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Last Updated: Jun 19th, 2008 - 00:52:16 |
Special Reports
Ex-British Army chief in Iraq confirms peak oil motive for war; praises fraudulent reconstruction programmes
By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed
Brigadier-General James Ellery CBE, the Foreign
Office�s Senior Adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad since
2003, confirmed the critical role of Iraqi oil reserves in potentially
alleviating a �world shortage� of conventional oil.
Jun 19, 2008, 00:22
Special Reports
Judge rules in White House�s favor in missing email case
By Jason Leopold
A U.S. District Court Judge ruled Monday that the
White House�s Office of Administration does not have to comply with a Freedom
of Information Act request related to how officials in the office handled
internal discussions about millions of missing White House emails.
Jun 19, 2008, 00:14
Special Reports
Waxman subpoenas DOJ for Bush, Cheney's Plame leak transcripts
By Jason Leopold
Congressman Henry Waxman, the Democratic chairman of
the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued a subpoena Monday
morning to Attorney General Michael Mukasey demanding he turn over the FBI�s
interview transcripts of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney who were
questioned in 2004 about the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame.
Jun 18, 2008, 00:17
Special Reports
Real human casualties of the mortgage massacre
By Carolyn Baker & Melissa Taylor
SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. -- Nearly three years ago, the
Taylor Family found a home they thought was perfect, a four-bedroom,
single-story home with a hot tub in the backyard in a middle-class neighbor
located between two parks. It was a safe neighborhood and a place that seemed
to meet their needs as a family.
Jun 18, 2008, 00:11
Special Reports
McClellan testimony may shed light on Niger forgeries
By Jason Leopold
Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan�s
testimony later this week before the House Judiciary Committee promises to
reignite the debate over the �16 words� in President Bush�s 2003 State of the
Union address that claimed Iraq tried to purchase 500 tons of yellowcake
uranium from Niger and how the White House�s response to the bogus intelligence
led to the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame.
Jun 17, 2008, 00:22
Special Reports
The Israeli government is "immoral, unethical and illegal"
By Eileen Fleming
On June 5, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, from Northern
Ireland, Maried Corrigan-Maguire, a keynote speaker at the third annual Bil'in
conference on nonviolence traveled to Hebron. Maried had been invited by
friends who volunteer with Christian Peacemaker Team's based there.
Jun 17, 2008, 00:20
Special Reports
Why Hezbollah's victory may lead to peace in the Middle East: An interview with Franklin Lamb
By Mike Whitney
Franklin Lamb, PhD, is an author and director of
"Americans Concerned for Middle East Peace" who works from Beirut.
His latest book, "Hezbollah: A Brief Guide for Beginners," will soon
be published in Arabic and English.
Jun 17, 2008, 00:18
Special Reports
DOJ official: Rumsfeld personally approved of brutal interrogations
By Jason Leopold
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld personally
authorized the use of brutal interrogation techniques against suspected
terrorists imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay despite warnings from the FBI that the
methods amounted to inhumane treatment, was possibly illegal, and would not
produce reliable intelligence, a Department of Justice inspector general
testified last Tuesday.
Jun 16, 2008, 00:17
Special Reports
"Big Brother" presidential directive: "Biometrics for Identification and Screening to Enhance National Security"
By Michel Chossudovsky
The latest Big Brother police state measure emanating
from the Bush administration, with virtually no press coverage, is NSPD 59
(HSPD 24) entitled Biometrics
for Identification and Screening to Enhance National Security [Complete
text of NSPD 59 (HSPD 24) in Annex below]
Jun 13, 2008, 00:18
Special Reports
Kucinich vows new round of impeachment articles against Bush if measure dies
By Jason Leopold
Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio Congressman and former 2008
Democratic presidential candidate, said he would continue to introduce
resolutions calling for the removal of President George W. Bush from office if
the articles of impeachment against Bush that he presented to the House Monday
is not taken up within 30 days.
