Government Targets American Bloggers As Enemy Propagandists

Government Targets American Bloggers As Enemy Propagandists: "In a speech given Monday, Homeland Security director Michael Chertoff identified the web as a 'terror training camp,' through which 'disaffected people living in the United States' are developing 'radical ideologies and potentially violent skills.'

Chertoff has pledged to dispatch Homeland Security agents to local police departments in order to aid in the apprehension of domestic terrorists who use the Internet as a political tool."

Time to stop the blog.
We are now officially a fascist rogue state.

Connie Martinson Talks Books: Chalmers Johnson on "The Sorrows of Empire"

Chalmers Johnson, former professor of political science at UC Berkeley, and professor emeritus of political science at UC San Diego, discusses his book "The Sorrows of Empire." Series: "Connie Martinson Talks Books" [Humanities]

The Doomsday Code

The Doomsday Code: "a growing number of American evangelical Christians reckon they have cracked the code. These End Timers believe that every weird word of Revelation predicts real events. Like a Hollywood sci fi movie they say that any time now the world will end. And when it does, true believers in Christ will be whisked up to heaven in an event called The Rapture while non-believers are left behind on earth to face famine, war, terror and destruction as the forces of good and evil fight to the bitter end.
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Report says Osama succumbs to typhoid

SABCnews.com - world/europe: "'According to a usually reliable source, the Saudi services are now convinced that Osama bin Laden is dead,' the document said. 'The information gathered by the Saudis indicates that the head of al Qaeda was a victim while he was in Pakistan on August 23, 2006, of a very serious case of typhoid which led to a partial paralysis of his internal organs.'"

Senate Puts Another Nail in the Coffin of the 4th

Another Day in the Empire: "Not only does the bill allow �the attorney general, or anyone he or she designates, to authorize widespread domestic spying, such as monitoring all instant-messaging systems in the country, so long as the government promises to delete anything not terrorism-related,� it also allows �unfettered wiretapping and physical searches without warrants.� "

False Flag Operations: Declassified Military Documents Show How US Government Planned Terrorist Attacks Against its Own Citizens - Yahoo! News

Is it finally starting to unravel?False Flag Operations: Declassified Military Documents Show How US Government Planned Terrorist Attacks Against its Own Citizens - Yahoo! News: "New York, NY (PRWEB) September 7th, 2006 � As reported by ABC News, stunning military documents codenamed 'Operation Northwoods' were declassified in recent years and show how in 1962, the top US military leaders planned an operation to create terror attacks against its own cities and kill US citizens."

Martial Law 9/11: Rise of the Police State Alex Jones

Israeli strike hits journalists' vehicle - Yahoo! News

Israeli strike hits journalists' vehicle - Yahoo! News: "The front seats of the car were covered in blood and shrapnel had ripped up much of the inside of the vehicle. One of the bulletproof windows was completely destroyed.
The white sport utility vehicle was emblazoned with the Reuters logo and had 'TV' and 'Press' written on it in English, Arabic and Hebrew.
'This is a cold-blooded crime,' "

Bush and Saddam Should Both Stand Trial, Says Nuremberg Prosecutor - Yahoo! News

Bush and Saddam Should Both Stand Trial, Says Nuremberg Prosecutor - Yahoo! News: "SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 25 (OneWorld) - A chief prosecutor of Nazi war crimes at Nuremberg has said George W. Bush should be tried for war crimes along with Saddam Hussein. Benjamin Ferencz, who secured convictions for 22 Nazi officers for their work in orchestrating the death squads that killed more than 1 million people, told OneWorld both Bush and Saddam should be tried for starting 'aggressive' wars--Saddam for his 1990 attack on Kuwait and Bush for his 2003 invasion of Iraq."

Judge nixes warrantless surveillance - Yahoo! News

Judge nixes warrantless surveillance - Yahoo! News: "DETROIT - A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless surveillance program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate end to it."
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit became the first judge to strike down the National Security Agency's program, which she says violates the rights to free speech and privacy, as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.

