"I don't know anybody that I can think of who
has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear
weapons." -Donald Rumsfeld

7/7 Mock Terror Drill: What Relationship to the Real Time Terror Attacks? Fictional 7/7 "scenario" of multiple bomb attacks on London's subway by Michel Chossudovsky -August 8, 2005

American Conservative Magazine, August 1, 2005 "The plan includes a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and nuclear weapons."

White House Won't Say When It Learned Of CIA Leak Probe

Police Debate if London Plotters Were Suicide Bombers, or Dupes - July 27, 2005

Kay Griggs, Former Marine Colonel's Wife, Talks Again About Military Assassin Squads, Drug Running, Illegal Weapon Deals And Sexual Perversion Deep Within The Highest Levels Of U.S. Military And Government

Terrorist camps thriving Operating under new names and with the implicit approval of the Pakistani military, schools that train jihadists are an open secret -July 22, 2005

UN seeks definition of terrorism UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has urged world leaders to agree on a universal definition of terrorism. -27 July 2005

Weed discovery brings calls for GM ban Paul Brown, environment correspondent July 26, 2005

Halliburton announces 284 percent increase in war profits -25 July 2005

Munition exposure linked to brain cancer in US vets Gulf War veterans exposed to chemical munitions at Khamisiyah, Iraq are nearly twice as likely as their unexposed peers from the same war to die from brain cancer, according to a report in the American Journal of Public Health. -Jul 25, 2005

U.S. defies order to give up Abu Ghraib abuse photos Saturday, July 23, 2005 In early June, Judge Alvin Hellerstein of U.S. District Court in Manhattan ordered the release of the additional photographs, part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union to determine the extent of abuse at American military prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Those who were awaiting Friday's court-ordered release of more, and still more grievous, images of inhumanity from Abu Ghraib know it didn't happen.

An aide to Condoleezza Rice, the White House national security adviser, visited [Abu Ghraib], to inform the interrogators sternly that they weren't getting useful enough information from the detainees.

Bombings police search seized car Police hunting the men behind the 21 July failed bomb attacks on London are searching a car for forensic evidence. -26 July, 2005

'No impunity' for shoot-to-kill The shoot-to-kill policy, codenamed Operation Kratos, was put in place six months after 9/11. Ms Wilding denied suggestions that it was an Israeli tactic and insisted that it was put together following extensive research in countries which had already suffered suicide bombings.

Touting the use of nuclear fission to generate electricity, American presidents have strived to make sharp rhetorical distinctions between atomic power and nuclear weapons technologies, despite their extensive overlap. Such reassuring distinctions now have wide credibility in Iran

...the White House will claim privilege for the work Roberts performed while serving as principal deputy solicitor general in the administration of former President George H.W. Bush.

Cheney leading effort to thwart legislation on detainees -July 25, 2005

Homeland Security officials who defied Congress and misled the public by creating secret files on American citizens while testing a new passenger screening program may have engaged in multiple counts of criminal conduct, and at least one employee has already lied to cover-up the misdeed. -June 24, 2005

TSA Broke The Law, GAO Finds | July 22, 2005 TSA employees did indeed violate federal law when it secretly expanded the nature and extent of testing of a new passenger screening system, according to congressional investigators.

Global Eye Master Plan By Chris Floyd July 22, 2005 President George W. Bush has granted himself the power to declare anyone on earth -- including any U.S. citizen -- an "enemy combatant," for any reason he sees fit.

Good page on the London bombings

Shoot-to-kill policy is based on Israeli model -July 25, 2005

Lee Ruston, 32, who was on the platform, said that he did not hear any of the three shout “police” or anything like it. Mr Ruston, a construction company director, said that he saw two of the officers put on their blue baseball caps marked “police” but that the frightened electrician could not have seen that happen because he had his back to the officers and was running with his head down.

Police name two bombing suspects Police have named two of the men they suspect of trying to set off bombs in a co-ordinated attack on three London Tube trains and a bus last Thursday.

"The policeman said 'mind that hole, that's where the bomb was'. The metal was pushed upwards as if the bomb was underneath the train. They seem to think the bomb was left in a bag, but I don't remember anybody being where the bomb was, or any bag," he said.

North Korea offered yesterday to abandon its nuclear weapons if the two sides in the Korean War sign a peace agreement to replace the 1953 cease-fire that halted hostilities but did not resolve the conflict. Most recently, the U.S. has objected to discussing a peace deal or any other concessions until after North Korea gives up its weapons.

Niger Yellowcake and The Man Who Forged Too Much July 22nd, 2005

3300 Events to Call for Bush's Impeachment over 'Downing Street' Allegations Jul. 22, 2005

Former U.S. intelligence officers criticized President Bush on Friday for not disciplining Karl Rove in connection with the leak of the name of a CIA officer, saying Bush's lack of action has jeopardized national security.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco rejected prosecutors' claim that 22,000 pages of writings and other personal property seized from Kaczynski's Montana cabin when he was arrested in 1996 have no value and should remain in a government evidence locker. But the court also rebuffed arguments by a lawyer for the confessed serial killer that the items should be returned to Kaczynski's control.

London Police Kill Man at Subway Station July 22, 2005

Witnesses, however, paint a different picture of the shooting. One passenger said that three men were chasing an Asian man, one of the men had his gun drawn as he ran. According to another passenger, the Asian man leaped over the barriers at the station but he was being pursued and as he approached the train, he tripped and was 'caught-up' by the men doing the chasing.

London police kill man day after transit blasts Man shot in subway chase as investigators probe second wave of attacks

Man shot dead by police on Tube Police have cordoned off a 200-metre area around the station 22 July, 2005

Bush aides worked on damage control at time of CIA leak They helped prepare response to criticism from agent's husband over nuclear allegation Friday, July 22, 2005

House votes to make Patriot Act permanent The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to make most of the USA Patriot Act permanent, rejecting attempts to constrict government surveillance. The legislation approved in Thursday's vote would make permanent 14 of the 16 provisions in the USA Patriot Act set to expire at the end of this year, The New York Times reported.

Patriot Act renewed and toughened The USA Patriot Act was renewed and toughened today, making permanent the US government's unprecedented powers to investigate suspected terrorists. -July 22, 2005

Bush sees London attacks as reason for Patriot Act -July 21, 2005

Conscientious Objection Applicants in the Navy, 2003-2004

Treaty gives CIA powers over Irish citizens 21/07/05

US asks court for power to detain Case on Illinois Muslim convert sparks debate July 20, 2005

Roberts gave advice during Fla. recount July 21, 2005

Without notice to his family and attorney, Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier was moved to Terre Haute, Indiana, Thursday June 30th, 2005. He has been placed in solitary confinement indefinitely. Peltier has been in prison for twenty nine years, he is sixty years old, and his health is frail.

Syrian troops 'fired on by US forces' From correspondents in Damascus, Syria July 22, 2005

Officer quits over visits to women SFPD computers used to run checks on 9 females in city July 21, 2005

'It's the top story in the Washington Post this morning as well as in many other media outlets. Who leaked the fact that the wife of Joseph C. Wilson IV worked for the CIA? What also might be worth asking: "Who didn't know?"'

'...But Plame's undercover status at the time was and is a little questionable in any case.'

...in Wingnutland, it will be--if it is not already--taken as gospel truth that Joe Wilson used to run a website called "www.my-wife-is-a-big-old-CIA-agent.com".

Thousands of U.S. intelligence officers work at desks in the Washington area every day whose identities are shielded, as Plame's was when her identity was leaked by Bush administration officials, the 11 former officers said.

UK police: Latest bombers failed Two weeks to the day after the July 7 London bombings, attackers tried -- and failed -- to set off explosive devices at three Tube stations and on a double-decker bus. Thursday, July 21, 2005

UK boy wrongly labelled as bomber Evidence showing that all three of the London bombers of Pakistani descent visited Pakistan last year has been thrown into doubt.

Rice tells Sudan to act on Darfur Condoleezza Rice says Sudan must do more to end violence to women Ms Rice told reporters: "I said to the Sudanese government that they had a credibility problem with the international community... I have said, 'actions not words'." At least 180,000 people have died and about two million people have been forced from their homes in the two-year conflict in Darfur, blamed mainly on the pro-government Janjaweed militias. When NBC diplomatic reporter Andrea Mitchell tried to ask el-Bashir about his involvement with alleged atrocities, guards grabbed her and muscled her toward the rear of the room. State Department officials shouted at the guards. "Get your hands off her!" Wilkinson demanded. But all the reporters and a camera crew were physically forced out as Rice and el-Bashir watched.

Orwell meets Kafka Countless recent news stories have one thing in common -- denial of rights. -July 20, 2005

Bush, when O'Connor announced her retirement, said he would take his time and go slowly in finding a nominee to put before the U.S. Senate for confirmation. As recently as Sunday he said he still had some candidates he wanted to interview for the seat on the nation's high court. Then on Monday it was announced that he was very close to naming a nominee.

