07 February 2009 | Barack Obama, Censorship, CIA, Civil liberties, Covert Action, Guantánamo, News, Obama, Propaganda, Torture, War crimes | L. Reichard White
Two senior British judges accused the U.S. of threatening to stop sharing intelligence with Britain if the British Government released details of the extraordinary rendition of British citizen, Binyam Mohamed. Why? Perhaps this explains it: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqBFY0xxAIQ&feature=channel_page[/youtube] So, while a few die hard “24″ fans — and Alberto Gonzales, and Michael Mukasey — might still claim [...]
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23 December 2008 | Censorship, Civil liberties, Lebanon, News, War on Terror | Jeremy Sapienza
Fellow Brooklynite Javed Iqbal, 45, today plead guilty to broadcasting Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV programming to US customers. The charge is “providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization.” Eric brought this news item to my attention and asked if I wanted to blog about it. “Not really. What should I add?” “Add your outrage.” I [...]
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