leaders, according to the officials, who discussed the issue on the condition of anonymity.

The Bush administration last week instructed US government agencies to ignore a ruling by the comptroller general of the United States barring the dissemination of "covert propaganda."

High Court Turns Down Moussaoui March 21, 2005

Also fascinating is the telephone encounter with Meiring, who obviously knew "Channel 11's News Defenders" had no idea what they'd gotten themselves into: "If this harms me in any way, you will find my power then, and you'll find out who I am. But I will come for you. You harm me I will not let you off the hook."

One female student in seven attending the nation's military academies last spring said she had been sexually assaulted since becoming a cadet or midshipman, according to a report on the first survey of sexual misconduct on the three campuses released yesterday by the Defense Department. March 19, 2005

President Bush, needing more converts to his plan for Social Security reform, brought his mom to help with the sales pitch Friday. Wearing her trademark pearls, Barbara Bush took the stage with the president and another of her sons, Gov. Jeb Bush. George W. Bush opened the program by reassuring people born before 1950 that their Social Security benefits would not change. March 18, 2005

Anarchists Endorse Wolfowitz for World Bank President

Stereophonics' singer Kelly Jones sparked an airport security alert last week when boarding a flight out of Londons Heathrow Airport for wearing a t-shirt with the print of a gun.

President Bush said on Wednesday that the U.S. government's practice of sending packaged news stories to local television stations was legal and he had no plans to cease it. ... GAO, an arm of Congress, said this ran counter to appropriation laws and was a misuse of federal funds.

Few analysts believe that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is capable of getting a full-scale armada across the Taiwan Strait.

CIA's Assurances On Transferred Suspects Doubted Prisoners Say Countries Break No-Torture Pledges March 17, 2005

The U.S. Congress on Monday voted to extend by two years the life of a government panel charged with declassifying CIA documents that detail the spy agency's ties to former Nazis and war criminals. The House of Representatives voted 391 to 0 on a bill that clears the way for the release of thousands of documents on former Nazis, including some who assisted in the CIA's Cold War espionage against the former Soviet Union.

In a statement released last week to the media, the US embassy in Paramaribo, said that is the sovereign right of the Surinamese people to choose its political leaders, but Washington won't deal with a person in the presidential seat who is convicted on drug charges. In 1999 Bouterse was sentenced to an 11-year prison term by a court in the Netherlands for cocaine trafficking.

Public statements of the Bush camp aside, rumors of his past cocaine use are not totally unfounded.

...three independent sources close to the Bush family report that Governor Bush was arrested in 1972 for cocaine possession, and taken to Harris County Jail, but avoided jail or formal charges through an informal diversion plan involving community service with Project P.U.L.L., an inner city Houston program for troubled youths at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Houston's dirt-poor Third Ward.

The dismissal of a case in the United States which accused chemical companies of war crimes by supplying the US military with Agent Orange in the Vietnam War triggered angry protests from Vietnamese victims on Friday.

The Pentagon is working to develop a suborbital space capsule within the next five years that would be launched from the United States and could deliver conventional weapons anywhere in the world within two hours, defense officials said. In addition to creating attack weapons, the Pentagon is working on new defense systems to protect the ever-more-important satellites the United States has in space.

Former CIA Agent Affirms Possibility of Chavez's Assassination in Venezuela March 15, 2005

THE PROOF IS IN THE DOCUMENTS: THE CIA WAS INVOLVED IN THE COUP AGAINST VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CHAVEZ

CIA Classifies Venezuela as Top "Potentially Unstable Country" February 16, 2005

What offends me about the Abu Ghraib torture is that the US army and Bush administration have made scapegoats of the lower enlisted soldiers, all of whom have testified that they were following orders. No officer or person of any consequence has been held accountable for what went on in that dark prison. Since the Nuremberg trials, the world has rejected the "just following orders" defence, and rightfully so. Yet in the military, the lower enlisted are ingrained not to ever question authority until they have a position from which to do so. It is the officers and non-commissioned officers who are responsible for what happens under their noses.

Mr Wolfowitz, one of the leading hawks in the Iraq war, is a very unlikely choice to lead the World Bank, although he would not be the first Pentagon figure to be president of the world's leading development institution.

One in three American workers are chronically overworked, with job-related stress varying significantly by age, employment situation, and demands at home, according to a new survey.

Deficits Make You Poorer by Rep. Ron Paul, MD

British engineers who yesterday unveiled the prototype of the world's first hydrogen-powered motorbike confessed they were considering adding an artificial "vroom" to the machine as they were worried its silence might be dangerous. He is planning to introduce an artificial engine noise which could be used in an urban setting to alert other road users but switched off in the countryside to allow for a peaceful ride.

Muslim-convert Brandon Mayfield spent 17 days in detention after an FBI Lab wrongly linked him to prints recovered by Spanish police investigating the 11 March terrorist outrage. US authorities matched digital images of partial latent fingerprints obtained from plastic bags that contained detonator caps to Mayfield, leading to his arrest. But last week Spanish investigators matched the fingerprints to an Algerian, forcing the FBI to admit it was wrong.

Contrary to what is generally thought, there is little scientific basis for assuming that any two supposedly identical fingerprints unequivocally come from the same person.

Spain, according to UK Immigration Minister Des Browne, regards ID cards as valuable in the fight against terrorism, but this ID was one of a batch of 300 stolen from the Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (FNMT), which prints banknotes, passports and IDs, in November 2002.

In their public statements and background briefings in recent days, Mr. Bush's aides have acknowledged that Iran appears to have the right - on paper, at least - to enrich uranium to produce electric power. But Mr. Bush has managed to convince his reluctant European allies that the only acceptable outcome of their negotiations with Iran is that it must give up that right. In what amounts to a reinterpretation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Mr. Bush now argues that there is a new class of nations that simply cannot be trusted with the technology to produce nuclear material even if the treaty itself makes no such distinction. -- March 15, 2005

Data Is Lacking on Iran's Arms, U.S. Panel Says --March 9, 2005

US attack against Italians in Baghdad was deliberate: companion 3/5/2005

"I immediately thought of what my kidnappers had told me. They said they were committed to releasing me, but that I had to be careful 'because there are Americans who don't want you to go back'.

While Mr Goss praised the choice of Mr Negroponte, he admitted he was unsure what his own, reduced, job would entail. "It's got a huge amount of ambiguity in it ... I don't know by law what my direct relationship is with John Negroponte," he said, adding he was also not sure where he stood with the defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, or with other top intelligence officials.

The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2004 By the Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China March 3, 2005

The Padilla Ruling Is a Victory for Freedom If the Pentagon's power to arrest Americans for terrorism and punish them without federal court interference is upheld by the courts, the floodgates will be open to omnipotent military power in America. American life will never be the same again. Life will be transformed by such power in ways unimaginable. No one will be safe from military arrest, including newspaper editors, government critics, and dissidents.

A newly revealed case shows that the vast commercial database of personal information at ChoicePoint Inc. was tapped by identity thieves in 2002 -- contradicting a statement by its CEO that a much more recent breach was the first of its kind.

Bush Gets Stoned by the World Media U.S. Press Less Interested in Drug Remarks February 24, 2005

Trio of Papers Pull Today's 'Boondocks' Referring to Bush and Drugs The syndicate further noted that The Miami Herald plans to pull "The Boondocks" when McGruder addresses a different topic this Friday and Saturday; Universal declined to say what that topic will be.

Jeff Gannon Returns to the Briefing Room! In Spirit, at Least March 03, 2005

Bush wielding secrecy privilege to end suits National security cited against challenges to anti-terror tactics -- March 3, 2005

Bank of America has agreed to pay $460.5 million to settle with investors who bought Worldcom's stock and bonds before the telecommunications giant filed for bankruptcy in 2002.

Bush Cites bin Laden as Security Chief Takes Oath March 3, 2005

CIA Avoids Scrutiny of Detainee Treatment Afghan's Death Took Two Years to Come to Light; Agency Says Abuse Claims Are Probed Fully

Grounded: Millionaire John Gilmore stays close to home while making a point about privacy The regulation that mandates ID at airports is "Sensitive Security Information." The law, as it turns out, is unavailable for inspection.

Uncommon Sense Oil and 9/11

A Peek Behind Bush II's "War on Tyranny"

Using a phrase often levied by conservatives to denigrate liberal judges, Floyd -- who was appointed by President Bush to the federal bench in 2003 -- accused the administration of engaging in "judicial activism" when it asserted in court pleadings that Bush has blanket authority under the Constitution to detain Americans on U.S. soil who are suspected of taking or planning actions against the country. Floyd said the government presented no law supporting this contention and that just because Bush and his appointees say Padilla's detention was consistent with U.S. laws and the president's war powers, that did not make it so. "Moreover, such a statement is deeply troubling. If such a position were ever adopted by the courts, it would totally eviscerate the limits placed on Presidential authority to protect the citizenry's individual liberties."

Some VoIP providers don't offer 911 at all. More typically, those such as Vonage and AT&T offer a bare-bones 911 service that doesn't show operators a caller's number or address. And it doesn't ring on the emergency phone lines in the dispatch center. As a result, some 911 centers don't accept the calls.

Martin said last Friday that the United States must get permission before firing on any incoming missiles over Canada. "This is our airspace, we're a sovereign nation and you don't intrude on a sovereign nation's airspace without seeking permission," Martin said.

Entire Lebanese Government quits 01mar05

State Dept. will not encrypt RFID passports "It is my understanding it's possible to read this information from 10 to 30 feet away with the right equipment," Tien said. "When you think about the issues Americans have, especially when they travel abroad -- do you really want your passport to be broadcasting your name and nationality?

THE man who headed the Bosnian Muslim army during most of the 1992-1995 Bosnian war today turned himself in to the UN tribunal in The Hague, which has indicted him for war crimes.

Egypt not a proliferation threat 28feb05

Mr. Bush has gotten Teddy Roosevelt's dictum exactly upside down. He shouts loudly and carries a small stick.