U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia warns Americans of attacks -7/20/2005 "We have issued a warden message about our knowledge of ongoing operation planning for terrorist attacks in the kingdom"

Tube cleared after minor blasts Dummy explosions using detonators only have sparked the evacuation of three Tube stations and the closure of three lines, a BBC correspondent has said.

Ending Suicide Terrorism by Rep. Ron Paul July 21, 2005

Water Ice in a Martian Crater

Rove-Plame Scandal Leading to Deeper White House Horrors?

Bus 'blast' and three tube stations evacuated Four small explosions "or attempted explosions" caused a major alarm this afternoon at three London Tube stations and on a double-decker bus. There were no reports of major casualties.

NEW LONDON TERROR ALERT Bombers have again targeted London's transport system - with up to four explosions reported. ... Scotland Yard have confirmed there is an incident involving armed police officers at University College Hospital in Bloomsbury close to Warren Street station. An internal memo to staff at the hospital has warned them to be on the lookout for a black male, possibly of Asian origin, about 6ft 2ins tall, wearing a blue top with wires protruding from the rear of the top.

Blasts Hit 3 London Subway Stations, Bus July 21, 2005

Report: Explosions on London underground, bus 21/07/2005

House to Take Up Patriot Act Extension

Scientists worry about Pentagon's new ray gun Lenses, pocket change could intensify effect of "less lethal" weapon -July 20, 2005

Confirmation: Netanyahu and Giuliani in same hotel on 7/7

In April 2004, the State Department used the designation "sensitive but unclassified" to conceal unclassified information about the role of John Bolton, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control, in the creation of a fact sheet distributed to the United Nations that falsely claimed Iraq had sought uranium from Niger.

Thank You, Mr. President Last week, John Roberts wrote Bush a blank check.

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CAFTA and Dietary Supplements by Rep. Ron Paul, MD

Bomb 'mastermind' was victim of name confusion 20 July 2005

Along with virtually every deplorable act of the Bush administration, the appointing of Iran Contra era characters, including convicted felons, is a prime example of how the media consistently give George W. Bush a free pass.

Bush Adviser Helped Law Firm Land Job Lobbying for CNOOC

9/11: No CIA Report Yet

Did the CIA undermine Italy's war on terror? July 19, 2005 4:35 AM

State resumes ID card program for medical pot Despite top court ruling, Lockyer concludes such certification doesn't violate federal law -July 19, 2005

Burning the Stars and Stripes is illegal in Denmark, but the country's red and white Dannebrog is strangely enough not protected by law.

In March 2004, in a case code-named Operation Crevice, the police seized 1,300 pounds of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which can be used to make explosives, and said they believed it was related to a plan to attack a pub or nightclub in Soho. Eight men were arrested, all Britons of Pakistani origin, and five are scheduled for trial in September. Investigators think Mr. Lindsay and Mr. Khan, in particular, might have some connection to that case.

Courting Armageddon: How the Bush administration's biological weapons buildup affects you -By Heather Wokusch

San Francisco police cordoned off a section of downtown this afternoon after a suspicious backpack was found in a newspaper vending machine, authorities said.

GET OUT THE VOTE SEYMOUR M. HERSH Did Washington try to manipulate Iraq’s election? 18 July, 2005

Activist Enlists Unlikely Ally in Bid to Legalize Pot Steph Sherer teams up with a Beltway lobbyist in fight to lift the ban on medical marijuana. Sherer's stake is personal and professional. She uses cannabis daily for a spinal injury suffered during her arrest at a Washington protest five years ago.

BRITISH police are considering the possibility that the four key suspects in last week's London attacks may have been tricked into setting off their bombs, a British newspaper has reported.

UK bombers 'tricked' - All four paid for return train tickets -18 July 2005

The disclosure to reporters of the arrest of an al-Qaeda computer expert allowed several wanted suspects from Osama bin Laden's terror network to escape, government and security officials said Tuesday. -August 10, 2004

A CIA officer who served in Pakistan during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan says the theory that terrorists are poor, angry and fanatically religious is a myth. -June 7, 2004

On Sunday it emerged one of the London bombers was investigated by MI5 last year but was deemed not to be a threat. Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, was subject to a routine assessment by the security service because of an indirect connection to an alleged terror plot.

London bomber made one-day Israel visit - official 18 Jul 2005 The government official said Mohammad Sidique Khan, who London police believe blew himself up on an underground train this month, arrived in Israel on Feb. 19, 2003, and left the next day.

How is it possible for Rove to have NOT known Valerie Plame's name (before he started talking about her to other journalists) if he was only talking about her after Bob Novak's column appeared? After all, Bob Novak's column specifically mentioned Valerie Plame's name.

Indian police forced around 200 people caught watching pornography to do sit-ups in public to shame them and keep them away from theaters that illegally screen smutty movies.

In the name of homeland security, motorists are going to see costs skyrocket for driver's licenses and motor vehicle offices forced to operate like local branches of the FBI, the nation's governors warn.

FBI Says It Has Files on Rights Groups The FBI has thousands of pages of records in its files relating to the monitoring of civil rights, environmental and similar advocacy groups, the Justice Department acknowledges. -July 18, 2005

Cooper Learned of CIA Wife From Rove Call 'Rove told him, "I've already said too much"' July 18, 2005

In Baghdad, Raid Juhi, chief judge of the tribunal, announced the first criminal case has been filed against Saddam, stemming from the 1982 massacre of an estimated 150 Shiites in retaliation for a failed assassination attempt. Juhi said the investigation into the July 8, 1982, massacre in Dujail, 50 miles north of Baghdad, has been completed, and the case was referred to the courts for trial. The step roughly corresponds to an indictment in the U.S. legal system. The date for the trial of Saddam and three others was expected to be determined in "the coming days," Juhi said. If convicted, the four could face the death penalty.

Iraqi Panel Files Case Against Hussein Deposed Leader Accused In 1982 Shiite Massacre

A Chinese Riot Rooted in Confusion Lacking a Channel for Grievances, Garment Workers Opt to Strike

Now that Scotland Yard has publicly identified the four men believed to have carried out the July 7 terrorist attacks here, investigators have embarked on a far more difficult phase of the inquiry, one that officials concede could take months or even years to complete.

Plan Called for Covert Aid in Iraq Vote

A bill making alarming progress in committee would effectively strip federal courts of most review power and shift it to the attorney general. That's right: the chief prosecutor of the United States would become the judge of whether state courts behave fairly enough toward defendants appealing capital convictions.

In the USA, the curtain opened on new anti-terror follies Wednesday when three Senate committees, in blustery response to the London bombings, voted to extend the power of the FBI under the Patriot Act to obtain library records without a subpoena.

Rove: Novak told me CIA agent's identity Jul 15, 2:52 PM EDT

Bush administration refuses to relinquish US control of Internet -15 July 2005

War in Iraq violates international law July 15, 2005

Bush admin may be responsible for botching effort to thwart London bombing -7/15/2005

London Bombers Tied to Al Qaeda Plot in Pakistan

Alleged Mastermind of London Bombings Captured Magdy Elnashar Is Taken Into Custody Outside Cairo After Worldwide Manhunt

US should pull out of Iraq now says former CIA chief John Deutch -07.15.2005

Former DOJ officials claim OKC Bombing coverup began in D.C. By J.D. Cash and Lt. Col. Roger Charles, (U.S.M.C. retired)

The London Explosions, the Rogue Network, Bush and Iran By Webster G. Tarpley

Bush's Plan to Loot Social Security By Norman D. Livergood

Media repeated false GOP talking point on authorization for Wilson trip to Niger

White House officials told The Washington Post they fear someone in the Bush administration may be indicted regarding the leak of a covert CIA operative's name.

British Seeking 5th Man, Thought to Be Ringleader -July 14, 2005

Abu Ghraib Tactics Were First Used at Guantanamo

Ebbers Gets 25-Year Sentence For Role in WorldCom Fraud

'Police shot bombers' reports New Zealander 09.07.05

Under a little-noticed provision of the defense spending bill passed by Congress in May, Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld has until July 11 to send Capitol Hill a "comprehensive set of performance indicators and measures of stability and security" two years after the fall of Saddam Hussein.

It is "highly likely" one of the Tube bombers died in the attacks on the Underground network, police say.

Four bombers among dead in London attacks: report

Same-time-as-attack underground bombing exercise in London a chilling coincidence?

Law enforcement officials said investigators suspect the bombers congregated at the King's Cross Tube station, then set out to plant the devices, NBC said. According to The Times, a single bomb maker using military-grade explosives was most likely responsible for manufacturing all the bombs used in the attacks.

Terrorist gang 'used military explosives' July 12, 2005

The White House is suddenly facing damaging evidence that it misled the public by insisting for two years that presidential adviser Karl Rove wasn't involved in leaking the identity of a female CIA officer.

