The legal advisor to the Convening Authority for Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay testified before members of Congress Dec. 11 that evidence gathered from interrogation techniques such as waterboarding may be admissible during military commission proceedings if it is “reliable… Read moreWaterboarding evidence may be admissible in Gitmo trials: legal advisor
The CIA’s admission that it filmed the interrogation of terrorism suspects and then destroyed the tapes will kill any chances of convictions, attorneys representing Guantanamo Bay prisoners say. “First, it’s a criminal offence to destroy evidence,” said Clive Stafford Smith… Read moreDestroyed CIA tapes to undermine Gitmo trials?
Oil prices rose Nov. 19 after suggestions from the Riyadh OPEC summit that member nations are considering ditching the dollar. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the dollar a “worthless piece of paper.” Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez added: “The dollar is in… Read moreOPEC mulls ditching dollar
From the all too appropriately named political blog Morons.org, Nov. 12: We apparently have a new Attorney General…. Last Thursday, Judge Michael Mukasey was confirmed as Attorney General by the Senate in a vote of 53-40 in the dead of… Read moreMichael Mukasey and the politics of capitulation
With the price of oil creeping ominously and seemingly inexorably towards an unprecedented $100 per barrel, the long and equally unprecedented mega-profit-fest for Exxon and the other industry majors is nonetheless starting to level off. It seems that consumption is… Read moreConsumers get revenge on Exxon …a little
Already facing war crimes charges in Germany, Donald Rumsfeld—like Henry Kissinger before him—now runs into a spot of legal bother in France. From RINF Alternative News Media, Oct. 28: Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld fled France today fearing arrest… Read moreRumsfeld flees France fearing arrest?
Forgive our cynicism but it smells to us like a quick cash-in (albeit a year late, so as not to seem unseemly) on the Da Vinci Code hype. The official website of the Holy See has a link right on… Read moreVatican opens Knights Templar archives
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, speaking to the Association of the United States Army in Washington DC Oct. 10, said the US Army of the future will need to concentrate more on training foreign militaries, mastering other languages and customs,… Read moreRobert Gates: insurgent wars wave of future
From Amnesty International, Sept. 25: The authorities in Germany have decided not to seek the extradition of 13 US citizens suspected of being involved in the abduction and rendition of German citizen Khaled el-Masri. The 13 includes at least 10… Read moreGermany drops extradition request of CIA agents
Well, it seems that James B. Comey, the man who threatened to subpoena WW4 Report, was actually the progressive within the context of the Bush Justice Department. From the front page of the New York Times, Oct. 4 (links added):… Read moreSecret Justice Department torture approval revealed
From the Center for Constitutional Rights, Sept. 24: On September 24, 2007, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) submitted a petition to the Supreme Court asking it to intervene in the case of Libyan Guantánamo client Abdul Ra’ouf Al Qassim… Read moreGitmo detainee fears “disappearance” to Libya
From the Los Angeles Times, Sept. 25 (links added): WASHINGTON — A decision Monday night by a military court of review will pave the way for the Pentagon to restart its terrorism tribunals for detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba…. Read moreRuling paves way for Gitmo tribunals