Handful of Congressmen Could Rule America in Event of Catastrophe

Congressman tells GOP crowd we really did find WMD in Iraq 21 February 2005

Director General Mohamed ElBaradei reported to the IAEA Board of Governors at their last meeting that after a year-long exhaustive and intrusive inspection, he has found no evidence that Iran has ever attempted to acquire nukes or the makings thereof.

Negroponte: Unfit to Lead by David Corn February 24, 2005

FALLEN Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein would be tried in one of his palaces sitting inside a top security Hannibal Lecter-style cage, The Sun newspaper said today. --28feb05

A MAN today pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to conspiring to blow up an aircraft. Saajid Badat, 25, from Gloucester, was alleged to have conspired with fellow Briton Richard Reid and a Belgian terrorist to make a shoebomb to be detonated on an aircraft.

Remember the comments made by CNN news chief Eason Jordan about whether journalists in Iraq were targeted by the military? He resigned but the questions still linger: Thirty-six journalists - and 18 media support workers - have been killed since the beginning of hostilities in Iraq in March 2003, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Paul Bremer and the Looting of Iraq 24th February 2005

Bank of America Corp. has lost computer data tapes containing personal information on 1.2 million federal employees, including some members of the U.S. Senate.

The company that would sell your soul to the devil February 25, 2005

The Hunter S. Thompson Interview

It took the boys in Homeland Security a whole Orwellian minute to figure out that buying the information from a third party -- though contemptuous of the spirit of the law -- doesn't technically violate the Privacy Act of 1974. That law forbids Uncle Sam from assembling dossiers on law-abiding Americans unless they're specifically targeted by federal investigators. Like low-rent identity thieves, the government can gather the information in bulk and sit on it until it is needed.

The Handover That Wasn't By Antonia Juhasz, Foreign Policy in Focus. July 20, 2004.

WARNING TO CONGRESS We the People have determined that being a White House "Bag Man" may be hazardous to your Political Health February 25, 2005

The Globe and Mail: Canada refuses further role in missile defence "Although Prime Minister Paul Martin said Canada would "insist" on maintaining control of its airspace, U.S. ambassador Paul Cellucci warned that Washington would not be constrained. "We will deploy. We will defend North America," he said. "We simply cannot understand why Canada would in effect give up its sovereignty � its seat at the table � to decide what to do about a missile that might be coming towards Canada.""

What exactly are these "paramilitary operations" which the commission, the U.S. Congress and all our stalwarts think we should have more of? As Knight-Ridder notes, they are actions "conducted by armed units that do not belong to conventional military formations" -- in other words, terrorist groups, according to the Bush regime's own definition.

Breach Points Up Flaws in Privacy Laws

Bush: Attack on Iran 'ridiculous' "This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. Having said that, all options are on the table," Bush said.

Bush: talk of strike on Iran is ridiculous February 23, 2005

No Bush Left Behind Act of 2001 - Uncle Bucky Bush October 21, 2004

Windfall for Bush's uncle He cashes in on stock options from wartime Pentagon contracts Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Bush's Uncle Profits From Iraq Stock Sale Wednesday, February 23, 2005 The Pentagon's inspector general is investigating whether an ESSI subsidiary improperly got a contract to make equipment from the Air Force.

In an attempt to maintain credibility, a minority report has been issued by a Congressional Committee on Government Reform, which concluded that Halliburton overcharged for the fuel in Iraq by $167 million, a mark-up of 90 percent. One energy expert said it looked like "highway robbery" to him. But none of this overcharge has been paid back, nor have monies been withheld from Halliburton.

As mentioned previously, since 1965 Canada has insisted that its uranium is not to be used for military purposes. Nevertheless, by continuing to sell uranium to countries with nuclear weapons programs -- the United States, Britain and France -- Canada is undoubtedly helping them to make bombs. As Ernie Regehr points out in Chapter 5, even if Canadian uranium were being used in these countries only to fuel electricity-producing reactors, still that frees up more uranium to be used in bombs.

As Gonzo in Life as in His Work

PENTAGON THREATENED EARLIER TO KILL REPORTERS IN IRAQ

The star in a jar effortlessly reaches temperatures of tens of thousands of degrees, which is hotter than the surface of the Sun. It was able to do all this by simply focusing the energy of the sound wave into a tiny hot spot.

ATTORNEYS FOR the Justice Department appeared before a federal judge in Washington this month and asked him to dismiss a lawsuit over the detention of a U.S. citizen, basing their request not merely on secret evidence but also on secret legal arguments. The government contends that the legal theory by which it would defend its behavior should be immune from debate in court. This position is alien to the history and premise of Anglo-American jurisprudence, which assumes that opposing lawyers will challenge one another's arguments.

Iraqi women no better off post-Saddam - Amnesty

IAF: Israel must be prepared for an air strike on Iran

ABOUT 1000 people have demonstrated against the Bush administration in central Brussels ahead of the US president's arrival.

The man, who wore a surgical mask and would not identify himself, left the auction immediately after winning the bid for licence plate number 12, which sounds like "certainly easy" in Cantonese, the South China Morning Post said.

Author Hunter S. Thompson kills himself

Hunter S. Thompson radio interview 2002

Transcript of HST interview August 29, 2002

Fear and Loathing, Campaign 2004

Bush burning over tapes He's feeling betrayed by stealthy pal

In another aside, Mr Bush displays his sense of destiny. "It's me versus the world," he tells Mr Wead. "The good news is, the world is on my side. Or more than half of it."

On Iran, Ritter said that President George W. Bush has received and signed off on orders for an aerial attack on Iran planned for June 2005. Its purported goal is the destruction of Iran's alleged program to develop nuclear weapons, but Ritter said neoconservatives in the administration also expected that the attack would set in motion a chain of events leading to regime change in the oil-rich nation of 70 million -- a possibility Ritter regards with the greatest skepticism.

UZBEKISTAN: BRITAIN'S FORMER ENVOY SPEAKS OUT ABOUT RIGHTS ABUSES Kathleen Moore 2/19/05

"I want Ashcroft to stay in there, and I want him to be very strong," Mr. Bush said. "I would love it to be a Bush-Ashcroft race. Only because I respect him. He wouldn't say ugly things about me. And I damn sure wouldn't say ugly things about him."

Mexico announced Friday it has suspended permits for a U.S. research vessel conducting sound-wave experiments in the Gulf after the ship ran aground on a coral reef and damaged it.

US caught wiretapping UN atomic energy head ElBaradei 15 December 2004

IAEA Head Disputes Claims on Iran Arms ElBaradei said Tuesday that the past six months have uncovered very little new information. "On Iran, there really hasn't been much development, neither as a result of our inspections or as a result of intelligence."

Mini Helicopter Thinks For Itself--On The Fly--To React To Dangerous Situations

Co. Pulls Out of Deal to Track Students

Negroponte named as intelligence czar

Last fall, con artists apparently used previously stolen identities to create what appeared to be legitimate businesses seeking ChoicePoint accounts, said Chuck Jones, a spokesman for the Alpharetta, Ga.-based company. They opened about 50 accounts and received volumes of data on consumers, including names and addresses, important identification numbers and job histories. On Oct. 27, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies arrested Olatunji Oluwatosin, 41, when the Nigerian national went to his office to receive a fax ostensibly from ChoicePoint. Police were waiting for the Hollywood resident at his office in Los Angeles.

WHO WAS THAT EX-PRESIDENT I SAW YOU WITH LAST NIGHT? A READER INQUIRES as to why Bill Clinton and Bush the Elder are so chummy these days. This is anothher case where just considering the political aspect of the news lets you down.

The Shi'ite coalition that won Iraq's elections has agreed on Vice-President Ibrahim al-Jaafari as its candidate for the prime ministership, as parties haggled over the make-up of the next executive.

The Role of Lebanon in the Bush Administration's Crusade for Empire by Chris Floyd --16 February 2005

CNN's 'North Korean' Nuke Plant Shows Up Again at U.S. GOV FUNDED 'News' Site!

Syria Denies Involvement In Lebanon Assassination

CIA seizes Sen. Jackson papers

Overseeing the CIA's "black budget" for covert operations and interventions from a subcommittee of Armed Services, [Scoop Jackson] was one of a handful of senators who gave a nod to two U.S.-backed coups in Iraq, one in 1963 and again in 1968. Those plots brought Saddam Hussein to power amid bloodbaths in which the CIA, exacting the price for its support, handed Saddam and his Baath Party cohorts lists of supposed anti-U.S. Iraqis to be killed.

Iran: Missile fired near nuclear plant

Iran: US spy planes flying over nuclear sites

Iranian TV Reports Explosion Near Deylam "There is a big possibility that it was a friendly fire by mistake." February 16, 2005

By April, an armed version of the bomb-disposal robot, capable of firing 1,000 rounds a minute, will be at work in Baghdad. The one metre-tall "soldiers" will be equipped with tank tracks, night vision and mounted automatic weapons.

There are new allegations that heavily armed private security contractors in Iraq are brutalizing Iraqi civilians. In an exclusive interview, four former security contractors told NBC News that they watched as innocent Iraqi civilians were fired upon, and one crushed by a truck. The contractors worked for an American company paid by U.S. taxpayers

US multinationals awarded huge tax break on foreign earnings Not only will traditional manufacturing benefit, but the term is defined so broadly as to include such far-flung fields as construction, engineering, energy production, computer software, film and videotape, and any processing of agricultural products. A national retail coffeehouse chain will be allowed to call its coffee-roasting "manufacturing."

Mystery Disease Killing Lobsters

British troops face new charges as bodies of Iraqi civilians are exhumed 16 February 2005

THE Northern Territory Government is keeping a secret database of people who criticise the Government or its policies, it was learned last night. The files viewed by the Northern Territory News contained hundreds of names, party affiliations, their jobs or roles and a record of their comments to talkback radio.

