The Supreme Court disgraced itself on Monday by torpedoing the appeal of Maher Arar, the Canadian who was kidnapped at John F. Kennedy International Airport and sent by the U.S. government to Syria for torturing. The Canadian government has publicly apologized to Arar...
On June 8, 1967, Israeli forces knowingly attacked an American intelligence ship off the coast of Egypt. Thirty-four Americans were killed. Here is a new YouTube video that captures the spirit of the attack. The Johnson administration responded by rushing to coverup...
Gee, I can’t understand why the Washington Post missed all the key details that Max Blumenthal rounded up from Israeli published sources (in Hebrew and English). The Flotilla Raid Was Not “Bungled.†The IDF Detailed Its Violent Strategy In Advance. The Israeli...
The Israeli military attacks an aid ship in international waters and kills at least 10 people. Naturally, Israel is the victim. As usual, Glenn Greenwald has some of the best reporting and analysis here. Gideon Levy of Haaretz also has an excellent piece. Mossad chief...
Once again, when Obama had a chance to take a strong stand in favor of the Constitution, he took a dive. His nomination of somemone for the Supreme Court who shirked the most controversial moral and legal issues of the war on terror is appalling. Glenn Greenwald has...
This is a photo of an undercover policeman kicking the head of a Kyrgyz demonstrator this week. The National Endowment for Democracy and the Bush adminsitration were proud of their role in the uprising that led to the current government taking power in Kyrgyzstan....
From today's Washington Post website - "FBI warns extremist letters may encourage violence" By EILEEN SULLIVAN and DEVLIN BARRETT The Associated Press Friday, April 2, 2010; 9:34 AM .... The article ominously notes: " In the past year, federal agents have seen an...
Federal judge Vaughn Walker ruled today that the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program was illegal. This has been obvious ever since the New York Times blew the lid off of the National Security Administration's massive surveillance operation in late...
Full size photo available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bovard John Bolton Harvests Young Souls: Ann Coulter's Bodyguard (Tonya Harding wasn't hiring this month)
The Obama Justice Department has apparently decided that, since torture is not a crime (at least not anything deserving of prosecution), then concocting legal doctrines that unleashed torturers around the world is also no offense. A Justice Department internal...
