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March 17, 2010 / Brian  |
| Torture Diaries, Drawings and the Special Prosecutor |
| on 29 Mar 2010 by Brian |
| by Jason Leopold Source: Truthout.org URL: [link] Date: March 29, 2010 Attorneys defending Abu Zubaydah, a Guantanamo prisoner designated as the first "high-value" detainee by the Bush administration, have finally gained access to three volumes of diaries he wrote while he was in the custody of the CIA and brutally tortured by agency interrogators and contractors at a secret "black site" prison. The diaries, identified [read more] |
| A Truly Shocking Guantanamo Story: Judge Confirms That an Innocent Man Was Tortured to Make False Confessions |
| on 07 Oct 2009 by Brian |
| by Andy Worthington Source: HuffingtonPost.com URL: [link] Date: September 30, 2009 A Truly Shocking Guantanamo Story: Judge Confirms That an Innocent Man Was Tortured to Make False Confessions In four years of researching and writing about Guantánamo, I have become used to uncovering shocking information, but for sheer cynicism, I am struggling to think of anything that compares to the revelations contained in the unclassified [read more] |
| Arab Americans Continue to Face Discrimination: Report |
| on 16 Jan 2009 by Brian |
| by Abdus Sattar Ghazali Source: [link] URL: [link] Date: January 16, 2009 The report said that discrimination at airports based on stereotyping, over-zealousness or prejudice by airline personnel or even other passengers is now one of the main sources of discrimination facing Arab-American air travelers. "Arab-American travelers face serious issues with border crossing detentions and delays, especially on the U.S.-Canada border." --Roch Tasse, ICLMG Arab [read more] |
| Building the Homeland Security State |
| on 12 Nov 2008 by Brian |
| by Roberto Lovato Source: The North American Congress On Latin America URL: [link] Date: November, 2008 Immigration and the Homeland Security State Lost in debates around immigration, as the United States enters its greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, is any sense of the historical connection between immigration policy and increased government control-of citizens. Following a pattern established at the foundation of the republic, [read more] |
| An Interview with Clive Stafford Smith (Gitmo lawyer) |
| on 23 May 2008 by Brian |
| by Amy Goodman Source: Democracy Now URL: [link] Date: May 22. 2008 US Holding 27,000 in Secret Overseas Prisons Transporting Prisoners to Iraqi Jails to Avoid Media & Legal Scrutiny By Democracy Now! "There is a huge number of [secret prisoners] being held in Iraq, and one of the intriguing aspects of this that doesn't get much reporting is that the US is bringing people into [read more] |
| F.B.I. Gained Unauthorized Access to E-Mail |
| on 21 Feb 2008 by Brian |
| By Eric Lichtblau Source: The New York Times URL: N/A Date: February 17, 2008 WASHINGTON — A technical glitch gave the F.B.I. access to the e-mail messages from an entire computer network — perhaps hundreds of accounts or more — instead of simply the lone e-mail address that was approved by a secret intelligence court as part of a national security investigation, according to [read more] |
| Americans Have Become Good Germans |
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| Original author: Frank Rich Source: The New York Times URL: [link] Date: October 15, 2007 "Bush lies" doesn't cut it anymore. It's time to confront the darker reality that we are lying to ourselves. Ten days ago The Times unearthed yet another round of secret Department of Justice memos countenancing torture. President Bush gave his standard response: "This government does not torture people." Of course, [read more] |
| Rounding Up The Usual Immigrants |
| on 20 Dec 2006 by Brian |
| Original author: Roberto Lovato Source: TomPaine.com URL: [link] Date: December 19, 2006 Roberto Lovato is a New York-based writer with New America Media. Last week's controversial immigration raids at Swift & Company meatpacking plants in six states, which federal officials have characterized as the largest sweep of its kind in U.S. history, should send waves of fear among citizens and non-citizens alike. The very high [read more] |
| Use 12,000 troops to guard Canadian border, U.S. urged |
| on 13 Sep 2006 by Brian |
| Original author: Alan Freeman Source: The Globe and Mail URL: [link] Date: September 13, 2006 WASHINGTON -- A task force appointed by a Republican congressman from Georgia has recommended that at least 12,000 National Guard troops and additional agents be deployed on the U.S.-Canada border to halt what it fears is a growing flow of illegal immigrants. "We're talking about tens of thousands of [read more] |
| Politics of Terrorism |
| on 03 May 2006 by Brian |
| Original author: unsigned editorial Source: Embassy- Canada's Foreign Policy Newsweekly URL: [link] Date: May 3, 2006 Embassy, May 3rd, 2006 EDITORIAL POLITICS OF TERRORISM Terrorism in Canada as Seen from Washington The U.S. State Department's Country Report on Terrorism for 2005 was released last week one day before its Congressionally-set deadline of April 30. The document, only the second to be published since the U.S. ceased to publish its [read more] |