Some informed British sources believe that the recent London Transport bombings may have been the work of far right-wing British terrorists hoping to stir up tensions with the nation's large Muslim population. There are several reasons for this belief.

Bush Adviser Helped Law Firm Land Job Lobbying for CNOOC -July 12, 2005 President Bush's top independent intelligence adviser met last winter with investment bankers in China to help secure his law firm's role in lobbying for a state-run Chinese energy firm and its bid for the U.S. oil company Unocal Corp., according to his law firm, Akin Gump.

The London Explosions, the Rogue Network, Bush and Iran by Webster G. Tarpley -July 13, 2005

London Underground Bombing 'Exercises' Took Place at Same Time as Real Attack Culpability cover scenario echoes 9/11 wargames -July 9 2005

The new office, dubbed the NSS, or "National Security Service," gives Negroponte power over the gathering and use of both foreign and domestic intelligence. This breathtaking consolidation of intelligence powers for the first time in the history of our country's government brings domestic law enforcement powers under control of the nation's foreign intelligence apparatus. It ought to be remembered that the terrorists succeeded on Sept. 11, 2001, not because our government lacked a huge, law enforcement-foreign intelligence agency.

US Officials Can't Rule Out Mass Transit Attack in US -10 July 2005 "We still have virtually all our eggs in the basket of taking the battle to the enemy, as if the enemy was all concentrated in those two countries, instead of that we are dealing with an ongoing threat that is truly global."

Mitterrand ordered bombing of Rainbow Warrior, spy chief says -July 11, 2005

Suspected al Qaeda militants behind the London bombings may well have come from a previously unknown local cell and yet had access to military explosives, European security officials familiar with the probe said. -July 11, 2005

The Dangerous Comfort of Secrecy The Bush administration is classifying the documents to be kept from public scrutiny at the rate of 125 a minute. The move toward greater secrecy has nearly doubled the number of documents annually hidden from public view - to well more than 15 million last year, nearly twice the number classified in 2001 - as bureaucrats have invented more amorphous categories like "sensitive security information." At the same time, the declassification of documents required under the Freedom of Information Act has been choked down to a fraction of what it was a decade ago, leaving the government working behind an ever darker, ever denser screen.

IRAQ’S former interim prime minister Iyad Allawi has warned that his country is facing civil war and has predicted dire consequences for Europe and America as well as the Middle East if the crisis is not resolved. “The problem is that the Americans have no vision and no clear policy on how to go about in Iraq,” said Allawi, a long-time ally of Washington.

Explosive material used by British terrorist who blew himself up on Tel Aviv beachfront in 2003 very likely the same as that used by terrorists who staged London attacks last week, Mossad tells Brits Moreover, the Mossad office in London received advance notice about the attacks, but only six minutes before the first blast, the paper reports.

Advanced bombs were so powerful that none of dead have been identified On Saturday, a second Al Qaida group, entitled Abu Hafs Al Masri Brigade, claimed responsibility for the attacks.

London Bombers Were Probably British, Says U.K. Ex-Police Chief --July 10

Take a trip now to Edgware Road, the heart of the Arab community in London

US, Britain planning to withdraw troops from Iraq: report: -July 10, 2005

The proposal for a Homeland Security Department originated in 1998 with the launching of the so-called Hart-Rudman Commission. Headed by former senators Gary Hart and Warren Rudman, the project was officially named the United States Commission on National Security/21st Century.

Explosives Used by Terrorists in London and Tel Aviv Identical -July 11, 2005

Thirty key al-Qa'ida-linked terror suspects are identified by police -11 July 2005

U.S. agencies are investigating possible sleeper cells in the country, the head of the Department of Homeland Security indicated Sunday.

With No Leads, British Consult Allies on Blasts -July 11, 2005

Blair rules out bomb inquiry BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair today will dismiss calls for an inquiry into the London terror attacks. -11 July 2005

Pakistan: Little incentive to nab bin Laden Ahmed Rashid International Herald Tribune Only after a private meeting between Musharraf and President George W. Bush did Taliban attacks mysteriously cease for the duration of the elections. July 12, 2005

THOUSANDS of investors joined sharp institutions in making millions of pounds from the short-lived collapse in share prices that followed the terrorist strikes in London last week. ... "We haven't had such a busy day since March 2003, just before the Iraq war," said Ian Jenkins, head of spreadbetting at Cantor Fitzgerald.

Police are appealing to the public to hand over mobile phone images, video footage or photographs taken after Thursday's bomb attacks on London.

Who is behind the London bombings?

US Officials Can't Rule Out Mass Transit Attack in US -10 July 2005

Clarke set to rush through emergency arrest powers -08 July 2005

INVESTIGATORS were still having difficulty establishing crime scenes at the sites of last week's London bomb blasts because of intense heat and extensive destruction, a senior Australian police officer said today.

Italy to Start Iraq Troop Pullout in Fall

Applying the US Standard State Sponsors of Terrorism By JEREMY R. HAMMOND July 6, 2005

Rove to be indicted "this week or early next"

LONDON: The defence ministry has drafted plans for a significant troop withdrawal from Iraq over the next 18 months and a big deployment to Afghanistan, the Financial Times reported yesterday.

Terrorism expert says at least one person tipped off to London attacks

Passenger believes he saw bomber

MoD plans Iraq troop withdrawal July 4 2005 22:02

There has been massive confusion over a denial made by the Israelis that the Scotland Yard had warned the Israeli Embassy in London of possible terrorist attacks “minutes before” the first bomb went off July 7. Israel warned London of the attacks a “couple of days ago,” but British authorities failed to respond accordingly to deter the attacks, according to an unconfirmed rumor circulating in intelligence circles.

We were told by the Bushies that a vote for John Kerry was a vote for al Qaeda because they were so afraid of the great warrior, Bush.

Guardian blog on London bombings

Explosions In London - Who Stands To Gain? Israel Warned, Cover-up In Progress July 07, 2005

The Associated Press reported July 7 that an anonymous source in the Israeli Foreign Ministry said Scotland Yard had warned the Israeli Embassy in London of possible terrorist attacks in the U.K. capital. The information reportedly was passed to the embassy minutes before the first bomb struck at 0851 London time. The Israeli Embassy promptly ordered Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remain in his hotel on the morning of July 7. Netanyahu was scheduled to participate in an Israeli Investment Forum Conference at the Grand Eastern Hotel, located next to the Liverpool Street Tube station -- the first target in the series of bombings that hit London on July 7.

Ex-Israeli PM Netanyahu scheduled for talks at site of London blast

Netanyahu had been on way to London hotel near blasts

British Transport Police said power surge incidents, some of which caused explosions, occurred at Aldgate, Edgware Road, King's Cross, Old Street and Russell Square. According to Tube infrastructure company Metronet, which is responsible for maintaining the Metropolitan line, today’s incident was caused “by some kind of power surge”. The National Grid, which supplies power to the Underground, said there had been no problems with its system this morning which could have contributed to the incidents.

A senior Israeli official says British police told the Israeli Embassy in London minutes before today's explosions that they had received warnings of possible terror attacks in the city.

BBC says it has identified the website where claim of responsibility was posted

London Terror Death Toll More Than 45

Police chief "London was in very high state of alert" "We are not aware of any warning at the moment," London's police chief Sir Ian Blair said. -07/07/2005

The associations, domains and web sites of the designated Terrorist Sa'ad Rashed Mohammad Al-Fagih. Society for Internet Research - SoFIR 28 May 2005

Netanyahu Changed Plans Due to Warning Jul 7, 7:14 AM ET

Israel was not warned about possible terror attacks in London before at least six blasts ripped through the city, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom has said.

Terror warnings received before blasts July 7, 2005

Israel was not warned about possible terror attacks in London before a series of blasts ripped through the city, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Thursday. A Foreign Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, had said earlier that British police warned the Israeli Embassy in London of possible terror attacks minutes before the first explosion.

Israel says Scotland Yard was warned of possible attack --07/07/2005

Report: Israel Was Warned Ahead of First Blast Arutz Sheva | July 7 2005 The Israeli Embassy in London was notified in advance, resulting in Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu remaining in his hotel room rather than make his way to the hotel adjacent to the site of the first explosion, a Liverpool Street train station, where he was to address and economic summit.

Rush Hour Explosions Rock London Blair Calls Apparent Terror Attacks 'Barbaric' Acts

More than 30 die in London blasts A series of bomb attacks on London's transport network has killed more than 30 people and injured about 350 others.

The idea that, because our troops are in Iraq, terrorists will only attack us there and not "in the streets of our own cities" is, first and foremost, an insult to our troops because it treats them as if their entire mission is to serve as bait for terrorists.

MINISTERS were warned in July 2002 that Britain was committed to taking part in an American-led invasion of Iraq and they had no choice but to find a way of making it legal.

Top Hussein Lawyer Quits, Chides U.S.

So, Mr Bremer, where did all the money go?

