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Shocked, Shocked! The Pentagon Is Profiling Journalists!
Published originally @TAC I am glad that Stars and Stripes has nailed the story about the Pentagon profiling journos headed overseas for embed duty, not only because it is only fair that we know how our taxpayer dollars are being spent in so-called military "strategic...
Eli D. Greenberg to Bring ‘Transparency’
Eli D Greenberg – the former attorney and listed contact for the Clarion Fund – has resurfaced as the head of an independent committee tasked with policing and encouraging greater transparency in the nonprofit foundations within the Sephardic communities in New...
Sibel Edmonds Testimony
Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI-contract translator under a gag order for her whistleblowing, has testified under oath numerous times - in secret. She has told much of her story in bits and pieces appearing in articles, interviews and .jpg files over the years, but, for...
Torturous Odds for Justice?
So the Obama administration is moving forward with a plan to prosecute some CIA agents who went beyond the guidelines the Bush administration authorized for extreme interrogations. This is good news. But will the torture policymakers be exempt from the law? If so,...
Where’s the Coverage of Cindy Sheehan?
With President Barack Obama heading to Martha's Vineyard for a long vacation away from touting the "success" of the Iraq War and promoting the Afghan War's escalation this weekend, he is going to be greeted with a lot of ads critical of his health care plan. And...
Will The Wall Street Journal Denounce Alvaro Uribe?
Reuters reports: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe stepped closer to re-election on Tuesday when a congressional committee approved a bill aimed at allowing him to run for a third term next May, but a tough vote looms in the full House. The measure, calling for a...
NPR Host Confirms Stereotype
Guy Raz, weekend host of All Things Considered, has threatened Antiwar.com with legal action over "claims" made in an opinion piece today, "New Think-Tank Seeks to Regulate Historical Analogies." (No, I'm not joking.) I offer my deepest apologies to Mr. Raz for...
Vietnam: Still an Unjust War
Military enthusiasts in Pennsylvania have begun re-enacting, not the Civil War, but the Vietnam War. The stated purpose is to honor and pay tribute to Vietnam veterans. "It was time for us to be proud of what were called on to do, even though it turned out to be a...
The Shahrukh Khan Affair – The Aftermath
Following up on the brief detention of Shahrukh Khan, one of India's most famous actors, at a US airport, the star of the upcoming "My Name Is Khan," which explores the treatment of people with Muslim surnames in the United States, says that he will never again visit...