The FBI is conducting intelligence operations abroad without notifying colleagues at the CIA and State Department, current and former government officials say.

The Senate approved Chertoff on a vote of 98-0 following debate over procedures for interrogating terrorism suspects established while he was at the Justice Department. Chertoff said during his confirmation hearings that he believes torture is wrong.

In the case of a natural disaster or terrorist attack, some emergency officials in Western Washington plan to be prepared with a large, shrink wrap machine.

The National ID Trojan Horse by Rep. Ron Paul, MD

Pop goes the Bush Mythology Bubble Part 6: This world is led by 4-star clowns, liars and frauds By Karl W. B. Schwarz

CNN's Nuke Plant Photos Identical for Both Iran and N. Korea!

Lies, Damned Lies And Rice

ChoicePoint Data Stolen By Imposters

What is Habeas Data? The literal translation from Latin of Habeas Data is 'you should have the data'. The name is quite appropriate, for it describes its nature very accurately. Habeas Data is a constitutional right granted in several countries in Latin-America.

US fights back against 'rule by clerics' A military analyst familiar with strategic and proxy operations commented that there is a specific reason behind procuring arms from Pakistan, rather than acquiring US-made ones.

Halliburton Contracts Illegal - Bush & Cheney Say So What

The report was not allowed to mention two trailers held at the ISG camp which the CIA had previously labelled mobile biological weapon laboratories, Barton said. "They were nothing to do with biology," he said. "We believed that they were hydrogen generators."

�Justice' Blasted Over Patriot Act Prosecutions

Shops and schools were closed in the Togolese capital today as heightened security and a general strike followed a weekend of violence against demonstrators protesting last week's military coup. -- February 14, 2005

A former CIA official has confirmed suspicions that dozens of terror suspects have been flown to jails in Middle Eastern countries where torture is routinely practised, and without reference to courts of law.

Grammy at last for Led Zeppelin Page said he had found the ceremony very emotional and bore... February 14, 2005

Michigan Mayor Blacklists Those Who Sued City February 14, 2005 FLINT, Mich. (AP) - Mayor Don Williamson is taking a novel tack in fighting lawsuits - he's withholding city business from anyone who has sued Flint within the past five years.

Iraq's Ahmed Chalabi, once supported by the US only to fall from favour, said today he is vying to become his country's prime minister, following the formal announcement of election results there.

NSA May Be 'Traffic Cop' for U.S. Networks February 14, 2005

Gulfsands Petroleum signed a memorandum of understanding with the Iraqi oil ministry last month to gather and process gas generated by oil fields in the province of Misan. Currently the gas is flared off, an environmentally damaging practice that also wastes a source of natural gas.

"I'm in fear of my life, you know," he said to a gathering at a Baghdad restaurant, at which a Chronicle reporter was present. "It's not Iraqis I'm worried about, either," added Manelick. "It's people from my own country." His father, Greg Manelick, and a team of up to 20 investigators from the Army's Criminal Investigation Command have been trying to figure out ever since what Manelick meant.

Michael Albert's Head Downer: No Alberich's Cloak for Churchill, Please February 12, 2005

Shiites, Kurds, win Big Bush Loses Election in Iraq

Senate May Open Inquiry Into C.I.A.'s Handling of Suspects February 13, 2005 The C.I.A.'s inspector general is already conducting several reviews of the agency's detention and interrogation practices in Iraq and Afghanistan, including several episodes in which prisoners have been injured or killed in C.I.A. custody, intelligence officials have said. However, no C.I.A. review is known to be under way into the renditions or the treatment of prisoners at the secret sites, where those being held by the agency include Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, regarded as the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Michael Albert's Head Downer: No Alberich's Cloak for Churchill, Please 12 February 2005

Vilified in the United States as the man who fed exaggerated reports of Saddam's weaponry to intelligence agencies, and often listed as one of the most unpopular people in Iraq, Mr. Chalabi is now all but assured a seat in the National Assembly. Over the past several days he has begun maneuvering to become the country's prime minister.

Russian arms sale to Chavez irks U.S.

Ward churchill speaks at U. Colorado (RealVideo, 66M)

'The Method' Is Being Used On You

Meanwhile: How to seek shelter when it's raining fear

An interrogator under contract with the Central Intelligence Agency, charged with beating an Afghan prisoner who died the next day, is basing his defense in part on statements by President George W. Bush and other officials that called for tough action to prevent terrorist attacks and protect American lives. February 12, 2005

The U.S. House of Representatives approved on Thursday a sweeping set of rules aimed at forcing states to issue all adults federally approved electronic ID cards, including driver's licenses.

Measured in "real dollars" (that is, adjusting for inflation), this year's spending on nuclear activities is equal to what Ronald Reagan spent at the height of the U.S.-Soviet standoff. It exceeds by over 50 percent the average annual sum ($4.2 billion) that the United States spent--again, in real dollars--throughout the four and a half decades of the Cold War.

U.S. Rejects North Korea Demand for Direct Nuclear Talks February 11, 2005

Critics Want Full Report of 9/11 Panel February 11, 2005

Bush Administration Blocked The Public Release Of A New 9/11 Report For More Than Five Months February 09, 2005

New Sept. 11 Report Cites Warnings About Hijackings February 10, 2005 By REUTERS

Report: FAA Had 52 Pre - 9 / 11 Warnings By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS February 10, 2005

Hundreds of Arab and Turkmen protestors took to the streets of Iraq's disputed northern oil city of Kirkuk Friday, charging that last month's election had been riddled with fraud and demanding a re-run.

PTECH, 9/11, and USA-SAUDI TERROR -- PART II "Phantom flight 11" fits the description of a "false blip."

Russia will not allow foreign companies to bid for some of the nations largest reserves deposits, Natural Resources Minister Yury Trutnev said Thursday. Trutnev's remarks appear to end any hopes for ExxonMobil, which together with ChevronTexaco won a tender for Sakhalin-3, to ever develop the project.

The New Nihilism

Of Dog Sniffs and Packet Sniffers Feb 10, 2005

A More Powerful President Is the Last Thing We Need

President Bush's second-term agenda would expand not only the size of the federal government but also its influence over the lives of millions of Americans by imposing new national restrictions on high schools, court cases and marriages.

New White House Estimate Lifts Drug Benefit Cost to $720 Billion February 9, 2005

Following a Paper Trail to the Roots of Torture February 8, 2005

Bush Pays Halliburton For Services Never Rendered

The capital of Togo's main market and other businesses were closed Tuesday in a strike called to peacefully protest the military's appointment of late President Gnassingbe Eyadema's son as his successor.

No longer do Capitol Hill legislators need a quorum to do the people's business. Now under a piece of hotly contested legislation passed without media attention on Jan. 5, only a few members of Congress are needed to do official business in the event of a catastrophe instead of the usual 218.

Venezuela accessing China market via Iran February 01, 2005

US won't stay in Iraq 'a day longer than necessary': Cheney February 6, 2005

Questioned last week, Bush said the U.S. would withdraw if asked by the new government. Really? Earlier in the week, the Pentagon acknowledged plans and budgets to keep 120,000 troops there for at least two more years.

Bush: we'll leave Iraq if they ask GEORGE W. Bush has committed the US to pulling its troops out of Iraq if its new leaders ask them to leave following tomorrow's landmark democratic elections. January 29, 2005

CIA Chiefs Quash Revealing Report Pointing Fingers For September 11 Detailed CIA report is ordered to be kept secret for fear that �prying eyes' may uncover truth

Vice President Cheney acknowledged yesterday that the federal government would need to borrow trillions of dollars over the next few decades to cover the cost of the personal retirement accounts at the heart of President Bush's plan to restructure Social Security.

Bulletproof Cameras ready to Patrol New Orleans

$2.5 Trillion Budget Plan Cuts Many Programs Domestic Spending Falls; Defense, Security Rise February 7, 2005

U.S. Redesigning Atomic Weapons February 7, 2005

Prof Refuses to Apologize for 9/11 Essay February 5, 2005

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Russia needs to show a commitment to a free press and other ``basics of democracy,'' and cooperate with former Soviet republics such as Georgia and Ukraine where democracy is taking hold, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday. Bwaaaahaaaahaaahaaaahaaa

PNAC's Happy Warriors February 4, 2005

Global Eye Criminal World By Chris Floyd February 4, 2005

The Pentagon's chief investigator is looking into the military's practice of paying journalists to write articles and commentary for a Web site aimed at influencing public opinion in the Balkans, officials said yesterday.

Author Now Suspects 'Deep Throat' Was -- Drumroll, Please -- George H.W. Bush The author of the 1993 biography of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, "Deep Truth," today named George H.W. Bush the new chief suspect as famed Watergate source Deep Throat. The "outing" was timed to the opening of the two reporters' Watergate archives at the University of Texas. February 04, 2005

State Of The Union 2005: A Public Declaration Of War

A Culture of Secrecy What has happened to the principle that American democracy should be accessible and transparent?

Gonzales has already declared to the Senate that interrogators in the CIA's secret gulag aren't bound by the new "restrictions" anyway. What's more, he's also asserted -- again openly, to the Senate -- that Bush has the right to break any law or restriction he pleases "while acting in his capacity as commander-in-chief." Thus whatever the Leader orders -- even torture and murder -- cannot be a crime.

In his inaugural address Reagan declared that "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." While President Reagan's actions fell far short of is rhetoric one might excuse Reagan by noting that the Democrat controlled House frustrated many of his efforts. This excuse obviously does not apply to the current Republican administration.

Fargo City Commissioner Linda Coates is among more than 40 area residents included on a list of people barred from attending President Bush's speech today in Fargo. February 3, 2005

In his sweeping assertion of power, King Gyanendra suspended several key provisions of the constitution, including freedom of the press, speech and expression, peaceful assembly, the right to privacy, and the right against preventive detention.

A Minneapolis man allegedly tried to rob a grocery store last month, but tripped himself up when he put his gun on the counter so he could scoop up the cash.