Anti-G8 march decision reversed Police try to remove protesters from the M9 at Stirling. Police have reversed the decision to ban a march near the G8 summit venue at Gleneagles where world leaders have begun to gather. 6 July, 2005

White House Scrambles to Stop Criminal Indictment of Rove

Web visits put man in jail Jordanian is a threat to national security, FBI says

China Tells Congress To Back Off Businesses Tensions Heightened by Bid to Purchase Unocal July 5, 2005

Rebels ready to face prison over ID cards Refuseniks will copy Australian tactics to foil scheme --July 3, 2005

Police arrested around 90 people during violent clashes with anti-capitalist demonstrators in Edinburgh.

Tijuana orders makeover for vendors TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - This Mexican border city is planning a fashion makeover for its throngs of street vendors by giving them an ultimatum: Wear brightly colored, traditional garb or leave. --July 4, 2005

"We're trying to be the best terrorists we can be," said James P. Smith, who is working on simulations of a smallpox virus released in Portland, OR

Red-Light Cameras Stop Rolling in N.Va. Police Lament the End of Photo Surveillance Sunday, July 3, 2005

The man was identified as Ted E. Schelenski, 64, vice president for finance and operations at the Heritage Foundation, a think tank that promotes conservative policies. He pleaded not guilty this week to a charge of simple assault.

Ballot fight targets biotech crops As sides square off in Sonoma, others want to outlaw bans by counties.

Don't like the weather? Change it The weird science of weather modification makes a comeback

US walks tall -- but under the shadow of global forces --July 3, 2005

If clear evidence emerged showing George W. Bush had written in his diary that he had lied to the American people to justify his invasion of Iraq, would the U.S. media even consider that a story?

FR: New Zogby Poll (42% in favor of Impeaching president Bush)

From 1997 through 2000, Cheney’s Halliburton sold $73 million worth of oil equipment and services to Iraq through subsidiaries Dresser-Rand and Ingersoll Dresser Pump Co. to help rebuild Iraq’s Gulf War-damaged infrastructure. That was more business than any other U.S. company, and Cheney later lied about his Iraqi connection to media types like Sam Donaldson. Halliburton also did business with dictatorships that have committed human rights abuses, such as in Burma, Libya and Iran.

Bush administration annexes internet In a worrying U-turn, the US Department of Commerce (DoC) has made it clear it intends to retain control of the internet's root servers indefinitely. It was due to relinquish that control in September 2006, when its contract with overseeing body ICANN ended.

Italy Denies Complicity In Alleged CIA Action Egyptian Cleric Abducted in '03 July 1, 2005

Trade Pact Approved By House GOP Struggles to Eke Out 217-215 Victory on CAFTA -July 28, 2005 (lists Democrats voting for and Republicans voting against CAFTA)

Senate Approves Central American Free Trade Pact

O'Connor to retire from Supreme Court

Washington Monument Subtly Fortified Security Project Completed With Granite Walls Designed to Provide Terror Protection July 1, 2005

House Votes To Undercut High Court On Property Federal Funds Tied To Eminent Domain July 1, 2005

Iraq Withdrawal Bill Critical and Timely June 29, 2005

Bush sets up domestic spy service The FBI is to be re-organised, and will include another new intelligence body called the National Security Service.

State Guard forms anti-terrorism intelligence unit Officials deny civil libertarian claims that the group will monitor American citizens, which is prohibited

...more than two-in-five voters (42%) say they would favor impeachment proceedings if it is found the President misled the nation about his reasons for going to war with Iraq.

52 House members file FOIA request seeking documents related to Downing Street minutes

Time Magazine to Cooperate in Plame Case Probe In appellate court filings, Fitzgerald has indicated that he knows the identity of Miller's source and that the official has voluntarily come forward. "The sources have waived their confidentiality," Hogan said. "They're not relying on the promises of the reporters. . . . It's getting curiouser and curiouser." -June 30, 2005

Mystery planes continue to circle over Lodi Jun 29, 2005

Salvador Option: Death Squads in Iraq June 28th, 2005

"The president's frequent references to the terrorist attacks of September 11 show the weakness of his arguments," House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said. "He is willing to exploit the sacred ground of 9/11, knowing that there is no connection between 9/11 and the war in Iraq."

A Quick Way to End the Insurgency: Impeach Bush Now -June 29, 2005

GOP lawmaker: Saddam linked to 9/11 N.C. representative says 'evidence is clear' June 29, 2005

Blair Defends Iraq War, Dismisses Memo June 29, 2005

British critics of the war in Iraq today condemned US President George Bush for attempting to link it with the September 11 atrocities in New York and Washington.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Trying to rally the nation, President Bush defended the Iraq war last night by evoking memories of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Rep. Robert Wexler (D., Fla.) said, "Once again the President is attempting to create an erroneous link between Iraq and 9/11."

Bush slammed for Iraq link to 9/11 June 29, 2005

US newspapers have said President George Bush failed, in his televised Tuesday speech, to speak honestly about Iraq and should not have linked the US-led fight there to September 11.

Is it really necessary to answer these bogus claims yet again? These were the arguments the administration attempted to sell to the American people before the invasion, manufacturing phony intelligence about meetings between Iraqi agents and Al Qaeda that were debunked well before the first troops were sent in.

BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- Thousands of Chinese rioted in a dispute sparked by a lopsided roadside brawl, setting fire to cars, looting a supermarket and wounding six police officers, a local shopkeeper and domestic press said on Wednesday.

Bush: Bloodshed in Iraq Is 'Worth It'

Excerpts of Tonight's Bush Speech: The White House Is Linking 9/11 & Iraq AGAIN

In 1999, Bush Demanded A Timetable

Could a hotel be built on the land owned by Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter? A new ruling by the Supreme Court which was supported by Justice Souter himself itself might allow it. A private developer is seeking to use this very law to build a hotel on Souter's land. -June 28, 2005

SACRAMENTO - A key state lawmaker Monday urged the California National Guard to preserve all documents surrounding a recently organized special intelligence unit because he plans to conduct hearings into whether the state military officials are laying the groundwork for domestic spying. -June 28, 2005

SACRAMENTO - A key state lawmaker Monday urged the California National Guard to preserve all documents surrounding a recently organized special intelligence unit because he plans to conduct hearings into whether the state military officials are laying the groundwork for domestic spying.

FBI whistleblower Rowley running for Congress June 28, 2005

Congress has backup at undisclosed location June 28, 2005

UN Head Says No Military Solution In Iraq June 28, 2005

The color-coded terror alert system went from yellow to orange, after CIA agents thought they saw secret numbers encoded in the moving text at the bottom of the screen of an Al-Jazeera broadcast, NBC said late Monday.

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton joined his one-time political foe, former President George H.W. Bush, for a boat ride on the Atlantic Ocean after attending a book-signing Monday.

Reaction To Bush Insider Claim WTC Collapse Bogus Gets 'Huge Response' And Read By Millions Worldwide --June 28, 2005

Former MI5 agent David Shayler, who previously blew the whistle on the British government paying Al Qaeda $200,000 to carry out political assassinations, has gone on the record with his conviction that 9/11 was an inside job meant to bring about a permanent state of emergency in America and pave the way for the invasions of Afghanistan, Iraq and ultimately Iran and Syria.

Washington has, for the first time, acknowledged to the United Nations that prisoners have been tortured at US detention centres in Guantanamo Bay, as well as Afghanistan and Iraq, a UN source said.

The Supreme Court rejected appeals Monday from two journalists who have refused to testify before a grand jury about the leak of an undercover CIA officer's identity.

Iraq: The carve-up begins As the costs of the Iraq occupation spiral, British and American oil companies meet in secret next week to carve up the country's oil reserves for themselves. 23 June 2005

EXCLUSIVE: BUSH'S TRILLION DOLLAR WAR Cheaper 'to pay Saddam to quit Iraq' 27 June 2005

Cable Companies Don't Need to Share Lines

A new independent investigation of abuse allegations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, "doesn't make sense," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday.

We can assume that the order to use napalm (as well as the other unidentified substances) came straight from the office of Donald Rumsfeld. No one else could have issued that order, nor would they have risked their career by unilaterally using banned weapons when their use was entirely gratuitous.

The Bush administration is planning the government's first production of plutonium 238 - a highly radioactive substance valued as a power source - since the Cold War, stirring debate over the risks and benefits of the deadly material. It is hot enough to melt plastic and so dangerous that a speck can cause cancer.

