by Prof. Bill Wickersham Global Research, May 14, 2008 In June 2004, the Bush Administration issued a statement that detailed its rationale and legal stance for denying terror suspects the protection of international humanitarian law. The statement included hundreds of pages of White House communications intended to counter widespread criticism that George W. [...]
Archive for May 17th, 2008
17 May
George W Bush takes an important moral stand on the Iraq War
George Learns He Shouldn’t Golf While Soldiers Die Global Research, May 15, 2008 Yahoo News and You Tube The Politico: “Mr. President, you haven’t been golfing in recent years. Is that related to Iraq?” ??George W. Bush: “Yeah. It really is. Uh, I don’t want some mom, uh, whose son may have recently died [...]
17 May
Testimony of Iraq War Veteran to the US Congress
“May God Bless America & the Peoples of Iraq, & may we be forgiven for having participated in such a devastating conflict.” Global Research, May 17, 2008 US Congress by Former Army Sergeant Kristofer Shawn Goldsmith The following is testimony presented to Congress by Kristofer Shawn Goldsmith on May 15, 2008. While there were several [...]
17 May
Want Cheaper Gas and Oil? End the Damned Wars!
Americans are in a panic over rising gas and heating oil prices, and with reason. For months, the price of a barrel of crude oil has been rising steadily, hitting a record $127 yesterday. Analysts keep getting trotted out on TV and in print, attributing the dramatic price rise to everything from ?peak oil??the idea [...]
17 May
Veterans Tell Conyers “Impeach Bush”
Veterans’ Group Seeks to Deliver 10,000 Impeachment Signatures To House Judiciary Committee Chair, Rep. John Conyers WASHINGTON, DC – May 16 – A national veterans’ organization today sent a letter to Representative John Conyers, head of the House Judiciary Committee, requesting a meeting with him to deliver over 10,000 signatures on a petition to impeach [...]
17 May
U.S. Outlook Is Worst Since ’92, Poll Finds
By Jon Cohen and Dan Balz Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, May 13, 2008; Page A01 Americans are gloomier about the direction of the country than they have been at any point in 15 years, and Democrats hold their biggest advantage since early 1993 as the party better able to deal with the nation’s main [...]
17 May
Moyers: ‘Democracy in America Is a Series of Narrow Escapes, and We May Be Running Out of Luck’
By Bill Moyers, Doubleday. Posted May 17, 2008. For all of America’s shortcomings, we keep telling ourselves, “The system works.” Now all bets are off. The following is an excerpt from Bill Moyers’ new book, “Moyers on Democracy” (Doubleday, 2008). Democracy in America is a series of narrow escapes, and we may be running out [...]
17 May
CONGRESS — CONSERVATIVES VOTE ‘PRESENT’ ON LEGISLATION TO FUND TROOPS IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN:
YesteYesterday, the House approved two of three amendments constituting the emergency supplemental bill. The first amendment, which contained the funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the summer of 2009, failed after 132 conservatives refused to “take a position for or against.” “The surprise action left antiwar activists on and off Capitol Hill exultant, [...]
17 May
TORTURE TEAM: RUMSFELD’S MEMO AND THE BETRAYAL OF AMERICAN VALUES
Philippe Sands May 9, 2008 In his new book, TORTURE TEAM: RUMSFELD’S MEMO AND THE BETRAYAL OF AMERICAN VALUES, Philippe Sands draws on official documents and interviews with key players to explain how the U.S. Military went from interrogations strictly regulated by the U.S. ARMY FIELD MANUAL 34-52 to enhanced interrogations that included sleep deprivation, [...]
17 May
A drip-drip of revelation
Philippe Sands December 7, 2007 5:30 PM http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/philippe_sands/2007/12/a_dripdrip_of_revelations.html The debate about waterboarding in the US continues down a long and winding road. The latest developments include an effort by US Senators and Congressmen to adopt federal legislation that would prohibit the CIA from using harsh interrogation techniques (including waterboarding), the news that, in November 2005, [...]