Canada to counter Patriot Act Canada urged to join coastal defence The government will revamp the wording of future federal contracts with the aim of countering U.S. powers, granted under anti-terrorism laws, to tap into personal information about Canadians.

The Justice Department has again asserted "state-secrets privilege" in seeking to dismiss a lawsuit by Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian citizen who was detained in the United States in 2002 and sent against his will to Syria, where he says he was tortured until his release a year later.

Halliburton Doing Business With the 'Axis of Evil' February 3, 2005

Iran-Contra Figure to Lead Democracy Efforts Abroad Elliott Abrams, who pleaded guilty in 1991 to withholding information from Congress in the Iran-contra affair, was promoted to deputy national security adviser to President Bush. February 3, 2005

Nuclear Evidence Could Point To Pakistan February 3, 2005

CIA Ordered to Turn Over Prisoner Records February 3, 2005

The Return of the Draft January 27, 2005

President creates a Council on Service and Civic Participation by Executive Order 13371 of January 27, 2005

The Pentagon gassed American soldiers and civilians in 1960s tests

British MP George Galloway: Elections in Occupied Iraq "Flawed Beyond Redemption" Scottish MP George Galloway has been one of the most vocal critics of the Iraq war. He was expelled from the ruling Labour Party in October 2003 after he was accused of encouraging British troops to disobey what he called "illegal orders". 01/31/05

...this official revealed that most or all of the earnings from new "personal" or privatized accounts will be paid not to the holder of the account, but to the government. The senior official called this a "benefit offset."

Most conservatives would be surprised to learn that the Patriot Act and Department of Homeland Security was the brainchild of one William Jefferson Clinton. However, a recalcitrant Republican Congress denied Clinton the opportunity to implement these plans. Of course, with the Republican, G.W. Bush, serving as President, that same Republican Congress was all too eager to pass these bills into law.

Dept. of Justice Asks For Outrageous FOIA Fees In Secret Trials For 9-11 Detention Cases February 2, 2005

Ashcroft Defends Tough Policies Attorney General Says 'Expansions of Freedom' Halted Terrorists February 2, 2005

Tens of thousands of Iraqis - mainly Sunni Arabs - may have been denied their right to vote on Sunday because of insufficient ballots and polling centres, Iraqi officials have said.

Political machinations The government is keen to deploy e-voting despite evidence of ballot rigging Michael Meacher February 2, 2005

Having for years enjoyed greater rights than other Middle East women, women in Iraq are losing even their basic freedoms -- the right to choose their clothes, the right to love or marry whom they want.

Ending Roma exclusion When Guardian journalist Gary Younge visited Hungary in 2003, 54% of police officers believed criminality to be a key part of the Roma identity and all but 4% thought it genetic.

Half of Bankruptcy Due to Medical Bills -- U.S. Study Feb 2, 2005

Infighting Cited at Homeland Security Squabbles Blamed for Reducing Effectiveness ... Ervin cited a report from his office last month that DHS immigration inspectors had continued to let dozens of people using stolen foreign passports enter the United States February 2, 2005

Even seemingly moronic pigeons can categorize objects as "human-made" vs. "natural", discriminate between cubistic and impressionistic styles of painting, and communicate using visual symbols on computers

Gonzales Will Not Be Blocked Senate Is Expected to Confirm Attorney General Nominee February 2, 2005

Rumsfeld Seeks to Revive Burrowing Nuclear Bomb Bush Budget May Fund Program That Congress Cut February 1, 2005

Turkey Calls for Withdrawal of Foreign Troops from Iraq 30 January 2005

Audit: $9 Billion Unaccounted for in Iraq --Jan 30

BAGHDAD, Jan 31 (IPS) - Voting in Baghdad was linked with receipt of food rations, several voters said after the Sunday poll.

Guantanamo Bay Tribunals Ruled Illegal Trials Violate Principles of Due Process, Federal Judge Rules January 31, 2005

The scandal sheet Print it out, send it to Harry Reid, or just read it and weep. Here are 34 scandals from the first four years of George W. Bush's presidency -- every one of them worse than Whitewater.

Bringing It All Back Home: The Emergence of the Homeland Security State

George Bush - Top Lobbyist For Pharmaceutical

"Two of the food dealers I know told me personally that our food rations would be withheld if we did not vote," said Saeed Jodhet, a 21-year-old engineering student who voted in the Hay al-Jihad district of Baghdad. ... Many Iraqis had expressed fears before the election that their monthly food rations would be cut if they did not vote. They said they had to sign voter registration forms in order to pick up their food supplies.

"In the wake of September 11, the government quite self-consciously avoided the kinds of harsh measures common in previous wars," Chertoff wrote in a December 2003 essay for the Weekly Standard. "During the nineteenth and well into the twentieth centuries, the government responded to domestic violence with a panoply of extraordinary measures, including suppression of criticism; separate treatment of noncitizens; arrests and searches without warrants; and preventive detention."

Tax revenues vanish as firms move from US to Bermuda -- Use of tax shelters is rising, prompting moves in Congress to keep companies home.

Michael Chertoff, who has been picked by President Bush to be the homeland security secretary, advised the Central Intelligence Agency on the legality of coercive interrogation methods on terror suspects under the federal anti-torture statute, current and former administration officials said this week.

Elections Are Not Democracy The United States has essentially stopped trying to build a democratic order in Iraq, and is simply trying to gain stability and legitimacy

With all the hoopla, it is easy to forget that this was an extremely troubling and flawed "election." Iraq is an armed camp. There were troops and security checkpoints everywhere. Vehicle traffic was banned.

The Iraqi Ballot, Translated January 31, 2005

The Iraqi Resistance movement has quite possibly saved the world from WWIII, though the end of the story has not yet been written.

PNACers Calling for Bullet- Stopper Conscription? January 29, 2005

CIA Said to Rebuff Congress on Nazi Files by Douglas Jehl Washington, DC -- January 29, 2005

Why I Am Obsessed with War By Harry Browne January 28, 2005

Virginia Military Institute has asked a student governing body to investigate and recommend discipline against cadets who attended a Halloween party wearing costumes that parodied Nazis, Africans and homosexuals.

Russian officers 'helped in plot to seize Beslan school' London Independent January 28 2005

Dick Cheney, Dressing Down Parka, Ski Cap at Odds With Solemnity of Auschwitz Ceremony

MOVING TARGETS by SEYMOUR M. HERSH Will the counter-insurgency plan in Iraq repeat the mistakes of Vietnam? One step the Pentagon took was to seek active and secret help in the war against the Iraqi insurgency from Israel, America's closest ally in the Middle East.

'Torture Judge' Is Rewarded By President Judge Jay S. Bybee's Odd Views On Cruel & Inhuman Punishment Get Him a Lifetime Appointment

Female interrogators tried to break Muslim detainees at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay by sexual touching, wearing a miniskirt and thong underwear and in one case smearing a Saudi man's face with fake menstrual blood, according to an insider's written account.

A Big Mistake by Rep. Ron Paul, MD Before the US House of Representatives January 26, 2005

Only a psychopath would stand in the midst of thousands of security guards and speak of "the force of human freedom."

Good Riddance, Douglas Feith January 27, 2005

Maybe you better sit down and pop a Xanax before reading any further, because what I'm about to tell you should seriously short you out: not only is the average soldier's salary barely life-sustaining, the combat pay of the average grunt in Afghanistan and Iraq is only $7.50 a day or a measly $225 a month. And to make matters worse, the folks bringing up the rear � hundreds of miles from the horror show � are pulling down the same combat pay as our heroes who daily lay their lives on the line.

SUTTER, Calif. (AP) 1.28.05, 9:50a -- Parents of Sutter elementary students told school officials Thursday they're concerned about the school's new policy that requires students to wear security badges.

Zbigniew Brzezinski: Bush Inauguration Speech: A "Vacuous Sermon," A "Global Crusade" Against "Defenseless States"

A suicide bomber from Saudi Arabia, who survived a failed attempt to blow up the Jordanian mission Baghdad in December, alleges that Iraqi police may have captured, and then released, the most wanted terrorist in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, two months ago.

Even Bybee's very narrow definition of torture would apply in this case. Here's another - not from Abu Ghraib: A detainee ''had been hooded, handcuffed in the back, and made to lie face down, on a hot surface during transportation. This had caused severe skin burns that required three months' hospitalization. . . . He had to undergo several skin grafts, the amputation of his right index finger, and suffered . . . extensive burns over the abdomen, anterior aspects of the outer extremities, the palm of his right hand and the sole of his left foot.''

Bush's crazy talk has even upset rah-rah Republicans. One Republican called Bush's speech "God-drenched." It has begun to dawn on the formerly Grand Old Party that a bloodless coup has occurred and that Republicans have lost their party to Jacobins, who cloak themselves under the term "neoconservatives."

We have arrived at a plastic moment, during which we can jump out of the Iraqi quagmire in a single bound and leave the Iraqis to "make their own way," as our president put it the other day. Whether we take it or not is a fateful decision that will put George W. Bush's words to the test.

Kennedy: Fascist America Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. wants to run for Attorney General of New York State. 01/23/05

The Nuremberg Principles Jan 22, 2005

Until now, most observers believed that the U.S. was too busy and overstretched in Iraq to contemplate new wars. But this argument is being turned on its head. The view one now tends to hear in Washington is that there can be no victory in Iraq until Iran and Syria are brought to heel.

''I wouldn't like to comment for the time being,'' Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib said when asked about rumors that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been arrested. ''Let's see. Maybe in the next few days we will make a comment about it.''

Commandos Get Duty on U.S. Soil January 23, 2005

As its overwhelming victories in Afghanistan and Iraq have demonstrated, the U.S. military is the most effective fighting force in human history. It is so effective, in fact, that many government officials are now anxious for the military to assume a more active policing role here at home. Deploying troops on the home front is very different from waging war abroad. Soldiers are trained to kill, whereas civilian peace officers are trained to respect constitutional rights and to use force only as a last resort.