Trial unlikely for CIA suspects accused of abduction in Italy --June 28, 2005

Exemplary sentence demanded for al-Qaida suspects A Spanish prosecutor criticised the US war on terror today as he requested an “exemplary sentence” against an alleged al-Qaida cell, three members of which are accused of helping plot the September 11 attacks in the US. 27/06/2005

Saudi held for attempting to kill Bush Jun. 27, 2005

At the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal in 1946, Nazi leaders like Goering, von Ribbentrop, Jodl and Streicher were sentenced to death by hanging for “Crimes against Peace: namely, planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression, or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances, or participation in a Common Plan or Conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing.” (Article 6, Charter of the International Military Tribunal, August 8, 1945) --27th Jun, 05

US secretary of defence Donald Rumsfeld on Sunday rejected allegations of widespread prisoner abuse at US-run overseas detention facilities. "The idea that there's any policy of abuse or policy of torture is false - flat false," he told the Fox News Sunday television program.

Yet, on Feb. 7, 2003, more than a month before the war began, he predicted that "it could last six days, six weeks, I doubt six months." On Feb. 20, 2003, he told PBS that the Americans "would be welcomed," as happened in Afghanistan, where people in the streets were "playing music, cheering, flying kites." (Seven months later, when a broadcast journalist asked Rumsfeld about his PBS remarks, he replied: "Never said that. Never did. ... You're thinking of somebody else.")

The US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, yesterday warned that the insurgency in Iraq could go on for at least a decade and confirmed that the army had been in contact with some of its leaders in an attempt to quell the violence.

Iran’s Interior Ministry has confirmed that the ultraconservative mayor of Tehran, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, has won Iran’s presidential election, Radio Farda reports. According to official results, Ahmadinejad has nearly 62 percent of the vote, against 35.9 percent for former President Ali-Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani.

G8: Galloway to march protesters to Gleneagles gates Anti-war MP George Galloway obviously hasn't been listening to his leader, Bob Geldof. 27th June, 2005

Enzyme Fully Degrades Mad Cow Disease Prion Science Daily January 8, 2004

Chavez pledges plastic houses for poor

On the eve of the official invasion, on March 8, 2003, Bush said in his national radio address: "We are doing everything we can to avoid war in Iraq. But if Saddam Hussein does not disarm peacefully, he will be disarmed by force." Bush said this after nearly a year of systematic, aggressive bombings of Iraq, during which Iraq was already being disarmed by force, in preparation for the invasion to come. By the Pentagon's own admission, it carried out seventy-eight individual, offensive airstrikes against Iraq in 2002 alone.

Fixing To Fix “Fixed” by Ray McGovern June 25, 2005

Fixed Is Fixed by Ray McGovern June 24, 2005

People in other countries who had unfavorable views of the United States were most likely to cite Bush as the reason rather than a general problem with America.

Taiwanese Buy Up Sale-Priced U.S. Beef June 26, 2005

Taiwan government rapped for policy on US beef imports amid mad cow fears

Taiwan Reimposes Ban on U.S. Beef Imports June 25, 2005

State officials say mad cow case likely not from Iowa --June 25, 2005

Second U.S. Case of Mad Cow Confirmed 6/24/2005

Fast Food Chain Stocks Slip on Mad Cow The sell-off was not nearly as severe as Dec. 24, 2003, however, when the first case of the brain-wasting mad cow disease sent many restaurant stocks into a tailspin.

Man with bong attacks police dispatcher Friday, June 24, 2005

Second case of mad cow disease confirmed in Texas --June 24, 2005 The department has said there was no reason to believe the animal was imported.

U.S. cattle still being fed slaughterhouse waste June 19, 2005

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed on Friday that one animal has tested positive for Mad Cow disease. A preliminary test was positive, a second test was negative and officials said the third test was positive. The USDA said an additional test will be performed on tissue from the dead animal. --June 10,2005

Bill would shield mad cow outbreak from Freedom of Information Act June 3, 2005

Aljazeera Guantanamo inmate 'abused' 22 June 2005 "The Americans have tried to make him an informant with the goal of getting him to say that Aljazeera is linked to al-Qaida."

Neoconservatives Speechless! by Karen Kwiatkowski

Tax activist wins in federal court Ex-IRS agent says Congress has no power to collect levy on income --June 23, 2005

Last month, representatives of WTP went to the National Archives to pull the correspondence of the Office of Chief Counsel for the Treasury Department and for 1913 through 1917. The index of records showed the records were available for 1903 through 1912 and for 1918 and after. However, the index contained the statement “No Longer Available,” for the years 1913 through 1917. At the same time, the researchers requested the correspondence for the House Ways and Means Committee for 1916. What was received was a box with a large, but empty envelope marked “Retained.” The researchers found additional instances of record deletions where, despite the fact the records appeared available in the Archive index – it was discovered after the record group was physically “pulled” from deep storage in the archives, that it was EMPTY.

Wolfowitz won't discuss critical British memos

Karl Rove's "Understanding of 9/11" Kristen Breitweiser

Iran far from nuclear bomb-making capacity: ex-UN weapons chief Blix Iran is years away from achieving a nuclear capacity sufficient to create a bomb, former chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq Hans Blix said in a Swedish public radio interview on Thursday. --Jun 23, 2005

American presidents regularly lie to the American people to motivate us to war.

Republicans join critics of war in Iraq June 24 2005

Georgian TV Says Russian Soldier Held Over Grenade Attack on Bush

Washington has for the first time acknowledged to the United Nations that prisoners have been tortured at US detention centres in Guantanamo Bay, as well as Afghanistan and Iraq, a UN source said on Friday.

Georgia’s parliament has passed a law abolishing visas for citizens of the European Union, the United States, Japan, Canada, Israel, Switzerland and Norway, Reuters reports.

An Italian judge has ordered the arrest of 13 foreigners tied to the CIA for allegedly kidnapping an Egyptian terrorism suspect in Milan two years ago and flying him to Egypt for questioning, judicial sources said on Friday.

Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes June 23, 2005 As a result, cities now have wide power to bulldoze residences for projects such as shopping malls and hotel complexes in order to generate tax revenue.

"Secret" Air Base for Iraq War started prior to 9-11

United States secretary of state Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday the defeat of "evil" terrorists in Iraq would spell the "death knell of terrorism as we know it".

A novel said to have been penned by ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein telling the story of an Arab warrior who saves a town from a plot to overthrow its ruler is to be published soon, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

Cabo San Lucas - Mexico on Wednesday cleared a Lebanese-born, British citizen of wrongdoing, setting him free mere days after his arrest because of suspected links to September 11 terror groups. Amer Haykel was detained in the western state of Baja California Sur on Monday, because United States authorities provided information that he was linked to extremist groups believed to be involved with terrorist attacks.

Former Asst. Sec. Of Treasury Under Reagan Doubts Official 9/11 Story; Claims Neo Con Agenda Is As 'Insane As Hitler And Nazi Party When They Invaded Russia In Dead Of Winter' A former high-ranking Republican official, also a well-respected author, tells the American people to stop listening to Bush administration lies about Iraqi war and claims the mainstream media will not publish anything he writes against Bush or his policies. June 22, 2005

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments may seize people's homes and businesses — even against their will — for private economic development.

Dust off the Nuremberg Files

Bush Administration Psychological Warfare Against the U.S.? "One of the first items that made me uneasy was when I heard we were encountering "terrorist death squads." I was very familiar with the Iraq military forces. There were no terrorist death squads. It became obvious the Pentagon wanted us to connect Iraq with 9/11. Terrorists did 9/11. There are terrorists in Iraq. Iraq must have been behind 9/11." They used a technique called the excluded middle. Iraq supports terrorists. The attacks were by terrorists. Iraq must been behind the 9/11 attacks.

U.S. was big spender in days before Iraq handover --June 22, 2005 Part of the challenge in tracking how money was spent was the cash environment and lack of electronic transfers.

House Approves Flag-Burning Amendment June 22, 2005

A U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane involved in a mission in Afghanistan crashed while returning to its base in the United Arab Emirates, killing the pilot, the military said Wednesday. --June 22, 2005

White House rebuffs independent probe of Guantanamo --21 Jun 2005 House Republican Leader Tom DeLay of Texas said there was no need for an independent commission to investigate treatment of detainees.

Abu Ghraib, Rewarded ...the Pentagon believes the Abu Ghraib scandal has receded enough in the public's mind that Mr. Rumsfeld is considering a promotion for Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who was commander of American forces in Iraq at the time of the disaster. --June 22, 2005

First Federal Industrial Hemp Bill to be Introduced in Congress June 23; Capitol Hill Event to Feature Rep. Ron Paul, Ralph Nader, North Dakota Ag Commissioner, Leading Hemp Businesses and Gourmet Hemp Cuisine 6/22/2005

Mr. Bush said he will not release Guantanamo Bay prisoners such as Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, whom he called "the mastermind of the September the 11th attack," anytime soon.

Why the U.S. Press Won't Visit Downing Street Dana Milbank is a pathetic hack trying vainly to suppress important news on the Iraq War. Fitting job for a journalist, isn't it? Jun 21, 2005

US Spy Plane Crashes in Southwest Asia

Mental Screening of Children

The NIH Scandal and the Future of AIDS Research Fri, 17 Jun 2005

US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is considering provoking a military confrontation with Syria by attacking Hizbullah bases near the Syrian border in Lebanon, according to the authoritative London-based Jane's Intelligence Digest.