Jun 13, 2008, 00:16
Special Reports
Abramoff had closer ties to Bush and the White House than previously admitted
By Jason Leopold
Imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff was photographed
with President George W. Bush at least six times and had hundreds of lobbying
contacts with White House staff, a House committee�s draft report says.
Jun 12, 2008, 00:19
Special Reports
John McCain's 70th birthday bash held on boat of Russian tycoon
By Wayne Madsen
(WMR)
-- John McCain's campaign is trying to make political hay out of the conviction
of Chicago tycoon Tony Rezko, a one-time fundraiser for presumptive Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama. However, the McCain campaign wants to bury
the story of McCain's 70th birthday bash held on board the yacht of a Russian
aluminum tycoon in the Adriatic Sea. The party was held on August 29, 2006,
McCain's birthday and followed a congressional junket by McCain and five other
GOP senators to the Republic of Georgia.
Jun 12, 2008, 00:17
Special Reports
Cheney called Clinton-era sanctions against Iran bad for Halliburton
By Jason Leopold
When Dick Cheney was chief executive of Halliburton in
the 1990s, he urged Congress to ease sanctions against Iran and enter into
diplomatic discussions with the country�s leaders so the oilfield services
company could legally do business there.
Jun 11, 2008, 00:20
Special Reports
Modus operandi of a pre-9/11 Israeli "art student" revealed
By Wayne Madsen
(WMR)
-- One of the over 120 Israeli
"art students" who cased federal office buildings and military bases
during a year and a half before the 9/11 attacks has revealed details of her
"assignment" in the United States to a WMR source.
Jun 11, 2008, 00:18
Special Reports
Judge may reopen case against VA after PTSD email emerges
By Jason Leopold
A federal court judge in San Francisco demanded that
Justice Department attorneys representing the Veterans Administration explain
why an email written by a top VA official who asked staffers to diagnose fewer
cases of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) wasn�t turned over to defendants
suing the VA over its failure to immediately treat veterans who showed signs of
the disease.
Jun 10, 2008, 00:16
Special Reports
Russia and Britain to look at actual perpetrators behind Litvinenko poisoning
By Wayne Madsen
(WMR)
-- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced that it now willing to
work with British law enforcement agencies after it said Britain withdrew
"unfounded accusations" originally leveled against Moscow regarding
its alleged role in the affair.
Jun 10, 2008, 00:10
Special Reports
House Democrats want Bush administration investigated for war crimes
By Jason Leopold
House Democrats sent a letter to Attorney General
Michael Mukasey Friday requesting that he appoint a special prosecutor to
investigate whether White House officials, including President Bush, violated
the War Crimes Act when they allowed interrogators to use brutal interrogation
methods against detainees suspected of ties to terrorist organizations.
Jun 9, 2008, 00:21
Special Reports
Tear gas and bullets in Bil'in vs international nonviolent solidarity
By Eileen Fleming
BIL'IN, West Bank -- On June 6, Vice President of the
European Parliament Luisa Morgantini and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maried
Corrigan-Maguire were assaulted by Israeli Forces with tear gas during the
weekly Friday afternoon nonviolent protest against the wall and military
occupation in Bil'in. Julio Toscano, an Italian judge, suffered head wounds
when he was hit by one of the tear-gas grenades. The incidents came on the last
day of Bil'in's third annual international conference supporting nonviolent
protests against the wall and military occupation of the West Bank agricultural
village.
Jun 9, 2008, 00:15
Special Reports
The lobbyist whom McCain won't fire
By Jason Leopold
John McCain has been purging lobbyists from his
campaign, trying to reclaim the mantle of political reformer, but there�s one
lobbyist whose role as a key economic adviser makes him almost untouchable
despite ties to the subprime debacle, links to the Enron disaster and alleged
evasion of ethics rules.
Jun 6, 2008, 00:16
Special Reports
Lisbon treaty: EU democratic process in question
By Laurent Daur� & Dominique Guillemin
On February 4, the French Parliament voted in the bill
modifying title XV of the French Constitution in Versailles, and three days
later, on February 7, the Treaty of Lisbon was formally ratified.
Jun 5, 2008, 00:20
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