'The TALON robot is used for bomb disposal. It is operated by radio frequency and equipped with four video cameras that enable troops to determine which areas enemy soldiers occupy. In addition, the TALON is waterproof up to 100 feet, allowing it to search for explosives off-land. The TALON also was used to locate victims and debris at the World Trade Center. It was developed for the EOD Technology Directorate of the Army's Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ by the engineering and technology development firm Foster-Miller.' TALON on the job at the World Trade Center:

If stations are fearful of airing "Saving Private Ryan" on Veterans Day, they are unlikely to go into much depth about war stories involving forced group masturbation, electric shock, rape committed with a phosphorescent stick, the burning of cigarettes in prisoners' ears, involuntary enemas and beatings that end in death.

The United States government is attempting to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Syrian-Canadian Maher Arar, claiming the litigation would jeopardize national security.

No Foreign Observers to Monitor Iraq Vote

Federal Appeals Court Judge Michael Chertoff's ties to the financiers of the Sept. 11 attacks may prevent his confirmation as Homeland Security Chief. According to a June 20, 2000 article in the The Record of Bergen County, New Jersey, Chertoff defended accused terrorist financier Dr. Magdy Elamir.

The dangers of exporting democracy Bush's crusade is based on a dangerous illusion and will fail --January 22, 2005

A shiver runs round the world as Bush bangs the drum for 'fire of freedom'

W and Dostoevsky George W. Bush is a man possessed

International aid agencies in India have been horrified to find, even amid the suffering caused by the tsunami, some survivors being refused access to basic relief because they are considered "Untouchables". Accounts have emerged of members of the former Untouchable castes not being allowed to drink clean water from a tank provided by Unicef because other castes believed it would pollute the water in the tank. Dalits, as the former Untouchables are known today, have been thrown out of government relief camps by the other survivors staying there.

One of the most publicized incidents of the day involved the Protest Warriors and their gathering dubbed, "Operation Hail to the Chief." According to the Washington Post, the Protest Warriors' event drew out a laughable 13 supporters. Unfazed by their lack of numbers, they moved forward with their mission to provoke opposing groups. The group "infiltrated" an anti-Bush rally with signs such as "Say no to war unless a Democrat is president" and "Not to brag, but Bush won, so shove it!"

Police officers fire streams of pepper spray over a crowd of protesters after demonstrators threw objects over the fence at police as the Bush inaugural parade passed by on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, January 20, 2005. Anti-war chants competed with pomp and circumstance as the inauguration of President George W. Bush (news - web sites) for a second term took place amid the barricaded streets of central Washington.

"The ramifications of a military strike are going to be all negative," according to Kenneth Pollack, a former CIA analyst now at the Brookings Institution, who supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq. He said it would likely rally the population behind the regime and provoke serious retaliation both in Iraq and beyond.

Four years ago, scientists in Australia genetically modified a mousepox virus and inadvertently created a highly virulent strain that could not be stopped by vaccination. But the WHO insisted the latest proposal to engineer the human smallpox virus was inherently safer.

NY Journalist (Brodeur) Arrested for Harassing Mayor Bloomberg's Office (this is the guy who interupted the 911 commision meeting right after Guiliani testified...photo from that event)

Global Eye American Terror January 21, 2005

Rumsfeld Cancels Trip to Germany Over Fears of War Crimes Prosecution 21 January 2005

Homeland Security Operations Morning Briefs

Titan covered in liquid natural gas January 21, 2005

Bush has renominated for judgeships "those" already rejected by the Senate, including William Haynes, who as the Pentagon's general counsel advised on the policy that the president isn't bound by laws governing torture, and Janice Brown, who has denounced the New Deal as a "socialist revolution" and is opposed to the incorporation of the Bill of Rights in the Constitution. 20 January 2005

Michael K. Powell will step down as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission after nearly four often-rocky years as the government's top media and telecommunications regulator, the agency has confirmed. ... More fines for indecency were proposed under Powell than by all previous chairman combined. January 21, 2005

Cheney: Saddam at fault for long Iraq recovery 'Situation tougher than I would have thought,' VP tells Imus Jan. 20, 2005

To the Founders, Congress was king The nation's Founders expected Congress, not the president, to be where the real action was, Berkin says. The president was supposed to be, well, more like an "errand boy" for Congress. January 20, 2005

"The biggest regret is that we didn't stop 9/11. And then in the wake of 9/11, instead of redoubling what is our traditional export of hope and optimism we exported our fear and our anger. And presented a very intense and angry face to the world. I regret that a lot." -- Richard Armitage January 20, 2005

Officers of the Central Intelligence Agency and other nonmilitary personnel fall outside the bounds of a 2002 directive issued by President George W. Bush that pledged the humane treatment of prisoners in U.S. custody, Alberto Gonzales, the White House counsel, said in a document. ... At the same time, however, the president has a clear policy opposing torture, and "the CIA and other nonmilitary personnel are fully bound" by it, Gonzales said. Huh?

It's a sorry state of affairs in America when you can trust the words of Saddam Hussein more than those of your own President.

Judge tosses 1 Guantanamo suit; 2nd case in the works Leon made a distinction between the right to file for a habeas corpus petition before a judge and the right to obtain one. January 20, 2005

The confirmation of Secretary of State designate Condoleezza Rice has been postponed to next week. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada raised the objection, saying Democrats needed four and a half hours to speak on the matter.

As her appointment is confirmed, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice identifies the six miscreant states that will be the target of American foreign policy efforts to 'spread democracy', reports Rupert Cornwell 20 January 2005

Gonzales excludes CIA from rules on prisoners January 20, 2005

On the eve of President Bush's second inauguration, most Americans say they do not expect the economy to improve or American troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by the time Mr. Bush leaves the White House, and many have reservations about his signature plan to overhaul Social Security, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. January 20, 2005

Condi Rice/Steady on, toward disaster January 20, 2005

Despite Bush's furious animadversions, the social security actuaries in their most sober assessments report that the current system will issue full benefits without any changes until 2042. Only the slightest modifications then would guarantee complete solvency beyond that into the indefinite future. Thus the "iceberg" melts before the facts.

The Eve of Destruction George Bush is getting four more years to remake the world in his image. (Too bad for us, he already started.) January 18th, 2005

More than half of people surveyed in a BBC World Service poll say the re-election of US President George W Bush has made the world more dangerous. ... the poll was carried out in cities where people have benefited economically from closer trade ties with the US.

Lawsuit Filed Against George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney Doug Wallace

Even as the White House decries the ominous prospect of Iranian influence on the upcoming Iraqi national elections, US-funded organizations with long records of manipulating foreign democracies in the direction of Washington's interests are quietly but deeply involved in essentially every aspect of the upcoming Iraqi elections.

...according to a renowned expert on international law, Sabah Al Mukhtar, the London-based President of the League of Arab Lawyers, the election is not alone fatally flawed, it is illegal. "Under the Vienna Convention, an occupying force has no right to change composition of occupied territories socially, culturally, educationally or politically. This election was based on the laws laid down by former 'Viceroy' American Paul Bremer and is entirely unconstitutional. Bremer personally appointed the overseers for the election", says Al Mukhtar, thus, far from 'free and fair' and heralding Iraqi 'democracy' they are entirely engineered by Bush's man.

A South Korean human rights group on Tuesday revealed what it claimed to be the first video footage of dissident activity in North Korea. Jan. 18, 2005

Police on Tuesday surrounded a van one block from the White House after the driver threatened to blow it up, but the FBI linked the incident to a domestic dispute, not terrorism.

"We can have this discussion in any way that you would like, but I really hope that you will refrain from impugning my integrity," Rice told Boxer. "I really hope that you will not imply that I take the truth lightly." -- Ms. "No One Could Ever Have Imagined"

An Iraqi-American illegally acted as an agent for Iraq under Saddam Hussein and received millions of dollars worth of oil from the country's U.N. oil-for-food program, U.S. court documents showed on Tuesday.

Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee grilled Condoleezza Rice on the situation in Iraq and the Bush administration's international policy on Tuesday in her confirmation hearing to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state.

Pop goes the Bush mythology bubble Part 4: More reasons to not investigate 9-11 By Karl W. B. Schwarz

"The sun that reaches the Earth's surface delivers 10,000 times more energy than we consume," said Ted Sargent, an electrical and computer engineering professor at the University of Toronto. Sargent is one of the inventors of the new plastic material. "If we could cover 0.1 percent of the Earth's surface with [very efficient] large-area solar cells," he said, "we could in principle replace all of our energy habits with a source of power which is clean and renewable."

"One can speculate endlessly about what really motivated George Bush and his neocon Praetorian guards to go to war. Was their goal to convert the Middle East into a walking mat for Sharon and easy pickings for Halliburton? Did they set out to appease Bin Laden by lifting sanctions and dismantling the bases in Saudi Arabia?"

The U.S. military freed about 80 Afghan prisoners Sunday, and the country's most senior judge said the government was negotiating the release of hundreds more from American custody.

President Bush said the public's decision to reelect him was a ratification of his approach toward Iraq and that there was no reason to hold any administration officials accountable for mistakes or misjudgments in prewar planning or managing the violent aftermath. On the election Bush said he was puzzled that he received only about 11 percent of the black vote, according to exit polls, about a 2 percentage point increase over his 2000 total. "I did my best to reach out, and I will continue to do so as the president," Bush said. "It's important for people to know that I'm the president of everybody." January 16, 2005

Ohio is abandoning electronic voting in favor of lower-tech, lower-cost optical-scan equipment, Secretary of State Ken Blackwell announced today. "It is just the most efficient and practical way to proceed," Blackwell said in an interview. "We're faced with a tight implementation schedule, tight money and no (electronic) machines that are certified." January 12, 2005

"On the Road Again" means something new for Willie Nelson these days -- a chance for truckers to fill their tanks with clean-burning biodiesel fuel. Nelson and three business partners recently formed a company called Willie Nelson's Biodiesel that is marketing the fuel to truck stops. The fuel is made from vegetable oils, mainly soybeans, and can be burned without modification to diesel engines.