If the Downing Street Documents are fake... Then what were Dubya and B.Liar referring to in their press conference on June 7 2005.?

On March 3, 2003 Newsweek published a leaked transcript of Iraqi defector Hussein Kamel testifying that all Iraq’s weapons had been destroyed- yet in August ’02 Dick Cheney claimed that Kamel told us the exact opposite. Recall the British [CIA] Chief said the "facts were being fixed" just a month before... this seems to be a smoking gun case of Cheney "fixing the facts" to make the case for war.

The New York Times, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times have all gone way out of their way to deny that the Downing Street Memos (it's now plural) are news.

American and British bombing raids over southern Iraq, which began in May 2002, almost a year before the full-scale, U.S. -led attack, were illegal. --June 21, 2005

Don't get used to it June 21, 2005

Report: FBI ignored, destroyed 9/11 data

Rush Limbaugh Plumbs New Depth Of Perversion; Releases Gitmo T-shirt Line --June 20 2005

FBI & 9/11 By Sibel Edmonds June 20, 2005

Bush devotees argued that the word ’fixed’ means something different in England.

Nanotechnology and the treatment of cancer 20 June 2005

Congress likely to define war detainees June 20, 2005

WMD claims were 'totally implausible' June 20, 2005

Bush's WMD 'Joke': Is the Media Still Laughing?

A former Harrisburg police officer who pleaded guilty to charges that he stole and smoked crack cocaine seized as evidence was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation.

Lost Credit Data Improperly Kept, Company Admits --June 20, 2005 The chief of the credit card processing company whose computer system was penetrated by data thieves, exposing 40 million cardholders to a risk of fraud, acknowledged yesterday that the company should not have been retaining those records. ...the data lost in the CardSystems case was apparently not encrypted.

The reality is that the US war with Iran has already begun. As we speak, American over flights of Iranian soil are taking place, using pilotless drones and other, more sophisticated, capabilities. The violation of a sovereign nation's airspace is an act of war in and of itself. But the war with Iran has gone far beyond the intelligence-gathering phase.

Back in March, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) offered legislation to prevent credit card companies from taking advantage of you if your financial troubles are caused by identity theft. The measure was voted down, thanks to credit card industry-bought politicians. That means MasterCard can lose your information, and be responsible for your identity being stolen and finances ruined. And then - that's right - MasterCard can legally seize on the situation by charging you excessively high interest rates because your credit has been ruined by their negligence.

'Jumping genes' contribute to the uniqueness of individual brains

Backstory: Confirming the Downing Street documents

The 'Downing St. Memos' destroyed? Not on your Nelly!

Symbolman: Conyers at The White House Gate with the Petition

US lied to Britain over use of napalm in Iraq war 17 June 2005

A complete list: 123 House members in Downing push

Saddam Interrogation Screened - In Silence June 17, 2005

Democrats Urge Inquiry on Bush, Iraq June 17, 2005

WH Press Secretary Mocks 'Downing Street Memo,' as Congressman Calls for Inquiry June 16, 2005

More British memos on prewar concerns Officials deny intelligence that facts were fixed to invade Iraq

Lodi father, son are indicted They're charged with lying to FBI about terrorist involvement. ..."the government conceded that there was no evidence of any plan" June 17, 2005 (Had they lied about Iraqi WMD instead, well...)

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) tried to introduce an amendment to a military spending bill that would have given the president 30 days to show Congress criteria for determining when U.S. forces could withdraw from Iraq -- but GOP leaders blocked it, saying such additions are not allowed to appropriations bills.

The Iraq on the Record database identifies 237 specific misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq made by these five officials in 125 public appearances in the time leading up to and after the commencement of hostilities in Iraq. The database does not include statements that appear mistaken only in hindsight. If a statement was an accurate reflection of U.S. intelligence at the time it was made, the statement is excluded from the database even if it now appears erroneous.

Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state, on Wednesday warned that the global battle for control of energy resources could become the modern equivalent of the 19th century "great game" the conflict between the UK and Tsarist Russia for supremacy in central Asia.

What's the Deal With the Downing Street Memo? Getting a grip on that Bush/Blair war scandal June 16th, 2005

New "Downing Street" memos keep popping up. In recent days, several confidential memos written by senior officials in Tony Blair's government in March 2002 have garnered attention.

Scientists Create Remote-Controlled Flies

The Downing Street Memo June 16, 2005

The session took an awkward turn when witness Ray McGovern, a former intelligence analyst, declared that the United States went to war in Iraq for oil, Israel and military bases craved by administration "neocons" so "the United States and Israel could dominate that part of the world." He said that Israel should not be considered an ally and that Bush was doing the bidding of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

540,000 Petitions Delivered to President Bush Demanding Truth About Iraq War; Downing Street Memos Trigger Public Outrage Over Deception --June 16, 2005

C-Span 3: The Downing Street Memo Rep. John Conyers, House Judiciary Cmte. Ranking Member, chairs a meeting on the Downing Street Memo and pre-Iraq War intelligence. Witnesses include former ambassador Joe Wilson, CIA analyst Ray McGovern, Cindy Sheehan, mother of a fallen American soldier, and constitutional lawyer John Bonifaz. --June 16, 2005

The Downing Street Memo hearings will be broadcast live on the web at www.KPFA.org Those of us who live in the SF Bay Area can listen on the air at 94.1 from 11 am to 2 pm PST

Palast for Conyers: The OTHER ' Memos' from Downing Street and Pennsylvania Avenue --June 15, 2005

With Congressman John Conyers about to hold hearings, coverage of the Downing Street memo is finally beginning to leak into the media. In contrast, we've heard almost nothing about the degree to which this administration began actively fighting the Iraq war well in advance of the March 2003 official attack

HALF-TRUTH: SLATE's Hard & Soft approach to the DSM

Let's Go to the Memo What's really in the Downing Street memos? --June 15, 2005

On Thursday June 16, 2005, at 1:00 p.m. in the Wasserman Room at 430 S Capitol St. SE, Washington, D.C., Rep. John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and other Congress Members will hold a hearing on the Downing Street Minutes and related evidence of efforts to cook the books on pre-war intelligence.

After Downing Street: Activism: Local Rallies Planned for Thursday

Fox News Channel has signed Gen. Wesley Clark as a military and foreign affairs analyst, Bill Shine, senior vice president of programming, said yesterday.

Unleashing the Resistance

"Today, Iran is ruled by men who suppress liberty at home and spread terror across the world. Power is in the hands of an unelected few who have retained power through an electoral process that ignores the basic requirements of democracy," Bush said in a statement released by the White House.

Recycled plastic bottles could one day be used to lubricate your car's engine, according to researchers at Chevron and the University of Kentucky, who in laboratory experiments converted waste plastic into lubricating oil. These polyethylene-derived oils, they say, could help improve fuel economy and reduce the frequency of oil changes.

Pentagon Analyst Accused of Creating Web of Deception Indictment alleges stealthy contacts by an official suspected of leaking secrets to Israel. --June 14, 2005

Details of a Plot Unveiled in Case Against Franklin --June 14, 2005

U.S. Opposed Calls at NATO for Probe of Uzbek Killings Officials Feared Losing Air Base Access --June 14, 2005

Russia, US Blocked NATO Call for Probe into Uzbek Massacre: Report

Why did Bolton want Bustani replaced? Because Bustani was aggressively seeking to reinsert chemical weapons inspectors into Iraq.

Hijacking the Facts FBI worked hard to cover up a 9-11 cover-up--and then hide it some more June 14th, 2005

How, exactly, did a porn king and his 36DD leading lady get themselves invited to a fundraiser for those holier-than-thou House Republicans? The Republicans, Kulkis tells Radar, came to him.

Rove arrived in Houston in 1977 to work for a George Herbert Walker Bush PAC run by James Baker 3d.

A former Bush team member during his first administration is now voicing serious doubts about the collapse of the World Trade Center on 9-11.

Alan Colmes, on his Fox radio talk show last week, asked anti-abortion extremist Neal Horsley if he was kidding when Horsley once claimed to have had sex with animals as a boy growing up in Georgia.

