Month: August 2005

As whistleblower Sibel Edmonds asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review her dismissed case against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the mainstream media continues to refer to the government’s defense – the so-called state secrets privilege – as "rarely used." In fact, it has been used over 60 times since its creation in the … Continue reading “‘State Secrets Privilege’ Not So Rare”

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Chicago – On Aug. 12, 2005, U.S. Federal District Judge John Bates ordered payment of a $20,000 fine imposed against Voices in the Wilderness. Voices was fined for bringing medicine to Iraq in a classic campaign of open nonviolent civil disobedience to challenge the economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. and the UN against Iraq. … Continue reading “Voices in the Wilderness Fined for Defying Sanctions”

“Casey knew that the war was wrong from the beginning. But he felt it was his duty to go, that his buddies were going, and that he had no choice. The people who send our young, honorable, brave soldiers to die in this war, have no skin in the game. They don’t have any loved … Continue reading “Who’s a Traitor?”

Casualties in IraqSomething struck me this morning. The official U.S. death toll is compiled of soldiers who were actually killed or died while in Iraq but not those taken for treatment outside the country who died afterwards from their wounds.My question is: how many of the seriously wounded who were taken to hospitals outside Iraq … Continue reading “Backtalk, August 16, 2005”

On Sunday, the New York Times published a piece by Frank Rich under the headline "Someone Tell the President the War Is Over." The article was a flurry of well-placed jabs about the Bush administration’s lies and miscalculations for the Iraq war. But the essay was also a big straw in liberal wind now blowing … Continue reading “Someone Tell Frank Rich the War Is Not Over”

Retired four-star Army General Barry McCaffrey to Time magazine: “The Army’s wheels are going to come off in the next 24 months. We are now in a period of considerable strategic peril. It’s because Rumsfeld has dug in his heels and said, I cannot retreat from my position.” Cindy Sheehan testifying at Rep. John Conyers … Continue reading “On Being in a Ditch at the Side of the Road”

The tipping point against this immoral, ill-conceived and in–every–way disastrous war seems to have been reached, as hundreds – and soon to be thousands – of Gold Star Mothers and sympathizers march against the war in Crawford, Texas. Popular support for George W. Bush’s Napoleonic foreign policy has plummeted to its lowest point ever. “Like … Continue reading “Bush Against the Generals”

With every poll showing majorities of Americans both fed up with Bush’s war against Iraq and convinced that Bush’s invasion of Iraq has made Americans less safe, the White House moron proposes to start another war by attacking Iran. VP Cheney has already ordered the U.S. Strategic Command come up with plans to strike Iran … Continue reading “Get Ready for World War III”

Are the Iranian mullahs close to acquiring the bomb? Has Iran violated the Non-Proliferation Treaty by restarting its conversion of yellowcake into uranium hexaflouride? The answer to both is no. By a recent U.S. intelligence review, Iran may be 10 years away from a bomb. And under the NPT, Iran is allowed to enrich uranium … Continue reading “Is the Iran Crisis for Real?”