AlterNet: Blogs: David DeGraw: Sy Hersh: Cheney Helped Plan Israel's Attack on Hezbollah

AlterNet: Blogs: David DeGraw: Sy Hersh: Cheney Helped Plan Israel's Attack on Hezbollah: "Sy Hersh has just released information claiming that the Bush administration, especially Dick Cheney's office, was involved in planning Israel's attack on Hezbollah and considers it 'a prelude to a potential American preemptive attack' on Iran:"

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American Bar Aassociation

American Bar Aassociation: "We simply cannot allow our constitutional freedoms to become a victim of the fight against terrorism. The proposed Recommendations should be adopted by the ABA House of Delegates in order to strike a proper balance between individual liberty and Executive power. "

Abu Ghraib - The Sequel - Real Video

Abu Ghraib - The Sequel - Real Video: "With the response to those Danish cartoons and the British Army beatings in Iraq, still running red-hot in the Islamic world, tonight, even uglier images from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.

Back in 2004 when the first shocking pictures were originally leaked, the world recoiled in horror, but since then the Bush Administration has fought tooth and nail to prevent the American public from seeing any new images of the treatment of Iraqi detainees, but tonight Dateline reporter Olivia Rousset reveals new photos and videos. Despite the currently overheated international climate, we are showing them because they show the extent of the horror that occurred at Abu Ghraib. A serious warning though - some of the images you're about to see are pretty confronting and may offend some of you.

Broadcast By SBS - Australia - Dateline - 02/15/06

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More Photos; More War Crimes

More Photos; More War Crimes: "How can anyone listen to the glib palavering of the torturer-and-chief as he pontificates on a 'culture of life' that protects the unborn, but leaves others naked and bound, in a pool of blood?

The hypocrisy is nearly as offensive as the savagery.
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The Pentagon’s War on the Internet

The Pentagon’s War on the Internet : "The Pentagon has developed a comprehensive strategy for taking over the internet and controlling the free flow of information. The plan appears in a recently declassified document, “The Information Operations Roadmap”, which was provided under the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) and revealed in an article by the BBC.

The Pentagon sees the internet in terms of a military adversary that poses a vital threat to its stated mission of global domination. This explains the confrontational language in the document which speaks of “fighting the net”; implying that the internet is the equivalent of “an enemy weapons system.'

The Defense Dept. places a high-value on controlling information. The new program illustrates their determination to establish the parameters of free speech.

The Pentagon sees information as essential in manipulating public perceptions and, thus, a crucial tool in eliciting support for unpopular policies. The recent revelations of the military placing propaganda in the foreign press demonstrate the importance that is given to co-opting public opinion. "

Petrodollars and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation: Understanding the Planned Assault on Iran

Petrodollars and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation: Understanding the Planned Assault on Iran: "It is important to understand the nature and scale of the war crimes that are being planned—and no less important to recognize that, as in the case of the Bush regime’s assault on Iraq, the pretexts being advanced to legitimize this intended aggression are entirely fraudulent. Unless the lurid fantasies of people like former Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security and now Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton count as evidence—and Bolton’s pronouncements on the weaponry supposedly possessed by Iraq, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela show him to be less acquainted with truth than Jean Harlow was with chastity—there is no evidence that Iran has or has ever had any nuclear weapons development program. Claims to the contrary, however loudly they may have been trumpeted by Fox News, CNN, or The New York Times, are demonstrably false."

Paul Craig Roberts: Who Will Save America?

Paul Craig Roberts: Who Will Save America?: "We have reached a point where the Bush administration is determined to totally eclipse the people. Bewitched by neoconservatives and lustful for power, the Bush administration and the Republican Party are aligning themselves firmly against the American people. Their first victims, of course, were the true conservatives. Having eliminated internal opposition, the Bush administration is now using blackmail obtained through illegal spying on American citizens to silence the media and the opposition party.