Osama in Iran, not Pak: US officials

From Pakistan to Lodi According to an investigative report in the Washington Post, those numbers are "misleading at best." The report found that only 39 people have been convicted of crimes related to terrorism or national security. (Of those, only 14 had any demonstrated links to al Qaeda.) The rest were convicted of relatively minor crimes such as making false statements and violating immigration laws. --June 14, 2005

Justice Department: Terror Trials and Tribulations Dan Eggen: 'I'm not sure what you mean by "innocent." If you mean innocent of terrorism, we identified 180 cases in which no ties to terrorist groups or activity could be found. Furthermore, out of the remaining cases, only 39 resulted in terrorism or national security convictions. We also profiled in depth several cases that did not involve terrorism, including a group of immigrants in New Jersey who had smuggled cornflakes nearly two years before 9/11.' June 13, 2005

An analysis of the Justice Department's own list of terrorism prosecutions by The Washington Post shows that 39 people -- not 200, as officials have implied -- were convicted of crimes related to terrorism or national security. Most of the others were convicted of relatively minor crimes such as making false statements and violating immigration law -- and had nothing to do with terrorism, the analysis shows. June 12, 2005

New Bill Could Make Bush President For Life A House bill has been introduced that would change the 22nd amendment and enable George Bush to remain President for the rest of his political life. --June 14 2005

Uzbek protesters ran gantlet of death --June 13, 2005

Experiment tracks state of mind --June 13, 2005

"You know how many starving people I could feed with all these shoes?"

Former CIA director calls for Iraq withdrawal MIT Professor Deutch delivers Phi Beta Kappa oration --June 7, 2005

Bank of England to call first witness in BCCI case --13 June 2005

Today, Robert Johnson or Blind Lemon Jefferson would be looking at fines or lawsuits for their work.

According to author and journalist Mickey Herskowitz, then presidential candidate George W. Bush was already talking privately about the political benefits of attacking Iraq two years before September 11 occurred.

U.K. Memo Said to Question Postwar Plan June 12, 2005 WASHINGTON -- A staff paper prepared for British Prime Minister Tony Blair eight months before the invasion of Iraq concluded that U.S. military officials were not planning adequately for a postwar occupation, The Washington Post reported.

Today we publish further revelations in the news section in the form of a July 2002 Cabinet Office briefing paper. It makes clear that both Blair and Bush have a lot to apologise for: "When the prime minister discussed Iraq with President Bush at Crawford in April he said that the UK would support military action to bring about regime change," it states, adding that "regime change per se is illegal".

Frustrated at the refusal by the White House to respond to their letter, the congressmen have set up a website--www.downingstreetmemo.com --to collect signatures on a petition demanding the same answers. Conyers promised to deliver it to Bush once it reached 250,000 signatures. By Friday morning it already had more than 500,000 with as many as 1M expected to have been obtained when he delivers it to the White House on Thursday. AfterDowningStreet.org, another website set up as a result of the memo, is calling for a congressional committee to consider whether Bush's actions as depicted in the memo constitute grounds for impeachment.

Bush and 'the memo'

Administration's Offenses Impeachable

Republican Senator Suggests Closing Gitmo June 11, 2005

Britain accused of creating terror fears

Memo on 9/11 Plotters Blocked New disclosures show that CIA information in 2000 about two Al Qaeda operatives in San Diego was squelched before reaching the FBI. The reason the CIA official, identified by the fictitious name "John," put a hold on the communique remains a mystery, the report said. It said the officials involved didn't recall the incident. Even when the author of the memo followed up a week later with an e-mail asking if it had been sent to the FBI, nothing was done. The memo contained virtually all of the details known to the agency, including Almihdhar's passport and visa information, which listed his intention to stay in New York. But at 4 p.m. that day, another CIA Bin Laden desk officer, "Michelle," added a note to the memo: "pls hold off on [memo] for now per [the CIA deputy chief of Bin Laden unit]."

According to the report, CIA employees and four FBI agents assigned to the CIA's bin Laden unit on Jan. 5, 2000, accessed incoming cables containing a substantial amount of information about Mihdhar, including that he was traveling and that he had a U.S. visa. Those facts weren't disseminated to the FBI. (Hmm. Not disseminated to the FBI by the FBI?)

TWO American sailors and a Canadian national have been arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs into Australia aboard a US Navy ship.

Psychological Warfare Effort to be Outsourced June 10, 2005

FBI 'missed chances to stop 9/11'

In the Turkey Breeding Factory "The turkey is a creation of modern science and industry," he said. "...We have to trick it into laying all the time."

Agents arrest four men in Lodi thought linked to al-Qaida

Father and Son Held in California Are Tied to Al Qaeda Camp ...The affidavit said that Hamid Hayat had originally left the United States for Pakistan in April 2003, and had departed Pakistan for the United States on May 27 of this year.

Feds Charge Father, Son With al-Qaida Link Slotter added that investigators did not have information about any specific plans for an attack, and the father and son were charged only with lying to federal agents about the son's training at the al-Qaida camp.

Former President Carter on Tuesday called for the United States to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison to demonstrate its commitment to human rights.

Revitalizing U.S.-Turkey relations By Frank Carlucci/F. Stephen Larrabee ...Turkey can play an important role in supporting democracy in the Middle East. But the U.S. should avoid touting Turkey as a model, as some U.S. policymakers are wont to do.

Senate Panel OKs Expanded Powers for FBI --June 8, 2005

Dates for future hearings of the Sept. 11 Commission

Yesterday's East Room meeting of President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair was worth a cool $1,000 to Steve Holland, Reuters' chief White House correspondent, if he cares to collect it.

Gov. Bush Signs Law Making Hazing A Crime June 7, 2005

"This is no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation, and we're going to ruin people's lives over it, and we're going to hamper our military effort, and then we are going to really hammer them because they had a good time. You know, these people are being fired at every day. I'm talking about people having a good time, these people, you ever heard of emotional release? You [ever] heard of need to blow some steam off?" -- Rush "Oxy" Limbaugh

Jun. 7, 2005 - Authorities have ordered all China-based Web sites and blogs to register or be closed down, in the latest effort by the communist government to police the world of cyberspace.

A homeless man is facing a possible prison term for allegedly charging tourists $5 to park in a free lot during the busy Memorial Day weekend.

Kerry assails Bush on Iraq Policies on Social Security, health care also draw fire Sen. John F. Kerry yesterday called on Americans to be more aware of the "bait and switch" Iraq war and the "hollowing out" of the Army in the pursuit of a mistaken policy.

Tanks In The Streets Of New York June 7th 2005

Sidelining the CIA A new White House memo excludes CIA director Porter Goss from National Security Council meetings Weren't we told to blame 9/11 on "The Wall" between agencies?

Cranberries 'block gut viruses' Cranberries help reduce urinary infection Cranberry juice may help to combat viruses that cause gut disorders, research suggests.

Man-made pesticides blamed for fall in male fertility over past 50 years

The Fix Was In Did Bush Deliberately Deceive America About Iraq? By Rep. JOHN CONYERS

It's been more than a month since The Times of London published a secret British government memo from mid-2002 describing the Bush administration's resolve to invade Iraq whether it posed a threat or not. It's been about a month since 89 House Democrats--including six from the Bay Area--asked the president to explain himself in light of this memo. And it's been almost three weeks since the White House press secretary said that isn't going to happen.

FDA Fraud: New Studies Prove Vaccines Cause Autism

Federal authorities may prosecute sick people whose doctors prescribe marijuana to ease pain, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, concluding that state laws don't protect users from a federal ban on the drug. Under the Constitution, Congress may pass laws regulating a state's economic activity so long as it involves "interstate commerce" that crosses state borders. The California marijuana in question was homegrown, distributed to patients without charge and without crossing state lines.

The Supremacy Clause and Federal Preemption The issue: How should courts determine whether a federal law preempts state law?

Hussein to Be Tried On 12 Counts in Iraq Trial Likely to Start Within 2 Months June 6, 2005

First Court Case of Hussein Stems From Killings in Village in '82 The Americans favored trying at least some Hussein aides first, saying doing so would help build up a pattern of "command responsibility" that led conclusively to him.

Selected Statements The Iraq on the Record report highlights selected statements by speaker and subject.

RAF bombing raids tried to goad Saddam into war --May 29, 2005

FBI Pushed Ahead With Troubled Software June 6, 2005

Friedman's 'heresy' hits mainstream Private Social Security accounts were his idea June 5, 2005

Trial to Reveal Reach Of U.S. Surveillance Wiretaps to Be Used Against 4 Terrorism Suspects June 05, 2005

Biden: U.S. needs to close Cuba prison June 5, 2005

Richest Are Leaving Even the Rich Far Behind

Elder Bush would like son Jeb to run for president

Zimbabwe Police Raze Poor Towns In Rampage Government Says Homes Being Destroyed Are Illegal June 5, 2005

BEFORE the US attacked Iraq Facts EVERY war supporter should have known 06/03/05

Lollipops keep pouring into Pakistan in the expectation that Musharraf would help them rid the world of bin Laden and his terrorist hordes. Hasn't he already delivered nearly 500 al-Qaeda types? What he did was to round up many poor Arabs living in Pakistan who had become a social pest and make them a charge on the US tax-payers' money. Only four - repeat four - al-Qaeda leaders of real consequence have been caught and handed over to the US. And that, too, only after the US intelligence came to know of their sanctuaries in Pakistan and Musharraf had no other option but to arrest them. Where were they found? asks the Pashtun leader. Abu Zubaidah in Faislabad in Pakistani Punjab; Ramzi Binalshibh and Waleed bin Attash in Karachi, Musharraf's home town after he migrated to Pakistan from India, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, the so-called master-mind of September 11, in Rawalpindi, literally right under the bed of the army and Musharraf. Nowhere in the tribal belt.