'Radiation-proof' cars offered in America Two private US companies have designs on building the first luxury recreational vehicle that could withstand nuclear radiation. -- 14 January 2005

Official: Evidence Supports FBI Complaints The bureau's response to complaints by former translator Sibel Edmonds was "significantly flawed," Inspector General Glenn Fine said in a report that summarized a lengthy classified investigation into how the FBI handled the case. Fine said her claims "raised substantial questions and were supported by various pieces of evidence." January 14, 2005

Justice Dept IG Releases Unclassified Report Summary on Sibel Edmonds' Allegations January 14, 2005

Did Bush's New Homeland Security Nominee Protect Terror-Linked Doctor from Prosecution?

Michael Chertoff and the sabotage of the Ptech investigation January 14, 2005

DHS Nominee Chertoff Defended NJ Man llinked to Bin Ladin

Statements by the Bush administration before and after the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 on Saddam Hussein's weapons programs

Parts bound for Iran nuclear plant seized January 14, 2005

WMD now in select theaters

The Huygens European space probe today successfully sent a signal back to Earth after landing on Saturn's moon Titan after a seven-year, 2bn-mile voyage.

�� Egypt has defended a decision to renew "emergency" laws by referring to US anti-terror legislation �� Malaysia justifies detention without trial by invoking Guant��namo �� Russia cites Abu Ghraib to blame abuse in Chechnya solely on low-ranking soldiers.

An investigation by the Washington Post last year suggested that the US held 9,000 people overseas in an archipelago of known prisons (such as Abu Ghraib in Iraq) and unknown ones run by the Pentagon, the CIA or other organisations. But this figure does not include others "rendered" to third-party governments who then act as subcontractors for Washington, enabling the US to effectively torture detainees while technically denying that it carries out torture.

Washington's mayor, Anthony Williams, has complained that the city will have to spend $17.3m to help pay for security. The federal government normally reimburses the city for such costs, but this year it has told Mr Williams to take most of the money from Washington's homeland security budget, draining its defences for the rest of the year.

Iraq New Terror Breeding Ground War Created Haven, CIA Advisers Report January 14, 2005

The White House on Friday played down a government report which said the war in Iraq is providing an important training ground and recruitment center for Islamic terrorists.

The portions of the UN report censored by the United States identified at least twenty-four U.S. corporations that helped Iraq build its pre-Gulf War weapons programs and rockets. The list includes; * Bechtel (conventional) * DuPont (nuclear) * Eastman Kodak (rocket) * Hewlett-Packard (nuclear, rocket, conventional) * Honeywell (rocket, conventional) * International Computer Systems (nuclear, rocket, conventional) * Rockwell (conventional) * Sperry Corp. (rocket, conventional) * Tektronix (rocket, nuclear) * Unisys (nuclear, conventional)

White House Fought New Curbs on Interrogations, Officials say

The final report from chief U.S. weapons inspector Charles Duelfer, due out next month, has concluded that "the former regime had no formal written strategy or plan for the revival of WMD." The Bush administration does not hold out hopes that any weapons will ever be found.

'Bring it on' was a little blunt. I was really speaking to our troops, but it came out and had a different connotation, different meanings for others," he told Walters.

"There are some who feel like that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is bring them on," Bush said. "We've got the force necessary to deal with the security situation."

The current President George Bush, whose very name evokes a dark era many would prefer to forget, seems determined to resurrect the ghosts of America's scandal-ridden past. A number of his foreign policy appointments are former Iran-contra operatives who are being rehabilitated and rewarded with powerful foreign policy posts.

Chertoff played key role on 9/11 January 13, 2005

Chertoff Wrote Blueprint for Sept. 12 Crackdown January 13, 2005

Iowa Man Charged With Sending Nuclear Equipment To Iran January 12, 2005

Canadian regulators announced Tuesday that an Alberta cow had tested positive for mad-cow, the popular name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The case comes less than two weeks after news of another cow's diagnosis emerged and is particularly significant because the animal was born after the introduction of feeding rules intended to stamp out BSE.

PARTS of Iraq may be too unsafe to participate in this month's elections, the country's interim prime minister said yesterday, as insurgents killed at least 20 people in attacks aimed at undermining the poll.

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said foreign troops would be out of the country by the end of March. "A three-month period is enough, even the sooner the better," Kalla said.

Bank accidentally recycles ATM

Government IDs and Identity Theft by Rep. Ron Paul, MD

The $499 price of the Mac Mini certainly makes owning an Apple computer more accessible.

Should the US Military Be Allowed to Torture People?

Search for Banned Arms In Iraq Ended Last Month January 12, 2005

Tsunami bomb NZ's devastating war secret 30 June 2000

Canadian scientists have made a discovery that could become a catalyst for new generations of "battery-less" consumer electronic devices and the long-awaited solar-hydrogen economy. They have created paintable plastic solar cells that are the first to harness the sun's invisible, infrared rays, and could deliver up to five times the power of the most advanced photovoltaic cells today. ... The material dissolves into a liquid without losing any of its performance, and may be painted onto walls or windows, sprayed on clothing, or printed onto rolls of paper.

Kessler pointed out that Syria has tried, often in vain, to cooperate with the United States, only to be either snubbed or ignored. January 12, 2005

Testimony of Dr Carol Rosin December 2000 "People in laboratories have told me that they don't want to work on these technologies for war but if they don't they won't get a paycheck. Who is going to pay them? But what I see is that there are not only dual uses for these technologies but there are many uses for the same technologies."

The annual drafting of the budget is a reminder that the American presence in Iraq is costing nearly $4.5 billion a month and putting huge strains on the military. January 10, 2005

Coble suggests pullout in Iraq January 9, 2005

Congress passes `doomsday' plan "Changing what constitutes a quorum in this way would allow less than a dozen lawmakers to declare war on another nation," Baird said. January 9, 2005

Members of Congress who objected to voting on legislation without first reading it amended the Patriot Act to include a "trigger" which provided that, upon the request of any member of Congress, the debate that never took place before voting would commence sometime afterward. When Congress adopted the Intelligence Reform Act, it secretly squeezed in what I refer to as an addendum to the Patriot Act, also without debate, by making changes to elements of the 2001 Patriot Act.

President Bush is entering his second term with the lowest approval ratings of any recent two-term president, even as he talks about an ambitious agenda of change, an Associated Press poll finds.

THE world may be better off if Osama Bin Laden remains at large, according to the Central Intelligence Agency's recently departed executive director. If the world's most wanted terrorist is captured or killed, a power struggle among his Al-Qaeda subordinates may trigger a wave of terror attacks, said AB "Buzzy" Krongard, who stepped down six weeks ago as the CIA's third most senior executive.

Ronson talked to Christopher Cerf, the composer for the children's show Sesame Street for the last 25 years. Fuelled by reports that his songs were being used on Iraqi prisoners, Cerf joked that he should be getting royalties for each interrogation.

German's Claim of Kidnapping Brings Investigation of U.S. Link On the afternoon of Dec. 31, 2003, Khaled el-Masri was traveling on a tourist bus headed for the Macedonian capital, Skopje, where he was hoping to escape the "holiday pressures" of home life during a weeklong vacation. ... He attends a mosque in Ulm, Germany, that has been closely watched by the authorities because several suspected terrorists have worshiped there. But those authorities say Mr. Masri has never been a suspect. ... After three and a half weeks, Mr. Masri said he was told that he could return to Germany. ... Someone injected his arm, he said, and he fell into a deep sleep. In March, Mr. Masri said he began a hunger strike. On the 35th day, he said an Afghan prison guard told him, "The Americans don't care if you live or die." ... Two days later, he said, he was beaten again and forcibly fed liquid through a tube shoved down his throat. ... "I'm sure those men will take revenge, after what was done to them," Mr. Masri said. "Some said to me - we hope to get out of here and then have the power to make something happen against the Americans." January 9, 2005

'The Salvador Option' The Pentagon may put Special-Forces-led assassination or kidnapping teams in Iraq

Alberto Gonzales and the Rule of Lawlessness January 9, 2005

Gonzales said he could not recall key details of his involvement in the production of an August 2002 memo that narrowly defined the tactics that constitute torture. He also declined repeated invitations to repudiate a past administration assertion that the president has the authority to ignore anti-torture statutes on national security grounds.

Focusing on torture as the main objection to Alberto Gonzales' taking over as Attorney General distracts us from his greater sin: his attempt to give the president the power to imprison Americans incommunicado and indefinitely, without recourse to courts or lawyers. Such contempt for our civil rights shows that Gonzales cannot be trusted to protect them.

Five Senators and Eight House Members to Challenge Election

White House Won't Release Gonzales Papers January 6, 2005

Sen. Barbara Boxer (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., signed a challenge mounted by House Democrats to Ohio's 20 electoral votes, which put Bush over the top.

The CIA and Riggs Bank A Wall Street Journal story that the press gang should chase. Jan. 7, 2005

The purported link between Riggs and the CIA sent Riggs shares up 7 percent on Friday. January 06, 2005

Wash. GOP Demands New Governor Election Jan 6

Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales' confirmation hearing this week may become more contentious because the White House has refused to provide copies of his memos on the questioning of terror suspects.

Al-Zarqawi reportedly arrested in Iraq 04 January 2005

CONGRESSMAN TOO TRUTHFUL by U.S. Congressman Ron Paul

Smuggling American GI's is a booming business in Iraq these days. For $1,000 and his/her weapon and uniform, any US soldier can get him or herself out of Iraq through Kurdistan. Last April, a female US soldier was captured by the Kurds, allies of the US, dressed like a Kurdish woman with a face veil, attempting to cross into Turkey.