Before flinching at my assertion of blackmail, ask yourself why President Bush refuses to obey the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The purpose of the FISA court is to ensure that administrations do not spy for partisan political reasons. The warrant requirement is to ensure that a panel of independent federal judges hears a legitimate reason for the spying, thus protecting a president from the temptation to abuse the powers of government. The only reason for the Bush administration to evade the court is that the Bush administration had no legitimate reasons for its spying. This should be obvious even to a naif."

America Has Fallen to a Jacobin Coup - by Paul Craig Roberts

America Has Fallen to a Jacobin Coup - by Paul Craig Roberts: "The English-speaking world has not seen such power since the 16th and 17th centuries when the Court of Star Chamber became a political weapon used against the king's opponents and to circumvent Parliament. The Star Chamber dispensed with juries, permitted hearsay evidence, and became so reviled that 'Star Chamber' became a byword for injustice. The Long Parliament abolished the Star Chamber in 1641. In obedience to the Bush regime, the U.S. Congress resurrected it with the PATRIOT Act. Can anything be more Orwellian than identifying patriotism with the abolition of habeas corpus?"

Bush Has Crossed the Rubicon - by Paul Craig Roberts

Bush Has Crossed the Rubicon - by Paul Craig Roberts: "There is today no constitutional party. Both political parties, most constitutional lawyers, and the bar associations are willing to set aside the Constitution whenever it interferes with their agendas. Americans have forgotten the prerequisites for freedom, and those pursuing power have forgotten what it means when it falls into other hands. Americans are very close to losing their constitutional system and civil liberties. It is paradoxical that American democracy is the likely casualty of a 'war on terror' that is being justified in the name of the expansion of democracy."

Another Day in the Empire

Another Day in the Empire: "The vicious Straussian neocons will likewise deal with their enemies as they mobilize against Phase Two (attack Iran) of the Master Plan to sow chaos and murder in the Muslim Middle East. Oliver North, working diligently from the basement of the Reagan White House, did not collaborate with FEMA to set up camps for illegal immigrants, but rather official enemies. And if you believe the CIA has established its flying torture circus of sadism strictly for Muslim goat herders and taxi drivers, you should think again. For the Straussians, there is no difference between Muslims and domestic opponents of the Bush administration."

Yahoo! News Message Boards World News

Yahoo! News Message Boards World News: "Theodore Roosevelt -- no greater superpatriot -- said in 1918 during the First World War: 'To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.'

During the Second World War, within a couple of weeks after Pearl Harbor, Senator Robert A. Taft, 'Mr. Republican,' took the same line: 'I believe that there can be no doubt that criticism in time of war is essential to the maintenance of any kind of democratic government..... Too many people desire to suppress criticism simply because they think it will give some comfort to the enemy.... If that comfort makes the enemy feel better for a few moments, they are welcome to it as far as I am concerned because the maintenance of the right of criticism in the long run will do the country more good than it will do the enemy, and it will prevent mistakes which might otherwise occur.'"

Judge Rejects Gov't Claims on Detainees - Yahoo! News

Judge Rejects Gov't Claims on Detainees - Yahoo! News: "'The
Department of Defense has failed to come forward on this motion with anything but thin and conclusory speculation to support its claims of possible retaliation,' Rakoff wrote.

The AP filed its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Defense to have government documents related to military hearings for Guantanamo Bay detainees made public.

Dave Tomlin, the AP's general counsel, applauded the judge's decision."

Paul Craig Roberts: a Gestapo Administration

Paul Craig Roberts: a Gestapo Administration: "Compared to Spygate, Watergate was a kindergarden picnic. The Bush administration's lies, felonies, and illegalities have revealed it to be a criminal administration with a police state mentality and police state methods. Now Bush and his attorney general have gone the final step and declared Bush to be above the law. Bush aggressively mimics Hitler's claim that defense of the realm entitles him to ignore the rule of law."