For first time, shoppers will have credit The hope is the cards will entice people into using banks and establishing credit. 6/2/2005

Protest outside TV studio draws attention to Downing Street Memo (Minutes)

US offers to turn on water, electricity, provide welfare if residents inform on Resistance fighters --June 2, 2005

Bush's 'culture of life' stand misses connection with carnage in Iraq --June 02, 2005

Madeleine Albright: "we think the price is worth it"

Calif. Landslide Sends 6 Homes Crashing

Downing Street Memo Mostly Ignored in U.S. June 01, 2005

With 9/11 Trial Set to Begin, Prosecution Appeal Delays It --June 1, 2005

President Bush again failed to address longstanding concerns regarding US detention policies and practices in the context of the "war on terror", Amnesty International said in response to his comments today.

'After a 20-30 minute eternity that left us all in a stupor of disbelief that the war's legality had just been debated in a military court, on the record, and had lost, badly, the attorney for the prosecution sat down. And then the judge said, "I believe the government has just successfully proved that any seaman recruit has reasonable cause to believe that the wars in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq were illegal." We were stunned, beyond ecstatic. Moments later the judge asked if the prosecution would like to reserve the right to recall Dr. Cohn. The pitiful tone of the attorney's "no, your honor" caused a spontaneous eruption of laughter -which the judge chose to allow, reportedly chuckling himself.'

Justices Overturn Andersen Conviction Advice to Enron Jury On Accountants' Intent Is Faulted --June 1, 2005 ...the firm was convicted without proof that its shredding of documents was deliberately intended to undermine a looming Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry in fall 2001.

The Washington Post has confirmed that W. Mark Felt, a former top official at the FBI, was "Deep Throat," the unidentified source used by two Washington Post reporters to help uncover the Watergate scandal that led to President Richard Nixon's resignation.

Amdocs exec questioned in industrial espionage affair The police say they have enough evidence to indict the private investigators who have been arrested. --31 May 05

Bush Calls Human Rights Report 'Absurd'

The 'I' word By Ralph Nader and Kevin Zeese THE IMPEACHMENT of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, under Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution, should be part of mainstream political discourse. --May 31, 2005

Uzbek Police Hold Activists May 31, 2005

U.S.-Trained Forces Present in Crackdown The Associated Press --May 31, 2005 Washington has trained and equipped Uzbek troops and police&emdash;the same forces who fired on protesters.

Hundreds Dead in Uzbek Uprising The Associated Press --May 16, 2005

Ex-Envoy: No Broad Uprising May 16, 2005

Deaths Said to Top 700 as Uzbek Unrest Spreads The Associated Press --May 17, 2005

It is still not clear how many people died in the May 13 upheaval that began with protests in this eastern city over the prosecution of businessmen charged with being sympathizers of Islamic extremists.

An Activist Counts 500 Bodies The Associated Press --May 25, 2005

Justice Dept. to indict two AIPAC staffers under U.S. Espionage Act --May 30, 2005

In a unique experiment, a family will have every move they make spied on in a home stuffed with hi-tech gadgets The South Yorkshire police helicopter also circled around to have a look, from the one viewpoint which can spy into the Parnells' Californian-style hot tub (rapidly closing on the laundry chute as top gizmo). --May 31, 2005

Season of Unease After Kyrgyz Spring Revolt Critics Say Candidates In July Presidential Poll Provide No Real Choice --May 31, 2005

18 Arrested In Israeli Probe Of Computer Espionage --May 31, 2005 The Trojan allowed the person to control the computer, make changes to its programs, monitor everything it contained and raid it for information -- all without leaving any hint of the Trojan's existence. Investigators also discovered that the same person had sold the software to three of Israel's largest private investigation companies, which allegedly used it to illegally collect data for their corporate clients.

Top brass not expected at funeral of war hero May 30, 2005

Sick Strategies For Senseless Slaughter The murderous fools are not trying to end the war; they're trying to keep it going as long as they can By John Kaminski --5-24-05

UK ID scheme rides again, as biggest ID fraud of them all

Iraq: how we were duped

9/11 Truth for Peace and Justice Call for Art

Give Rumsfeld the Pinochet Treatment, Says US Amnesty Chief

Pakistan: U.S. Citizens Tortured, Held Illegally FBI Participated in Interrogations Despite Apparent Knowledge of Torture, Abduction

Missile & remote control systems added to small jets before 9-11; same parts found at Pentagon

The neocon power grab at NSA and an attempt to stifle the press --Wayne Madsen

Officials from the American Civil Liberties Union, the Open Society Institute and the Center for Democracy and Technology said in a telephone conference call the new provisions to the USA Patriot Act would allow the FBI to secretly demand medical, tax, gun purchase, travel and other records without needing to get approval from a judge.

President Bush today signed a "strategic partnership" with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and said afterward that U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan would "cooperate and consult" with the government there but would retain their control over U.S. troops ... Karzai said, however, that anti-American demonstrations in Afghanistan that resulted in at least 16 deaths "were in reality not related to the Newsweek story" but were motivated more by opposition to elections in Afghanistan and "the strategic partnership with the United States."

Blair faces US probe over secret Iraq invasion plan May 22, 2005

Galloway Senate testimony PDF goes AWOL Evidence 'missing' from Committee website 20 May 2005

Galloway v the US Senate: transcript of statement --May 18, 2005

Posada again May 18, 2005

U.S. Arrests Cuban Exile Accused in Deadly '76 Airline Bombing

FBI: Grenade at Bush Rally Was Live May 18, 2005

Does Anthrax Trail Lead to White House? 3 part series, exclusive to LibertyForum

Afghan riots NOT connected to Newsweek Report (Myers)

General Lord told Congress last month that Global Strike would be "an incredible capability" to destroy command centers or missile bases "anywhere in the world." Pentagon documents say the weapon, called the common aero vehicle, could strike from halfway around the world in 45 minutes. Published studies by leading weapons scientists, physicists and engineers say the cost of a space-based system that could defend the nation against an attack by a handful of missiles could be anywhere from $220 billion to $1 trillion.

Another fake document by US government Forgery shows Galloway's name pasted on UN Oil For Food paper

Report claims blind eye was turned to sanctions busting by American firms in purchases that accounted for 52% of the kickbacks paid to the regime in return for sales of cheap oil - more than the rest of the world put together

The US and its 'special' dictator

Bush's Nutty Referral by Gordon Prather Physicist James Gordon Prather has served as a policy implementing official for national security-related technical matters in the Federal Energy Agency, the Energy Research and Development Administration, the Department of Energy, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Department of the Army.

Newsweek Got Gitmo Right

Newsweek report on Quran matches many earlier accounts

As intent as Republicans were to impeach President Clinton for lying about a sexual affair, they have a blind eye for President Bush's far more serious lies.

Afghan Riots Not Tied to Report on Quran Handling, General Says Army investigating allegations of mishandling at Guantanamo Bay facility

"Ehsannullah, 29, said American soldiers who initially questioned him in Kandahar before shipping him to Guantanamo hit him and taunted him by dumping the Koran in a toilet. 'It was a very bad situation for us,' said Ehsannullah, who comes from the home region of the Taliban leader, Mohammad Omar. 'We cried so much and shouted, "Please do not do that to the Holy Koran."' (Marc Kaufman and April Witt, "Out of Legal Limbo, Some Tell of Mistreatment," Washington Post, March 26, 2003.)

State Secret: Thousands Secretly Sterilized

A government commission studying overseas military bases sent Congress a report that included criticism of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's strategy, then removed the document from the commission Web site after the Pentagon complained that it divulged classified information. The congressionally appointed panel contends that the 262-page report is based only on public sources...

'Superpower behind' Burma blasts "It is crystal clear that the terrorists... and the time bombs originated from training conducted with foreign experts at a place in a neighbouring country by a world famous organisation of a certain superpower nation," Information Minister Kyaw Hsan told reporters. He also accused the unnamed organisation - based in Washington - of having given $100,000 to a dissident group led by a cousin of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Pakistan on Saturday denied a media report that an unmanned CIA Predator aircraft killed a senior al-Qaida operative near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border earlier this week.

Terrorism Trial Set for Fla. Ex-Professor The men face life in prison if convicted of charges they used Al-Arian's think tank and charity as fundraising fronts for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. "Much of what people are saying about Sami Al-Arian could have been said likewise about Nelson Mandela," attorney William Moffitt said.

As Halliburton Watch growled last June, the company's subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) charged us millions of dollars for meals that never existed. The Defense Department's own audit agency found last June that Halliburton overcharged the government for meals by $136 million.

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

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.

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 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.

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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

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�ánamo �· 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.