"I think the resistance is bigger than the US military in Iraq. I think the resistance is more than 200,000 people," General Muhammad Abdullah Shahwani, director of Iraq's new intelligence services, said.

The US occupation military forces in Iraq recently detained Dr. Huda Sali Mahdi Ammash, a Iraqi scientist. South End Press, the publishers of Dr. Huda Ammash, in a press release has suggested that "there may be political motivation for her detention."

Baghdad Governor Slain; 5 U.S. Troops Die January 4, 2005

Americans are closing their eyes and letting a new form of fascism get rolling -- Jan. 4, 2005

The laser-wielding terrorists are coming! Not since the Dread Syrian Wedding Musicians went to the bathroom has such idiotic hysteria gripped America.

Listeria food poisoning increased slightly in 2003, according to a consumer group that said the Bush administration stalled and then changed regulations aimed at curbing the sometimes deadly infection. --Jan. 4, 2005

The US Military and the State Department were given advanced warning. America's Navy base on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean was notified. Why were fishermen in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand not provided with the same warnings as the US Navy and the US State Department?

A reported U.S. plan to keep some suspected terrorists imprisoned for a lifetime even if the government lacks evidence to charge them in courts was swiftly condemned on Sunday as a "bad idea" by a leading Republican senator.

Animals invited to help forecast earthquakes

January 1, 2005 -- PHUKET, Thailand - Quick-thinking 10-year-old Tilly Smith is being hailed as a hero after saving her parents and dozens of fellow vacationers from the deadly tsunami - thanks to a school geography lesson.

Head of CIA analysis unit joins exodus of top officials in shake-up 30 December 2004

In a historic shift, a majority of Americans express the view that the U.S. made a mistake in going to war against Iraq, according to a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll.

Passengers grew testy during extra 18 hours on plane; 'Seemed like we would have a riot'

FBI Names 6th Counterterrorism Chief Since 9/11 Wednesday, December 29, 2004; Page A17 The FBI announced the appointment yesterday of its sixth counterterrorism director since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, underscoring the bureau's struggle to retain executives in senior positions.

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Incredibly, the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck off Sumatra on Sunday morning caused a vertical displacement of so much material that the rotation period of the Earth has been permanently altered.

Earthquake: Coincidence or a Corporate Oil Tragedy? December 28, 2004

Last year the British Medical Journal ran a paper advocating the "Polypill" - combining aspirin, folic acid and cholesterol-lowering and blood-pressure drugs - for everybody over 55. But an article in the Christmas issue says a "Polymeal", containing fish, wine, dark chocolate, fruits and vegetables, garlic and almonds, would achieve roughly the same effect. "Combining all the ingredients of the Polymeal resulted in cardiovascular disease being reduced by 76%," they write.

Tsunami hits Asia: 30 minutes of terror caught live on home video 29 December 2004

Nearly a year after Dr. Khan's arrest, secrets of his nuclear black market continue to uncoil, revealing a vast global enterprise. But the inquiry has been hampered by discord between the Bush administration and the nuclear watchdog, and by Washington's concern that if it pushes too hard for access to Dr. Khan, a national hero in Pakistan, it could destabilize an ally. As a result, much of the urgency has been sapped from the investigation, helping keep hidden the full dimensions of the activities of Dr. Khan and his associates. ... In the 11 months since Dr. Khan's partial confession, Pakistan has denied American investigators access to him. Dutch intelligence officials began watching him. By late 1975, they grew so wary, after he was observed at a nuclear trade show in Switzerland asking suspicious questions, that they moved him to a different area of the company "The Dutch wanted to arrest him," the diplomat said. "But they were told by the American C.I.A., 'Leave him so we can follow his trail.' "

Thai newspaper documents government attempt to kill tsunami warning

Scam allegedly hid drugs as Santa's toys Dec. 29, 2004

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, meanwhile, was to hold a meeting Tuesday to review possible damage to a nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu shut down Sunday after water seeped into the facility. At least 1,500 families in the Kalpakkam township near the Indira Gandhi Atomic Energy Centre in Kalpakkam, 80 kilometres south of Chennai had been evacuated as a precaution.

Living Under Fascism By Rev Davidson Loehr 7 November 2004

Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell has requested a protective order to prevent him from being interviewed as part of an unusual court challenge of the presidential vote. Petro also argued that the state Supreme Court does not have jurisdiction over a federal election.

CIA resists request for abuse data December 27, 2004

privacy advocates refuse to release new report

DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: And to change that way of living, would strike at the very essence of our country. And I think all of us have a sense if we imagine the kind of world we would face if the people who bombed the mess hall in Mosul, or the people who did the bombing in Spain, or the people who attacked the United States in New York, shot down the plane over Pennsylvania and attacked the Pentagon, the people who cut off peoples' heads on television to intimidate, to frighten -- indeed the word "terrorized" is just that. Its purpose is to terrorize, to alter behavior, to make people be something other than that which they want to be.

A few hours later in Tikrit, the same frustration surfaced with another soldier complaining that she had a hard time explaining what they were doing in Iraq when she got back home and asking what could be done to get past the bad press. Rumsfeld said the message was getting through anyway. "I think the country does understand that we lost 3,000 people on September 11th and the fact that those people were operating in this part of the world ...

General Myers said at a news conference that the attack was "the responsibility of the insurgents, the same insurgents who attacked on 9/11. The way you prevent this is to win the war on extremism."

According to agents of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, President George W. Bush has signed a secret executive order approving the use of torture against prisoners captured in his "war on terror" -- including thousands of innocent people rounded up in Iraq and crammed into Saddam Hussein's infamous Abu Ghraib prison. ... Bush officials denied such an executive order exists; they say the agents confused it with an earlier order for "aggressive techniques" issued by Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld, which was then supposedly rescinded and softened in March 2003 after complaints from military lawyers. But the abuses described in the new FBI memos occurred long after the first Rumsfeld order was invalidated. Thus the Administration's denial is based on a clear falsehood.

Among the documents released last Monday was a Dec. 5, 2003, memorandum from an FBI agent that said such abusive treatment of prisoners neither produced any intelligence that could help prevent further terrorist attacks nor even helped prosecute anyone. The interrogation tactics were so brutal, the memo says, that any evidence would have to be thrown out of court on the grounds that it was coerced.

Since the publication of photographs of abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in the spring the administration's whitewashers - led by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld - have contended that the crimes were carried out by a few low-ranking reservists, that they were limited to the night shift during a few chaotic months at Abu Ghraib in 2003, that they were unrelated to the interrogation of prisoners and that no torture occurred at the Guant��namo Bay prison where hundreds of terrorism suspects are held. The new documents establish beyond any doubt that every part of this cover story is false.

Pop goes the Bush mythology bubble Part 3: 9-11 served a multitude of purposes By Karl W. B. Schwarz

WAR ON PLASTIC: Rejecting the toxic plague

UK researchers are pioneering tests of the use of adult stem cells which could reverse cirrhosis of the liver.

'Spiderman' Climbs World's Tallest Building Sat Dec 25, 9:09 AM ET

The United States doesn't want to absorb Iraq or take direct possession of its oil. That's not the way of empire today; it's about control over the flow of oil and oil profits, not ownership. In a world that runs on oil, the nation that controls the flow of oil has great strategic power. U.S. policy-makers want leverage over the economies of competitors -- Western Europe, Japan and China -- that are more dependent on Middle Eastern oil.

Microsoft Media Player-free Windows in Europe from January 23 December 04

Goat Is a Popular Gift With Britons December 23, 2004

Radio Stations Face Fine For 'Naked Twister' Game KQRC, KFH Could Pay $220K Indecency Fine December 22, 2004

Judge rules school district can censor images on student T-shirt ...the boy eventually complied and applied duct tape to the offending images on the shirt. Over the tape, he wrote "censored" and was allowed to wear the altered T-shirt to school.

DARPA funds dozens of new urban-warfare tools

'We need to take back The City' Richard Kovacevich discusses the nation's economic prospects and the legacy of Alan Greenspan, and urges San Franciscans to regain control of their city at the ballot box.

It Can't Happen Here By Rep. Ron Paul 12-21-4

Secretary of State Colin Powell said he persuaded President Bush to attack Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 attacks though some wanted Iraq to be the target.

The Rise of Pseudo Fascism October 31, 2004

Cocaine cache found aboard crashed plane Pilot sought after $24 million worth of drug found in W. Va. wreck -- Dec. 21, 2004

While not widely known, the Bin & Barrel and every other U.S. business must steer clear of people on the government's 192-page list of "specially designated nationals," which has more than 5,000 names and is updated frequently. Otherwise, businesspeople could face huge fines and a long stay in prison.

Saddam Holds First Meeting With Lawyer

Dioxin in Yushchenko's Blood 6,000 Times Above Normal -- Ukraine Eyes Transit Fees on Russian Oil -- December 15

Kim Jong-il Can Transform North Korea, Kelly Says ``Many accusations that he (Kim Jong-il) is some sort of crazy person are not correct,'' U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly said in an exclusive interview with The Korea Times at his office in the State Department. He said Kim's leadership is one that is unique and rational.

George Bush: "Kim Jong Il is a Pygmy"

Lima Beans and Pygmies Jan. 22, 2003

Credible sources who were close to Gary Webb have stated that he was receiving death threats, being regularly followed, and that he was concerned about strange individuals who were seen on multiple occasions breaking into and leaving his house before his apparent 'suicide' on Friday morning.

US is forced to abandon hunt for bin Laden 14/12/2004

Premier Says Ex-Government Erased Data on Madrid Attack December 14, 2004

Aznar 'purged all records in Madrid bombings cover-up' 14 December 2004

For three or four years that's where the homeless man lived. Actually, he lived under Lake Shore Drive, in a wooden shack built into the beams and girders of the drawbridge that crosses the Chicago River. Dorsay had tapped into the bridge's electricity to power a television, microwave, space heater and PlayStation video game system. There he could relax and, on occasions, turn on a Chicago Bears game, invite friends over and pop open some beers.

13 December 2004 BERLIN - Iraq-based al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Mussab al- Zarkawi is planning a terror strike of greater magnitude than the 11 September 2001 attacks in New York and Washington, according to a German newspaper report published on Monday. The daily Tagesspiegel in Berlin quotes a follower of al-Zarkawi as saying "bla bla bla."

Obituary: Gary Webb, prize-winning investigative reporter -- December 12, 2004 Mr. Webb, 49, was found dead in his Carmichael home Friday morning of gunshot wounds to the head, the Sacramento County Coroner's Office said Saturday.

Gary Webb, reporter who linked CIA to drug sales, dead at 49 -- Dec. 12, 2004 He was killed by gunshot wounds to the head, according to Sacramento County Deputy Coroner Bill Guillot.

Gary Webb Dead: Suicide? Conspiracy? You Guess. by BRASSCHECK.COM

GARY WEBB: THE STORY YOU WON'T READ From the major media we learn sublimally that the drug industry - aside from selling illegal drugs - is the most honest business in the country. After all, according to the press, it never tries to buy elections, bribe politicians, lobby or influence policy, or infiltrate high positions of influence. Were that Enron and Haliburton so clean December 12, 2004

GARY WEBB, 49, wrote about CIA and Crack, Found Dead -- by Alex Walker Dec. 12, 2004

Investigative journalist Gary Webb speaks to a packed house on the CIA's connection to drug trafficking, and the failure of the media to expose the truth.

Gary Webb Death - New Math Of Bush Reporter 'Suicides' 12-13-4

Gary Webb article archive

The Bush administration has dozens of intercepts of Mohamed ElBaradei's phone calls with Iranian diplomats and is scrutinizing them in search of ammunition to oust him as director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to three U.S. government officials.

The picture combo shows Viktor Yushchenko in file photos dated March 28, 2002, left, and Dec. 6, 2004, right. The Ukrainian opposition leader and presidential candidate's mysterious illness that scared his face was caused by dioxin poisoning, doctors said Saturday Dec. 11, 2004, in Vienna, Austria. (AP Photo/Viktor Pobedinsky/Efrem Lukatsky)

The 40,000-tonne Malaysian-registered Selendang Ayu, carrying 480,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil and 21,000 gallons of diesel, yesterday split in two off the coast of Unalaska island, a region near a wildlife refuge that is home to sea lions, seals, otters, halibut fishing stocks and several endangered species. December 11, 2004

Yushchenko as Head of the Central Bank was responsible for deregulating the national currency under the October 1994 "shock treatment": * The price of bread increased overnight by 300 percent, * electricity prices by 600 percent, * public transportation by 900 percent. * the standard of living tumbled

Dec. 8, 2004 | On June 15, 2003, Sgt. Frank "Greg" Ford, a counterintelligence agent in the California National Guard's 223rd Military Intelligence (M.I.) Battalion stationed in Samarra, Iraq, told his commanding officer, Capt. Victor Artiga, that he had witnessed five incidents of torture and abuse of Iraqi detainees at his base, and requested a formal investigation. Thirty-six hours later, Ford, a 49-year-old with over 30 years of military service in the Coast Guard, Army and Navy, was ordered by U.S. Army medical personnel to lie down on a gurney, was then strapped down, loaded onto a military plane and medevac'd to a military medical center outside the country.

Last week, the minions of George W. Bush announced, in open court, that he has the power to seize anyone on earth -- even "little old ladies in Switzerland" -- and imprison them forever if he so chooses, The New York Times reports. Last week, the Pentagon released a report -- completed long before the election -- confessing that the "aberrations" of Abu Ghraib were in fact part of a broad system of state terror spread throughout Iraq, the Washington Post reports.

Part II, Pop goes the Bush Mythology Bubble

Officer Alleges CIA Retaliation Lawsuit Says Agency Urged False Reporting on Iraqi Arms December 9, 2004 ... The operative, who remains under cover, asserts in a lawsuit made public yesterday that a co-worker warned him in 2001 "that CIA management planned to 'get him' for his role in reporting intelligence contrary to official CIA dogma."

Kamran Akhtar, detained in July after a police officer spotted him videotaping Charlotte's skyscrapers, has agreed to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors that could keep him behind bars for up to six months, his attorney said Thursday.

National ID Cards: New Technologies, Same Bad Idea September 28, 2001

Austria confirms Yushchenko was poisoned Kiev, Ukraine, Dec.

Canada blocks torture charges against Bush December 6th 2004

The Material Basis of Accumulation By Stan Goff December 6 2004

U.S. soldier who left his unit seeks refugee status in Canada, calls war in Iraq illegal December 07, 2004

WHISTLEBLOWER AFFIDAVIT: Programmer Built Vote Rigging Prototype at Republican Congressman's Request! CLAIM: Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) Asked Company to Create E-Vote Fraud Software! *** A BRAD BLOG EXCLUSIVE! PLEASE CREDIT! ***

"According to Curtis, Feeney and other top brass at Yang Enterprises, a company located in a three-story building in Oviedo, Florida, wanted the program, written in Visual Basic 5 (VB.5) and designed to operate in Windows and be portable to Unix-based vote tabulation systems, to be "undetectable" to voters and election supervisors."

Pop goes the Bush mythology bubble Part 1: The 9-11 Commission By Karl W. B. Schwarz

Hyping Terror For Fun, Profit - And Power by Thom Hartmann What if there really was no need for much - or even most - of the Cold War? What if, in fact, the Cold War had been kept alive for two decades based on phony WMD threats? What if, similarly, the War On Terror was largely a scam, and the administration was hyping it to seem larger-than-life? What if our "enemy" represented a real but relatively small threat posed by rogue and criminal groups well outside the mainstream of Islam? What if that hype was done largely to enhance the power, electability, and stature of George W. Bush and Tony Blair? And what if the world was to discover the most shocking dimensions of these twin deceits - that the same men promulgated them in the 1970s and today?

Musharraf: Iraq war is a mistake 12/6/2004

The author of Brave New World and The Doors of Perception introduced Wilson to LSD-25. The drug rocked Wilson's world. He thought of it as something of a miracle substance and continued taking it well into the �60s. As he approached his 70th birthday, he developed a plan to have LSD distributed at all AA meetings nationwide.

Former President George H.W. Bush presented California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger an award for public service Tuesday and suggested the foreign-born, former action movie star could someday be elected president.

President Bush yesterday challenged international leaders to create a new world order, declaring pre-September 11 multilateralism outmoded and asserting that freedom from terrorism will come only through pre-emptive action against enemies of democracy.

Tenet Suggests Greater Government Control over Internet

Russia may use cruise missiles and strategic bombers in preventive strikes against terrorists outside its borders, the commander of Russia's air force said Friday.

Big list of rats who have said goodbye to Bush Fri Dec 3, 2004

Troops searching for Osama Bin Laden along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan have no idea where he is, says Pakistan leader Pervez Musharraf.

Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2001

Imposter hits chemical giant with Bhopal payout hoax 03 Dec 2004

A Closer Look At The Red/Blue Cultural Divide: It Is Mostly Hokum By John W. Dean Dec. 03, 2004

FALLUJAH NAPALMED US uses banned weapon ..but was Tony Blair told? Nov 28 2004

Report: Raytheon 'Heat Beam' Weapon Ready For Iraq

CIA Training of Islamists Haunts GIs in Iraq Commentary, Peter Dale Scott, Pacific News Service, Nov 26, 2003

Feast's hidden famines The food we buy isn't as cheap as it seems. By Christopher D. Cook 1 December 2004

Through the use of t-valves, the government can regulate, on an individualized, residence by residence basis, the introduction of another substance into the water lines. As fluoride goes in at the plant, we are not dealing with the capability to add fluoride. It is quite a bit more nefarious than that.

'Muslims do not "hate our freedom," but rather, they hate our policies.' -- Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Strategic Communication

The official FBI definition of terrorism describes exactly what George Bush did in the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11!

The creation of NORTHCOM, announced in April 2002, constitutes a blatant violation of both Canadian and Mexican territorial sovereignty. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced unilaterally that US Northern Command would have jurisdiction over the entire North American region. Canada and Mexico were presented with a fait accompli. US Northern Command's jurisdiction as outlined by the US DoD includes, in addition to the continental US, all of Canada, Mexico, as well as portions of the Caribbean, contiguous waters in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans up to 500 miles off the Mexican, US and Canadian coastlines as well as the Canadian Arctic.

The Mark 77 is a US 750-lb (340-kg) air-dropped incendiary bomb that carries a fuel gel mix that is the direct successor to napalm.

Draft the Daughters

Back when he was running for president, candidate Bush declared that medical marijuana is a states' rights issue. "I believe," he said, "each state can choose that decision as they so choose."

Is America heading toward fascism?

The Left has been using fascism as a cussword since the days of Hitler and Mussolini. It was already very old and weary by the time it was annexed to Islam. But what's fascistic about al-Qaeda, unless fascist just means a form of politics I don't like, which doesn't take us very far toward understanding what it is?

Pakistan Backs Off Bin Laden Hunt November 27, 2004

Republicans in the United States Congress have moved to block hundreds of millions of pounds in economic aid to foreign nations, unless they agree to shield American personnel and troops from any possible prosecution by the International Criminal Court.

YOU HAVE PAPERS? Craig Roberts November 18, 2004

Iraqi mobile labs nothing to do with germ warfare, report finds --June 15, 2003

Case for war made up, say top names 09.11.2003

Lethal Virus from 1918 Genetically Reconstructed US Army scientists create "Spanish Flu" virus in laboratory - medical benefit questionable (Austin and Hamburg, 9 October 2003)

US Checking Possibility of Pumping Oil from Northern Iraq to Haifa, via Jordan August 25, 2003 by Ha'aretz (Israel)

Bush grants permanent legal immunity to US corporations looting Iraqi oil --19 August 2003

US ran missile sting from start to finish

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